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Out of COVID isolation, British PM to give news conference

  • 26 Nov 2020
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Boris Johnson looks on after a service marking Armistice Day at Westminster Abbey in London. File photo/Reuters

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ordered England into a month-long lockdown in early November after coronavirus cases and deaths started to rise again, angering businesses and some of his own political party over the economic consequences.

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Johnson will hold a news conference on Thursday where he will explain which areas in England will continue to local restrictions after the end of the monthlong national lockdown next month, finance minister Rishi Sunak said.

 “The prime minister will do a press conference later today,” Sunak told Sky News.

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