02-11-2020 13:08 via kvoa.com

UK’s Johnson faces opposition from his own party on lockdown

LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing opposition from his own party as he prepares to ask British lawmakers to back plans for a second national lockdown to combat the exponential spread of COVID-19. Johnson will on Monday provide the House of Commons with details of a proposed four-week lockdown scheduled to begin Thursday. The plan was hurriedly announced on Saturday after scientific advisers told the government rapidly rising infection rates risked swamping hospitals in a
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