Boris Johnson Urges U.K. to Stick to Lockdown as Daily Deaths Decline

PM says U.K. is nearing end of the ‘first phase’ of the virus
Scientific advisers draw up options for easing lockdown rules

WATCH: Johnson says ifting the lockdown now would risk a "second spike" of infections.Source: Bloomberg

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By Robert Hutton and Kitty Donaldson

April 27, 2020 at 8:22 AM UTC

Corrected

April 28, 2020 at 9:31 AM UTC

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged the British public to keep obeying lockdown rules to avoid a disastrous second wave of the coronavirus outbreak, even as the number of daily deaths fell to its lowest in just under a month.