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Updated October 13th, 2020 at 22:52 IST

UK opposition leader calls for temporary lockdown

The leader of the UK's opposition party, Keir Starmer, urged on Tuesday for Prime Minister Boris Johnson to put England into temporary lockdown to control spread of COVID-19.

UK opposition leader calls for temporary lockdown
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The leader of the UK's opposition party, Keir Starmer, urged on Tuesday for Prime Minister Boris Johnson to put England into temporary lockdown to control spread of COVID-19. Following recommendations from the UK's governmental advisory body, SAGE, Starmer said the nation needed a "circuit breaker" to slow the rapid rise of infections.

Britain already has the deadliest outbreak in Europe, with about 43,000 reported deaths, and Europe as a whole reported a record number of new cases last week, over 700,000, according to the World Health Organization.

 

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Published October 13th, 2020 at 22:51 IST

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