And while Johnson acknowledged growing demands for the lockdown to be lifted to reduce the economic impact, he insisted that now was not the time. 'Refining' lockdown measuresJohnson, 55, became the most high-profile world leader to contract COVID-19 one month ago. He declined to give further detail but promised to be more transparent about the process and to work with opposition parties. The government also announced plans to allow the public to submit questions to ministers and experts in the daily coronavirus media briefing. The questioners would be chosen by an independent polling company and those answering would not be given advance notice, officials said.

Source: News 24 April 28, 2020 03:33 UTC