Boris Johnson will address the nation this evening in an 8 p.m. address over rising coronavirus rates. Ahead of the statement, a No. 10 spokesperson said the Prime Minister is ‘clear that further steps must now be taken to arrest this rise and to protect the NHS and save lives’. It’s also been announced that parliament will be recalled on Wednesday to debate new measures.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced a lockdown in Scotland earlier today while Keir Starmer and Jeremy Hunt called for further measures in England. The expectation among MPs now is that the PM will likely announce some form of national lockdown – whether by name or placing the whole of England under Tier 4 along with potential school closures. The government has promised MPs to give them a vote on national measures — as opposed to regional ones — so the early return of MPs to debate the measures suggests new restrictions could be national.
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