UK Prime Minister Boris Johnsonhas said he will only impose another nationwide coronavirus lockdown as a last resort, comparing the tool to "a nuclear deterrent" in a Sunday newspaper interview. Johnson, who is hoping Britain can return to "normality" by Christmas despite fears of a second wave of cases over winter, insisted the country was getting better at tackling the virus. The UK has been among the worst-hit countries in the world by COVID-19, registering the highest death toll in Europe. "But it is like a nuclear deterrent, I certainly don't want to use it. The government's chief scientific advisor, Patrick Vallance, agreed, judging the risk of a second wave of infection to be "high".

Source: Standard Digital July 19, 2020 03:11 UTC