Boris Johnson warned he would not hesitate to "put on the brakes" if Covid-19 cases show signs of increasing as lockdown measures are slightly eased.
In an effort to reassure a nervous public about adjusting to living with coronavirus, the Prime Minister insisted he would not do anything that would risk a second peak in infections.
In his address to the nation setting out a "road map" out of the lockdown, Mr Johnson said "if there are outbreaks, if there are problems, we will not hesitate to put on the brakes".
Monitoring will take place at local, regional and national level, with the possibility of targeted lockdowns being reimposed if there is a risk of the infection rate - the R value - rising beyond one and risking an exponential rise
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