British Prime Minister Boris Johnson gears up to tackle second wave

The Boris Johnson authorities is contemplating imposing one other nationwide lockdown after the UK reported a recent surge of Covid-19 circumstances – 4,322 coronavirus infections had been recorded on Friday – with consultants and ministers huddled in conferences over the weekend amid rising ire over steps taken to cease the unfold of the virus.

Johnson admitted main challenges in offering checks and noticed a second wave coming after comparable spikes in circumstances had been reported in different European international locations as properly. Experts need extra stringent measures in place before later.

Epidemiologist Neil Ferguson, whose modelling had influenced the choice to impose the primary lockdown earlier this yr, mentioned on Saturday the UK is now going through a “perfect storm” due to the easing of among the curbs in latest months, and known as for fast motion.

Day-rise figures have been within the hundreds in September after comparable figures within the a whole bunch in July and August. There are native restrictions in north England and the Midlands, the place the rise in infections is alarmingly outstanding. From Monday, gatherings on greater than six individuals have been banned.

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Speaking throughout a go to to Oxfordshire, Prime Minister Johnson mentioned, “We are now seeing a second wave coming in. We’ve seen it in France, in Spain, across Europe. It’s been absolutely inevitable, I’m afraid, that we would see it in this country.

“We want to keep the schools open – that’s going to happen. And we’ll try and keep all parts of the economy open, as far as we possibly can. I don’t think anybody wants to go into a second lockdown.”

The UK PM mentioned, “Clearly, when you look at what is happening, you’ve got to wonder whether we need to go further than the rule of six that we brought in on Monday. We’ll be looking at the local lockdowns we’ve got in large parts of the country now and see what we can do to intensify things.”

New measures that might imply one other lockdown are due to be introduced on Monday or Tuesday, after the opposition Labour joined consultants to name for swift motion to cease the unfold of coronavirus.

Labour chief Keir Starmer mentioned, “I am deeply concerned about the sharp rise in coronavirus cases and the difficulties people across the country are facing in getting a test… This is the time for swift, decisive national action. We cannot afford to be too slow.”