Britain ‘seeing a second wave of coronavirus outbreak’

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday Britain is seeing a second wave of the coronavirus outbreak.

“There’s no question, as I’ve said for several weeks now, that we could expect and are now seeing a second wave coming in,”Johnson said in remarks published in an AFP report.

His remarks came as toured the site of a new vaccines center in Didcot, near Oxford.

Tighter rules preventing people from socializing with anyone from outside their household come into force from Tuesday across parts of northwest, northern and central England, AFP reported.

Food and drink venues will only be allowed to serve at tables, while pubs and bars will be shut early at 10:00 pm (2100 GMT).

According to AFP, his gloomy announcement came as government scientific advisors said the R number, representing the number of people an infected person will pass the virus to, has risen to between 1.1 and 1.4, up from 1.0 to 1.2 last week.