UK Telegraph with the report, says there has been intense lobbying from UK chief scientific adviser Patrick Vallance and other advisers for a new lockdown.
- government working on the assumption the second wave of coronavirus will be more deadly than the first
- internal analysis of the projected course of the second wave shows deaths peaking at a lower level than in the spring but remaining at that level for weeks or even months
GBP was shaken lower earlier on the back of the EUR news and also a Brexit headline. The Tele report adding to its woes.
(read from the bottom up for he earlier chronology):
- Germany is discussing a two-week coronavirus shut down
- Brexit - talks at a 'most difficult point' says EU Council President Michel
- French President Macron will address the nation on Wednesday evening
- France said to be considering a month-long coronavirus national lockdown
