1st LD: UK PM insists full national lockdown not "right course"


  • World
  • Friday, 23 Oct 2020

LONDON, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday reiterated his stand to avoid a national lockdown in fighting against the COVID-19 pandemic, saying that his government will work hard to protect jobs and put the country in a better position for an economic recovery.

"I don't believe a full lockdown is the right course," he told a press briefing at Downing Street.

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