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Boris Johnson To Set Out 5-Tier COVID-19 Warning System In England: Report

London:  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will set out a five-tier warning system for the coronavirus in England on Sunday when he outlines the government's plans to begin slowly easing lockdown measures, British media reported. Johnson is due to use a televised address at 1800 GMT to announce the next steps in Britain's battle against the pandemic following a lockdown that has all but shut down the economy and kept millions at home for nearly seven weeks. Media reported Johnson would detail a five-tier warning system for England, ranging from "green" at level one to "red" at level five to flag the COVID-19 risk in different areas and to allow the government to increase restrictions where necessary. The United Kingdom's other constituent nations - Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland - have some powers over their own lockdown measures but are expected to stay broadly in line with what the government announces for England. Colour-coded syst...

UK "Past The Peak" Of Coronavirus Outbreak: Boris Johnson

London:  Britain is "past the peak" of its coronavirus outbreak, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Thursday, despite recording another 674 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the toll to 26,711. The country is now the third-most affected in the world behind the United States and Italy on cumulative deaths, after changing its reporting to include community as well as hospital deaths on Wednesday. But PM Johnson, making his first appearance at a daily government briefing since his own battle with COVID-19, said there were reasons for optimism. "For the first time, we are past the peak of this disease... and we are on the downward slope," he told reporters. "We are coming through the peak or rather we are coming over what could have been a vast peak, as though we have been going through some huge Alpine tunnel. "And we can now see the sunlight and the pastures ahead of us. So it's vital that we don't now lose control and run slap into a ...