The Prime Minister Boris Johnson has likened the option of a second Nationwide shutdown to a ‘nuclear deterrent’.
Mr Johnson said while speaking with The Sunday Telegraph that he does not want to impose a second national lockdown if a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic occurs.
The Minister doubt that the country ‘will be in that position again’.
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His position is contrary to the UK’s Chief scientific adviser said such a move might be necessary as the country approaches winter season.
To grasp the control of the crisis, the government had given the power to councils in England to enact lockdown.
That means local authorities can cancel events, close shops and public places in the wake of a second outbreak in their locality.
Johnson said another lockdown will remain an option, adding that the authorities are getting better in managing the crisis.
He said, “I can’t abandon that tool any more than I would abandon a nuclear deterrent. But it is like a nuclear deterrent, I certainly don’t want to use it. And nor do I think we will be in that position again.”
“We’re genuinely able now to look at what’s happening in much closer to real time, to isolate outbreaks and to address them on the spot, and to work with local authorities to contain the problem locally and regionally if we have to,” Mr Johnson told The Sunday Telegraph.
The PM said on Friday that he hoped normalcy returns to the country by Christmas.
Meanwhile, the country recorded 726, 27 new deaths new cases in the last 24 hours. The new deaths bring the total deaths to 45,300.
In Scotland, the 20 new cases were recorded for the second day running.
The First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, however, said it was still a low number and fluctuations should be expected.
In its reaction, Labour said Boris was right to aspire to open up the economy but noted that there were flaws in its latest plans.
Shadow Foreign Secretary Lisa Nandy said: “You only have to go down the high street to see what the problem is.
“Many people aren’t coming out of their houses and they aren’t spending because they are nervous about what this means, whether there is going to be a second wave; whether the NHS is going to be overwhelmed, and we really do need to get to grips with the test trace and isolate system – which the government admits is not fully functional.” she told Sky News’ Sophy Ridge.
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