By Tara John, Luke McGee and Nada Bashir, CNN

Updated 4:14 PM ET, Mon January 4, 2021

https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/04/uk/uk-lockdown-covid-19-boris-johnson-intl/index.html

(CNN)UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson reimposed a lockdownin Englandon Monday as a more transmissible variant of Covid-19 fuels a surge in infections and hospitalizations in the country.”It is clear that we need to do more to bring this new variant under control,” Johnson said. “That means the government is once again instructing you to stay at home.”During his televised address to the nation, Johnson reimposed measures seen during the first lockdown last spring, including closures of secondary and primary schools to all except the children of key workers and vulnerable children. People will be allowed to leave their homes for limited reasons like shopping for essentials, exercise, and medical assistance.Johnson also said people could still leave home “to escape domestic abuse” — an issue thatarose earlier during the pandemic