Boris Johnson’s official spokesman hinted lockdown measures would stay in place when asked about reports that the lockdown may be extended until June. During the Thursday night briefing, the Prime Minister was asked what the Government would do to protect tourist areas, like Cornwall, from a second coronavirus wave. Mr Johnson assured Michelle from Cornwall, who asked the question, that the Government wishes to avoid a surge in more COVID-19 cases due to tourism. 

Mr Johnson said: “We are going to make sure that the UK bounces back as strongly and fast as we can but we have got to be sensible.

“Michelle, the short answer is, you are dead right.

“We have got to get your business going again, we have to get tourism going again.

“But we can’t allow such a big influx of tourists as to create a second spike, a second wave of the disease”

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