Covid: PM warns of virus deaths ‘twice as bad’ as spring
Covid: PM warns of virus deaths ‘twice as bad’ as spring
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Published November 2, 2020
Covid-19 deaths could be twice as high over the winter as they were in the first wave of the pandemic, PM Boris Johnson is expected to warn MPs later.
In a Commons statement he will say there is “no alternative” as he seeks to win support for a planned four-week lockdown in England from Thursday.
But Mr Johnson will explain he was “right to try every possible option” before ordering people to stay at home.
Labour has said it will back the lockdown but criticised the delay.
Mr Johnson announced at a Downing Street news conference on Saturday that strict measures will include closing pubs, restaurants, gyms, non-essential shops and places of worship
