"This will greatly disappoint many Londoners, but we must take the right steps to reduce the spread of the virus," RIA Novosti quoted the mayor of the city as saying.
As of December 20, in the UK, 91,743 people were diagnosed with coronavirus infection per day, the total number of registered cases of COVID-19 in the country reached 11,453,121.
Earlier it was reported that a mandatory mask regime was introduced in the country from November 30.