Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ordered England to go under a month-long lockdown starting from Thursday as the COVID-19 cases across the United Kingdom cross one million.
Johnson, on Saturday evening, conducted a press conference in haste at the Downing Street after news of a lockdown leaked to local media.
The British PM said that the one-month lockdown across England would kick in at a minute past midnight on Thursday morning November 5, and last until December 2.
The prime minister told that the measures were to prevent a “medical and moral disaster” for the NHS.
He also warned that Christmas may be “very different”, but said he hoped taking action now would mean families can gather.
The United Kingdom, which has the biggest official death toll in Europe from Covid-19, and the second wave of coronavirus threatens to overwhelm the health service.
As reported by the BBC, the new restrictions to be implemented are as following:
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