Second lockdown in the UK ‘a possibility’, leading scientist warns

A quiet Coventry city centre after the first lockdown (Jacob King/PA)

A second national lockdown is a possibility and stringent measures are needed to avoid it at all costs, a leading expert has warned.

Professor Peter Horby, of the University of Oxford, told the BBC’s The Andrew Marr Show on Sunday that the country was in a “precarious position” with rising coronavirus case numbers, hospital admissions and deaths.