Coronavirus | Amid second wave, Boris Johnson starts to shut down Britain, asks people to work from home© hindustantimes.com

Coronavirus | Amid second wave, Boris Johnson starts to shut down Britain, asks people to work from home

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will tell people on Tuesday to work from home and will impose new curbs on pubs, bars and restaurants in a bid to tackle the swiftly accelerating second wave of the coronavirus outbreak.

In an address to parliament at 1130 GMT and then to the nation at 1900 GMT, Mr. Johnson will stop some way short of a full national lockdown of the sort he imposed in March.

“We know this wont be easy, but we must take further action to control the resurgence in cases of the virus and protect the NHS,” Mr. Johnson will say, according to excerpts of his remarks distributed by his Downing Street office.