Coronavirus lockdown update as Boris Johnson warns of tougher action at UK borders

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Boris Johnson has promised to take tougher action at Britain's borders to protect the country from new Covid variants. The Prime Minister refused to be drawn on when the current lockdown could be lifted, although he said the Government wanted to 'do everything we can' to reopen the country.

However, he added the country must be cautious about relaxing measures to avoid another coronavirus wave, which could plunge the UK into a fresh shutdown.

Speaking about tougher border controls, he told reporters: "I really don't rule it out, we may need to take further measures still. "We may need to go further to protect our borders. "We don't want to put that [all the effort to control the virus] at risk by having a new variant come back in." Mr