Follow rules to avoid second national lockdown, warns Boris Johnson

PM pauses easing of England's coronavirus lockdown and says government may need to go further'

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Boris Johnson raised the threat of a new national lockdown as he paused new freedoms due this weekend amid fears any further reopening of the economy could trigger a full-blown resurgence of the coronavirus.

The surprise move came with a warning from Prof Chris Whitty, England's chief medical officer, that the country now appears to be at the outer edge" of how far society can safely reopen in the age of the pandemic