Coronavirus: Sadiq Khan discusses London's 'rapidly worsening situation' with Boris Johnson
London Mayor Sadiq Khan and Boris Johnson discussed the worsening situation for coronavirus in the capital.
A spokesman for Mr Khan said Mr Khan had a "constructive telephone call" with the Prime Minister.
Boris Johnson said the restrictions announced on Tuesday could remain in place for “perhaps six months”.
He told the Commons: “I fervently want to avoid taking this step, as do the devolved administrations but we will only be able to avoid it if our new measures work and our behaviour changes.
“We will spare no effort in developing vaccines, treatments, new forms of mass-testing but unless we palpably make progress we should assume that the restrictions that I have announced will remain in place for perhaps six months.
“For the time being, this virus is a fact of our lives and I must tell the House and the country that our fight against it will continue.”
Read more...
New coronavirus lockdown rules for England could be in place for 'six months'
People encouraged to work from home as coronavirus restrictions tightened
1% of all deaths involved Covid-19 in second week of September