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The UK has been warned that it faces a six-month lockdown as coronavirus measures were extended in the US amid a surge in deaths connected to the outbreak.
Dr Jenny Harries, deputy chief medical officer for England, warned yesterday that social distancing measures will need to be removed slowly as opposed to a “dangerous” sudden lift.
The Prime Minister, afflicted with the virus himself, rallied support for measures against the virus in a video message, stating: “We are going to do it, we are going to do it together.”
Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump has extended the length of measures in his nation after tacitly admitting his prior plans to raise them by Easter were optimistic. The death toll in the US has hit 2,400.
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The measures in place in the US are to be extended to the end of April, after a surge in deaths connected to coronavirus in the nation.
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Boris Johnson has revealed that 20,000 former NHS staff have returned to help in the fight against coronavirus.
It came as he addressed the nation in a selfie video while he self-isolates with the disease.
The Prime Minister thanked the doctors, nurses and other former professionals for returning to duty.
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The UK could face another six months of lockdown measures before life gets back to normal amid the coronavirus pandemic, deputy chief medical officer Dr Jenny Harries said yesterday.
Speaking at the daily Covid-19 press conference at Downing Street, Dr Harries said the lockdown measures will be reviewed in three weeks after Easter but they may be in place for much longer.
She said that even if the UK is successful at quashing the rising curve of new cases, the country must not “suddenly revert to our normal way of living” straight away.
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