Coronavirus: UK restrictions set to be reviewed at special ‘lockdown summit’

UK Government medical and scientific advisers are still unsure when there will be a peak in the number of infections and fatalities.

Senior ministers are gathering for a “lockdown summit” that is expected to result in restrictions on movement being extended until May at the earliest.

Ahead of the COBRA meeting, hopes of an end to the shutdown of pubs, restaurants, shops and other businesses were all but dashed by Chancellor Rishi Sunak and other senior politicians.

Mr Dowden said the COBRA meeting will “determine the process” for how the government will review the lockdown next week.

And he hinted tougher measures could follow, saying ministers will look at the evidence and determine whether to “enhance or change the measures that we are taking”.

Source: Sky News