The United Kingdom already has the biggest official COVID-19 death toll in Europe – and the fifth largest in the world.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was on Monday pondering a second national lockdown as an accelerating coronavirus outbreak threatened to destroy any shoots of economic recovery and send millions back into isolation.
But new COVID-19 cases are rising by at least 6000 per day in Britain, according to week-old data, hospital admissions are doubling every eight days, and the testing system is buckling. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said the United Kingdom was at a critical juncture though any new lockdown would have to be balanced with schools and businesses allowed to stay open so that the country could pay for the crisis.
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