Back at work from battling COVID-19, Britain's Boris Johnson says easing coronavirus restrictions too soon would create a second spike of infections.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged his lockdown-weary nation to be patient, saying Monday that easing social and economic restrictions too soon would create a second deadly spike of coronavirus infections.that left him dangerously ill, Johnson said Britain had reached the moment of “maximum risk” in its outbreak.
Speaking outside his 10 Downing St. office, Johnson said the country was reaching “the end of the first phase of this conflict” but warned that a quick end to a lockdown due to last at least until May 7 was not in sight. “I refuse to throw away all the effort and the sacrifice of the British people and to risk a second major outbreak and huge loss of life and the overwhelming of the [healthcare system],” said Johnson.The 55-year-old leader appeared thinner but better rested than when he was last seen in public early this month.
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