Penny Mordaunt, the paymaster general, told MPs on Tuesday that there could yet be a rolling series of lockdowns – but argued this was not evidence that the measure was ineffective. Ministers expect a moderate number of Conservative MPs to rebel but Labour support means the measures are guaranteed to pass. “That is why some scientists expect a third or more waves of the virus to be managed [with] repeat lockdowns. “A rolling series of lockdowns might … hold Covid-19 at bay for a few weeks, or months, as the last one did. Conservative lockdown sceptics criticised the government’s strategy during a debate in Westminster Hall, to which Mordaunt was responding.

Source: The Guardian November 03, 2020 18:22 UTC