Coronavirus: National lockdown 'not right course' for UK, says Prime Minister

Prime minister Boris Johnson has ruled out another national lockdown in the UK. Speaking at a Dowing Street press conference on Thursday (October 22), Mr Johnson said he did not believe it was the 'right course now' for the country. He said: 'Not when the psychological cost of lockdown is well known to us and the economic cost. 'Not when it is being suggested that we might have to perform the same brutal lockdowns again and again in the months ahead. 'And not when there is such an obvious variation unlike last time, between different parts of the country. That's why we are going for a middle course.'