coronavirus "in the normal way" later in the day."What I would say is that we really do need to come together to tackle this once again," he said."We have got to take the necessary action to keep people safe number of people doubling."We will do what it takes to keep people safe, we will do what is necessary — lockdown is the last line of defence."Mr Hancock added: "I want to avoid a national lockdown."When pressed on whether it's a possibility, he said it's always an option under consideration."It isn't something that we ever take off the table, but it isn't something that we want to see either," he said. "The country once again needs to come together and recognise there is a serious challenge.