Coronavirus – UK press reports there is pressure on PM Johnson for a new lockdown


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UK Telegraph with the report, says there has been intense lobbying from UK chief scientific adviser Patrick Vallance and other advisers for a new lockdown.

  • government working on the assumption the second wave of coronavirus will be more deadly than the first
  • internal analysis of the projected course of the second wave shows deaths peaking at a lower level than in the spring but remaining at that level for weeks or even months

GBP was shaken lower earlier on the back of the EUR news and also a Brexit headline. The Tele report adding to its woes. 

(read from the bottom up for he earlier chronology):UK Telegraph with the report, says there has been intense lobbying from UK chief scientific adviser Patrick Vallance and other advisers for a new lockdown.