U.K. Health Minister Matt Hancock has warned that further coronavirus quarantine measures may be imposed amid fears of a 'second wave starting to roll across Europe.'
In an interview withon Thursday, Hancock said he was "worried" about a second wave of Covid-19 infections reaching the U.K.
"But closer to home in Europe, including in some of the countries that we had exempted from quarantine because their cases were so low, we are seeing that come up, and we won't hesitate to act." To date, the U.K. has recorded more than 303,000 cases, the second-highest in Europe behind Russia, and has the continent's highest death toll, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
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