LONDON (BLOOMBERG) - Boris Johnson's government tried to damp expectations that Britain's coronavirus lockdown will be significantly rolled back as top scientists warned the country's infection rate has crept upward in recent days.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
LONDON - Boris Johnson's government tried to damp expectations that Britain's coronavirus lockdown will be significantly rolled back as top scientists warned the country's infection rate has crept upward in recent days.
Ahead of a long holiday weekend that starts on Friday and is predicted to be sunny, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab insisted that the restrictions will remain in place until the government says otherwise. The reason for the administration's caution was laid bare when National Statistician Ian Diamond backed a scientific assessment that the infection rate had risen at least a little in recent days, largely due to the continuing spread of the disease in care homes.
JOHNSON'S PLAN Johnson is due to make his announcement at 7pm on Sunday to give details about what he has described as"Phase Two" of the crisis. What do studies on new coronavirus mutations tell us? Data announced at Thursday's regular televised briefing showed deaths and infections are reducing slowly, but are still at high levels. Raab reported 5,614 new cases of Covid-19 and 539 deaths. That compares with 6,032 and 674 a week ago.OVER REACTION Some government officials have said parts of the public over-reacted to the lockdown, with workers staying home even when that was not the intention.
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