LONDON, March 29 (Reuters) - Britons may be subject to some
form of lockdown measures for six months or longer, England's
Deputy Chief Medical Officer Jenny Harries said on Sunday,
warning the country faces a second wave of coronavirus if they
are lifted too quickly.
The government has said it will review in three weeks the
lockdown steps it put in place last Monday. Harries said it is
too soon to know if they have had the desired effect of reducing
the peak of the spread of the virus in Britain.
"We must not then suddenly revert to our normal way of
living, that would be quite dangerous. If we stop then all of
our efforts will be wasted and we could potentially see a second
peak," Harries told a news conference.
"Over time, probably over the next six months, we will have
a three week review, we will see where we are going. We need to
keep that lid on and then gradually we will be able to hopefully
adjust some of the social distancing measures and gradually get
us all back to normal."
Harries added that it was a "moving target" and "we just
need to wait to see how successful we have been".
(Reporting by Kylie MacLellan; editing by Costas Pitas)