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Boris Johnson’s Choices as U.K. Faces Second Virus Lockdown
- Infection rate is rising as ministers grapple with outbreak
- Decisions include local lockdown or national circuit-breaker
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Boris Johnson’s top team is grappling with a spike in coronavirus infections that’s seen the U.K. outbreak spreading exponentially again.
Ministers are trying to decide how to balance tackling the virus with helping the economy recover from its worst recession in more than a century, sparking divisions within the Cabinet over the best way forward.