According to reports that emerged over the weekend in the Times and the Telegraph, Boris Johnson ordered officials to draw up plans to avoid a second lockdown.
It is reported that Mr Johnson held a “war game” session with chancellor Rishi Sunak on Wednesday to run through possible options, according to the Times.Mr Johnson is considering asking the elderly to shield once again and is mulling lockdown-like conditions for London should there be a second wave of coronavirus infections, the papers said.
The claims come after Mr Johnson was forced to announce a slow down of the lockdown easing last week, with planned relaxations for the leisure and beauty sectors delayed after a rise in Covid-19 cases was recorded.
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