Coronavirus: Boris Johnson insists he can avoid second England-wide lockdown
PM says reimposition of national measures is ‘nuclear deterrent’ he hopes never to use
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Boris Johnson has insisted he can avoid imposing another England-wide lockdown this winter, describing it as a “nuclear deterrent” that he hopes never to use.
Despite chief scientific adviser Patrick Vallance saying “national measures” might be necessary if there were fresh waves of the virus in the coming months, the prime minister said he “certainly” did not want to have to order the public to “stay at home” again.
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