Boris Johnson has insisted that the UK lockdown must continue as he returned to work for the first time since emerging from treatment in intensive care for the coronavirus.
The UK prime minister said the country had "nearly succeeded" in overcoming the first phase of the virus, and must not lift restrictions until the infection rate had sufficiently dropped.
"This is the moment of opportunity, when we can press home our advantage," Johnson said speaking outside his Downing Street residence.
"It is also the moment of maximum risk."
The UK government is under growing pressure from its own MPs and some business leaders to relax, or end, the lockdown.
However, Johnson insisted that any attempt to relax the measures at this stage would lead to a second spike in infections.
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