U.K. PM Johnson rules out swift end to coronavirus lockdown as he returns to work following his recovery from the virus.
The U.K. has registered 20,000 deaths from the new coronavirus outbreak, according to, giving it the fourth highest death toll in the world despite being 22nd in the global population rankings.
Steve Morgan, a property industry leader and Conservative Party donor through this property business Bridgemere UK, told BBC radio on Monday:"We need to get back to work, the country can't afford to continue in a lockdown situation.""inconsistencies" in the social distancing measures to be addressed and asked why they couldn't be removed more quickly.
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