LONDON, April 27 — Prime Minister Boris Johnson today made his first public appearance since being hospitalised with coronavirus three weeks ago, saying Britain was beginning to “turn the tide” on the outbreak but rejecting growing calls to ease a nationwide lockdown. In a statement in...
Johnson said he wanted to get the economy moving but was not willing to risk a second outbreak. —
He thanked the British people for heeding a month of stay-at-home orders, which have helped stem the spread of Covid-19, although more than 20,000 people have already died from the virus. But while acknowledging the concerns of many businesses and increasing numbers of MPs in his own Conservative party about the economic toll, Johnson warned that now was not the time to ease the lockdown.
He returned to his Downing Street residence on Sunday night, after two weeks spent recovering at his countryside retreat of Chequers, and was due to chair the daily government coronavirus meeting today. Debate is also still raging about whether Britain introduced the lockdown too late, as a decision looms on whether and how the measures could be eased.
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