Newly recovered Johnson compares Covid-19 to an invisible street criminal wrestling Britons. FMTNews Lockdown
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on his first day back at work at 10 Downing Street.
“If we can show the same spirit of unity and determination as we’ve all shown in the past six weeks then I have absolutely no doubt that we will beat it,” the 55-year-old said outside his Downing Street home a month and a day after testing positive. But with Britain suffering one of the world’s highest death tolls – 20,732 hospital deaths reported as of Saturday – he stressed it was still a time of maximum risk and there would be no swift lifting of restrictions.
The lockdown has left Britain facing possibly the deepest recession in three centuries and the biggest debt splurge since World War II. Johnson’s government, party and scientific advisers are divided over how and when the world’s fifth-largest economy should start returning to work, even in limited form.The government is next due to review social distancing measures on May 7.
The spokesman added that Johnson will meet opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer this week after he urged the prime minister to say when and how restrictions might be eased. Latest data on Sunday showed deaths related to Covid-19 in hospitals were up by 413 in the previous 24 hours, the lowest daily rise this month. Some 29,058 tests were done on April 25.
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