(ANSA) - LONDON, 02 NOV - Boris Johnson defends in front of the Parliament the decision to impose a national lockdown in England from Thursday, indicating it as a "no alternative" choice in the face of current data and projections on the post-summer spread of the coronavirus: penalty - he warns - the risk of facing a doubling of the potential number of deaths during the winter compared to the already very heavy toll of spring.
This was reported by the BBC, anticipating excerpts of the status expected by the British Conservative Prime Minister in the House of Commons.
that this time it will be called to vote on the restrictions on Wednesdays: currently set for a month, until 2 December, but without excluding the need for hypothetical extensions.
Johnson at the same time defends as a "right" strategy that of having tried so far to face the second wave only with local restrictions, graded territory per territory, and to have tried "every other option" before re-assigning himself to national confinement.
A goal that until a week ago he insisted on trying to avoid in every way.
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