Coronavirus: UK could stay in partial lockdown for six months, senior medical officer says
It will be six months or even longer before Britain “can get back to normal”, the deputy chief medical officer has warned.
Dr Jenny Harries said a review of the lockdown would be carried out within three weeks, but suggested many restrictions would stay in place much longer – even if it is judged to be working.
The UK would “need to keep that lid on”, she told the Downing Street press conference, saying people must accept they could only “gradually adjust”.
“This is a moving target,” Dr Harries said, pointing to huge uncertainty and bracing Britain for the number of deaths not being “on the way down” for a few weeks at least.
Although the “complete lockdown” would not last for six months, the country would only “gradually come back to a normal way of living”.
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