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London Added to Potential Hot Spots as U.K. Virus Cases Jump
- ONS says daily infections in England reached 9,600 from 6,000
- New lockdown restrictions to take effect in Cardiff, Swansea
Visitors stand in line at a coronavirus walk-in testing center in north London on Sept. 23.
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The U.K. added London to its watch list of potential pandemic hot spots as coronavirus cases surge across the country.
The move will fuel fears that the capital, which recorded 620 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, could face the kind of local lockdown measures imposed on other cities, such as bans on households mixing and the closure of non-essential stores.