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Britain's Johnson Defends Lockdown Decision to Parliament

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   British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told parliament Wednesday that the
   government had "no choice but to return to a national lockdown," as
   health officials estimate that one in every 50 people in the nation
   have had COVID-19 in the last week.

   Figures released Tuesday by Britain's Office for National Statistics
   show the number is higher in London, where one in 30 people had the
   virus between December 27 and January 2. The figure does not include
   people in hospitals, nursing homes and other institutions.

   Addressing parliament Wednesday ahead of lawmakers' retroactive votes
   on lockdown measures introduced earlier this week, Johnson said the
   plan is for the lockdown to last until the end of March, but with a
   mid-February review.

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