People sit at a cafe in the Covent Garden shopping and dining district, next to a sign about the spread of the coronavirus disease , in London, Britain, August 2, 2020.Boris Johnson could ask millions of 'at-risk' people in England to stay at home as coronavirus cases surge.
The government is trying to identify options to avoid a second coronavirus wave which does not involve reimposing a nationwide lockdown, which Johnson last week called a 'nuclear deterrent.'Boris Johnson could ask millions of people in England to stay at home, ban people from travelling across the country, and quarantine holiday-makers under measures being considered to contain a potential new wave of coronavirus infections.
Downing Street is instead considering a series of "flexible" lockdown options, which could either be rolled out in certain areas where infections were spiking or — if cases begin to rise too quickly across England — rolled out nationwide,Those potential measures include a "risk register" which would see those people considered most at risk of serious illness from Covid-19 asked to "shield" by remaining at home as the rest of the population goes to work, shop, and...