British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says too soon to relax coronavirus restrictions as other countries ease up on lockdown measures
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks outside 10 Downing Street after recovering from the coronavirus disease , in London, Britain, April 27, 2020.
Speaking outside his 10 Downing Street office, Johnson said the country was reaching “the end of the first phase of this conflict” but warned that a quick end to a lockdown due to last at least until May 7 was not in sight. As of Sunday, Britain had recorded 20,732 deaths among people hospitalised with Covid-19, the fifth country in the world to surpass 20,000 deaths. Thousands more are thought to have died in nursing homes during the pandemic.
In signs of lockdown fatigue, the volume of road traffic has begun to creep up, and businesses including construction sites and home-supply stores have begun to reopen after introducing social-distancing measures.
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