coronavirus infections.With more restrictions announced for large parts of England, there is growing speculation that the U.K.
as a whole may be sliding toward a lockdown by stealth in the coming weeks, partly because the country’s testing regime is clearly struggling to cope with higher demand.
Pressure mounts on U.K. government to act as coronavirus cases spike “We want to avoid a national lockdown altogether, that is the last line of defense,” British Health Secretary Matt Hancock told BBC radio.