Chris Whitty warns England could be plunged back into lockdown curbs in just 5 weeks

Boris Johnson could be forced to order new Covid lockdown curbs in five weeks, Chris Whitty has warned just days before Monday's 'Freedom Day'. The Chief Medical Officer sounded the alarm over a potential 'scary' growth in hospitalisations which could leave the NHS 'in trouble again surprisingly fast' once restrictions are lifted. The top medic said if hospital admissions begin doubling and the jabs rollout was not 'topping out' the pandemic, in 'five, six, seven eight weeks' time' the Prime Minister may need to 'look again' at restrictions.