UK high streets stay open but government urges 'extreme caution'
CGTN Europe • 2m 18s
London shops are open as the UK chooses lighter restrictions than other European countries despite a surge in cases. The UK will also allow families to mix at Christmas.
Rather than impose a harder lockdown as Europe battles a second wave of the virus, the British government has chosen not to close stores and force people away from the high street. Instead the decision is being left to members of the public.
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