Johnson to hold press conference as England Covid lockdown looms

PM likely to announce national lockdown as scientist says coronavirus is running riot'

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Coronavirus is running riot" across all age groups, a government scientific adviser has said ahead of an expected announcement by the prime minister that England will go into lockdown next week.

Downing Street confirmed that Boris Johnson would hold a press conference late Saturday afternoon, after scientists on the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) told him Covid-19 was spreading significantly faster than their worst-case scenarios and could kill 85,000 people this winter.