Boris Johnson, on his first day back at work after his own battle with Covid-19, announced he will this week unveil the first steps to easing the restrictions aimed at beating the virus. ____________________________________________________ More on coronavirus: ____________________________________________________ But the PM warned the UK was still at “maximum risk” from the disease and now was not the right time to end the lockdown totally – which could lead to a dangerous second peak and thousands more fatalities. But the PM said: “Difficult judgments will be made and we cannot spell out now how fast or slow or even when those changes will be made.” And Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty admitted the Government faced “some very difficult choices” to keep the transmission rate low. After ordering pubs, bars, restaurants, theatres, gyms and leisure centres across the country to close indefinitely, Prime Minister Boris Johnson addressedthe public on March 23; outlining strict exercise and shopping limits, ordering all shops other than food stores and pharmacies to close, and implementing a ban on public gatheringsof twoor more people. First Secretary of State Dominic Raab, while deputising for Prime Minister Boris Johnson as he recovered from coronavirus (COVID-19), announced on April 16that theU.K.lockdown would continue for at least another three weeks. The government is also delivering an unprecedented economic relief package aimed at businesses and individuals hitbythepandemic,which is estimated to cost over £400 billion. (Pictured) Prime Minister Boris Johnson makes a statement, while flanked by windows showing children's drawings of rainbows supporting the NHS, on his first day back at work in Downing Street after recovering from a bout of coronavirus (COVID-19) that put him in intensive care, in London, England on April 27. The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) warned the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic could see the U.K. economy shrink by a record 35 percent by June. A man wears a religious placard on Market Street in Manchester, England on March 25. Workers sell food and household items to local residents from their ice cream van at a supported housing estate in west Belfast, Northern Ireland on April 1. Soldiers and private contractors help to prepare the ExCel centre in London, which is being made into the temporary NHS Nightingale hospital comprising two wards, each of 2,000 people, to help tackle coronavirus, on March 30. Prime Minister Boris Johnson gives a press conference on the ongoing situation with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic with chief medical officer Chris Whitty (L) and Chief scientific officer Sir Patrick Vallance (R) in Downing Street after he had taken part in the government's emergency Cobra meeting in London, England on March 16. The business loan announced by Mr Sunak will range from a minimum of £2,000 to £50,000 and firms must have been up and running before the start of March to be eligible. Former minister Theresa Villiers urged him “to publish a road map to release from the lockdown so that businesses can start to prepare for a phased modification and a safe exit from the emergency measures”.
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