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Chequers

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Locations Buckinghamshire
United Kingdom
Construction started1565
Architectural styles Tudor architecture
Architects Reginald Blomfield
William Atkinson
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Date of Upd.
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About Chequers


Chequers, or Chequers Court, is the country house of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. A 16th century manor house in origin, it is located near the village of Ellesborough, halfway between Princes Risborough and Wendover in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom, at the foot of the Chiltern Hills.

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Coronavirus: Boris Johnson fears the second peak of relaxing lockdown

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... The PM is understood to have met his Deputy, Dominic Raab in Chequers on Friday the crisis to discuss...

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Coronavirus: Boris Johnson fears the second peak of relaxing lockdown

Feb 16,2020 8:01 am

Boris Johnson has told, to remember colleagues, that an easing of the blockade could be measures to early to a second outbreak of the coronavirus.

The PM is understood to have met his Deputy, Dominic Raab in Chequers on Friday The Crisis to discuss.

He is thought to have said, the Lord Raab and other officials about the video, that the stop was a second highlight is his priority.

It Comes after criticism of Mr Johnson chair, or visit the first five meetings over The Virus .

" the Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove confirmed on Sunday that the PM was involved in the so-called COBR meeting - the Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms - as reported in the Sunday Times.

the shadow health Secretary Jonathan Ashworth accused Mr Johnson, as "missing in action" at the beginning of The Crisis .

But said a government spokesman, it will be a normal "completely and right" for COBR, chaired by the relevant Secretary of state, rather than the Prime Minister .

she added Boris Johnson , "has been at the forefront of the response to this, the management in this extremely difficult time for the whole nation".

culture Secretary Oliver Dowden also his boss, defended the PM, saying "will was instructed on an hourly and daily basis" and "has a very close personal interest" of The Virus at an early stage.

The watch is currently at Chequers - the country retreat of the Prime Minister while he recovers from coronavirus, and is not officially back at work yet.

Meanwhile, government sources said the review of the lockdown measures in three weeks would lead to changes, rather than the widespread easing.

the BBC's assistant political editor Norman Smith said that The Fear in the government is a further outbreak, only the deaths but also the impact on the economy, if the workers are sick and can't work.

He also said, faith is the additional impact on the company, for example, were forced to closed in a second lockdown would be more depth.

What I need to know about the coronavirus?

Mr Dowden said the government would appropriate measures to facilitate the lockdown "on the basis of The Evidence ."

But he refers to, it could take 12 weeks to "turn The Tide " on The Virus .

Mr Dowden told BBC Radio 4 's Today programme: "What is done, is a kind of conformity.

"But we will take appropriate measures on the basis of the facts and evidence, and this has not Changed . "



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Source of news: bbc.com

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