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Covid-19: PM announces four-week England lockdown [View all]
Last edited Sun Nov 1, 2020, 02:25 AM - Edit history (1)
Necessary measures, but the manner with which they have been brought in has been abysmal. If Johnson was an hour and a half late to an interview at the Job Centre like he was with that press conference he would be getting all sorts of sanctions.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54763956
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a second national lockdown for England as the UK passed one million Covid-19 cases.
Non-essential shops and hospitality will have to close for four weeks on Thursday, he said.
But unlike the restrictions in spring, schools, colleges and universities will be allowed to stay open.
It comes as documents suggested the UK was on course for a much higher death toll than during the first wave. The lockdown is due to last until 2 December, the prime minister said at a Downing Street news conference.
Non-essential shops and hospitality will have to close for four weeks on Thursday, he said.
But unlike the restrictions in spring, schools, colleges and universities will be allowed to stay open.
It comes as documents suggested the UK was on course for a much higher death toll than during the first wave. The lockdown is due to last until 2 December, the prime minister said at a Downing Street news conference.
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