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Britain's Johnson Asks Lawmakers to Back a Tougher Lockdown

   British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is asking lawmakers to support
   new, tiered restrictions to keep the nation's hospitals from becoming
   overwhelmed before a vaccine for the coronavirus can be approved and
   distributed.

   The new measures would put 99% of the country under the two highest
   restriction levels when the current rules end Tuesday. The new
   restrictions would last about a month.

   An increasing number of members of Johnson's own Conservative Party are
   opposed. And on Saturday, London police broke up anti-lockdown,
   anti-vaccine protests, arresting more than 150 people in the process.

   The government hopes that a vaccine, the first doses of which could be
   in British hospitals by December 7, and mass testing could end the need
   for restrictions. Britain has suffered the worst COVID-19 outbreak in
   Europe, with more than 57,000 virus-related deaths, according to Johns
   Hopkins University.

   Parliament is to vote on Johnson's new restrictions Tuesday.

   South Korea has been one of the world's success stories in combating
   the coronavirus, but a recent surge in cases has forced the country to
   ban year-end parties, as well as singing and wind instrument music
   lessons. South Korea is also closing saunas, steam rooms and some
   cafes.

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