UK PM Boris Johnson mulls England lockdown next week

London: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson was considering putting England on a month-long lockdown next week in the wake of a second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to official documents.

The documents seen by the BBC suggest that new “stay at home” order could be announced on Monday, but schools, colleges and universities will be exempted.

It said that unless additional restrictions were introduced, the UK was on course for a much higher death toll than during the first wave.