UK’s PM Urges Britons To Flatten COVID-19 Pandemic’s ‘Second Hump’

A handout photograph released by the UK Parliament shows Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson during Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons in London on July 15, 2020. JESSICA TAYLOR / AFP / UK PARLIAMENTBritish Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Thursday he could close pubs earlier to “stop the second hump” of coronavirus cases, comparing the country’s trajectory of resurgent transmission to a camel’s profile.

In an interview with The Sun newspaper, Johnson said new measures may be needed as “the only way to make sure the country is able to enjoy Christmas” and an alternative to another full lockdown.“We can grip it now, stop the surge, arrest the spike, stop the second hump of the dromedary, flatten the second hump,” Johnson told the tabloid, before musing on his metaphor.

The government admits that increasing demand for virus tests is posing problems, after hospital bosses warned delays in the system were jeopardising healthcare services.

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