Is this about the fake covid virus or perfectly timed for 'The Invisible Enemy' that's about to be exposed by Trump? I'm hoping the latter..
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Boris will address the nation at 8pm TONIGHT: PM recalls Parliament as he prepares to announce new lockdown to 'arrest rise in COVID, protect the NHS and save lives' as Labour AND Tories urge him to close schools, borders, and ban all household mixing NOW
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9110319/Tory-fury-Matt-Hancock-hints-tougher-lockdown-saying-ruled-out.html
Boris Johnson is set to unveil a brutal new national lockdown tonight in a desperate bid to keep the mutant coronavirus at bay while vaccines are rolled out.
The PM is set to make a televised statement on the 'next steps' in the crisis at 8pm, with Parliament being recalled on Wednesday.
Announcing the dramatic move, a No10 spokesman said: 'The spread of the new variant of COVID-19 has led to rapidly escalating case numbers across the country.
'The Prime Minister is clear that further steps must now be taken to arrest this rise and to protect the NHS and save lives. He will set those out this evening.'
MailOnline understands England is facing blanket restrictions similar to those imposed during the first lockdown last spring, with fears they will have to last for months until the most vulnerable get jabs.
Schools are set to be shut to all but vulnerable children and the offspring of key workers, but outdoor exercise will still be allowed.
Earlier, ex-health secretary Jeremy Hunt joined demands from Labour and Tory MPs for an immediate national lockdown with schools and borders shut and a ban on all household mixing.
Mr Hunt warned that mutant Covid has put the NHS under 'off the scale' pressure compared to normal winters and the government 'cannot afford to wait' even one more day.
Mr Johnson confirmed this morning that 'tougher' measures were coming despite the optimism sparked by the first Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine doses being administered - but appeared to hint he would prefer stick with the Tier system in England.
Nicola Sturgeon announce a drastic crackdown in the Scottish Parliament this afternoon, with a legally-enforced stay at home order from midnight and schools north of the border set to stay closed until February.
Meanwhile, parents are facing chaos as many primary schools defy the government's orders to return after the Christmas holidays.
SAGE has cautioned that it is probably impossible to control the new coronavirus variant while they remain open - although experts say a total shutdown still might not be enough to bring the 'R' reproduction rate below one.
But the idea of hardening the restrictions has sparked fury from other Tory MPs, who insist the country's experience of the pandemic shows that lockdowns do not work and are crippling the economy.