Britain is on the brink of a two-week "circuit breaker lockdown" in Liverpool due to surging coronavirus cases, it has been reported.
The Government is ready to impose the new short-term comprehensive shutdown of the northern city as it continues its efforts to curb the pandemic in areas with the worst infection rates.
Mayor Joe Anderson said the measure was "only a matter of days" away after 1,306 cases in seven days, more than double the previous week's rate.
The new restrictions would see households banned from mixing indoors, as well as the closure of pubs and restaurants. "For me, it is only a matter of time because the virus isn’t able to be controlled in the city with the restrictions we have now,” Mr Anderson told The Telegraph. "We
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