UK risks new lockdown as COVID cases hit highest since May

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Britain is likely to need to reintroduce some national coronavirus lockdown measures sooner rather than later, a leading epidemiologist said on Saturday, as new cases rose to their highest level since early May.

A street ranger and a police community support officer patrol Northumberland Street amid the spread of the coronavirus disease , in Newcastle, Britain, September 18, 2020. REUTERS/Lee Smith

“Right now we’re at about the levels of infection we were seeing in this country in late February, and if we leave it another two to four weeks we’ll be back at levels we were seeing more back in mid-March, and that’s going to - or could - cause deaths,” Ferguson said. Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon asked Johnson to meet her and the leaders of the devolved governments of Wales and Northern Ireland within the next 48 hours to try to ensure coordinated measures across different parts of the United Kingdom.“We know from experience earlier in the year that speed and decisiveness of action is important in the fight against COVID,” she said.

London’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, said on Friday that tighter lockdown measures were becoming “increasingly likely” for Britain’s capital.

 

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United Kingdom Confirmed cases 390,358👉change today ↑ 4,422 (1.15%) Critical cases 138 dead 41,759

Any lockdown which allows pubs to still open is a joke regardless of restricted hours the government are putting people at risk purely for money close the pubs close the restaurants and have some balls boris

Freedom dying by the day.

So let’s get this right.A 100+ day national lockdown from March to June didn’t prevent this spike in +ve tests but another 15 day lockdown will solve the problem? Hospitals were never overrun,treatments are better now and there aren’t many deaths So wtf is even the discussion?

Parts of the UK are already on lockdown

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