UK lockdown must be lifted gradually, could last six months - medical official

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Britons may be subject to some form of lockdown measures for six months or longer, England's Deputy Chief Medical Officer Jenny Harries said on Sunday, warning the country faces a second wave of coronavirus if they are lifted too quickly.

Britain's Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Dr Jenny Harries, speaks at a coronavirus disease digital news conference at 10 Downing Street in London, Britain March 29, 2020. Pippa Fowles/10 Downing Street/Handout via REUTERS

The government has said it will review in three weeks the lockdown steps it put in place last Monday. Harries said it is too soon to know if they have had the desired effect of reducing the peak of the spread of the virus in Britain.

 

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I say, that’s a jolly rum thing old boy,what?

Oh dear

With her two sidekicks having succumbed to coronavirus she looks so lonely. *And then there was one*

People not support!!! Sorry

lol good luck UK you will have no economy no jobs and people will die from starvation

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