Coronavirus: UK could face up to six months before life gets back to normal

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The UK could be facing six months or longer before life gets back to normal amid the coronavirus pandemic, deputy chief medical officer Dr Jenny Harries has said.

Speaking at the daily Covid-19 press conference at Downing Street, Dr Harries said the lockdown measures will be reviewed in three weeks after Easter but they may be in place for much longer.

She said that even if the UK is successful at quashing the rising curve of new cases, the country must not "suddenly revert to our normal way of living" straight away.

It comes after the Government introduced stringent lockdown measures, ordering Brits to stay at home while the death toll soared and case numbers skyrocketed.

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