UK coronavirus restrictions could last six months – deputy chief medical officer

Dr Jenny Harries says lifting lockdown too soon could risk second wave of infection

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The lockdown in the UK to try to slow the spread of coronavirus could go on for six months and the country may not return to its normal way of life until the autumn, a key government doctor has said.

The deputy chief medical officer for England, Dr Jenny Harries, said at Downing Street’s daily press conference on Sunday that the effectiveness of the current restrictions would be reviewed at the end of the original three-week period.

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