Boris Johnson announces month-long lockdown in England as UK Covid-19 cases pass 1 million

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a second stay-at-home lockdown across England, starting from next Thursday and to run for four weeks until at least the start of December, in order to deal with the rapidly increasing coronavirus infections. Addressing a briefing from 10 Downing Street on Saturday, Johnson said there was no choice but to be humble in the face of nature” and unless tough action is taken now the peak of mortality in the country could be even greater than the first wave triggering a medical and moral disaster. The new England-wide measures will lapse by December 2 and, unless a further intervention in the meantime, England will revert to the current three-tier localised lockdown system. Now is the time to take action because there is no alternative,” said Johnson.

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