coronavirus on Monday, Downing Street has confirmed. Boris Johnson will first chair a meeting of the Government's emergency COBRA committee in the morning to hash out the final details of the new measures, which MPs will debate and vote on later in the week.
Later he'll make a statement to the House of Commons, before speaking directly to the nation in a televised address from No.
10, where he'll be joined by Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty.For the first time, Downing Street has confirmed the creation of a new three-tiered system for England called the "Local Covid Alert Levels".The country will be placed into "medium", "high" and "very high" alert levels.There's not yet been any indication which levels will be.