Boris Johnson orders England-wide coronavirus lockdown with health system pushed to breaking point

Boris Johnson has imposed a third coronavirus lockdown across England, shutting schools and ordering the public to stay at home, amid dire warnings that the National Health Service is being pushed to breaking point.The full emergency lockdown will start immediately and last until at least February 15, potentially devastating retail and hospitality businesses and threatening to push the economy into a double-dip recession, as doctors try to get a grip on the pandemic.In a televised address to…

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