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The Mayor of London and the Prime Minister discussed the coronavirus situation in the capital. A spokesman for Khan said: “Sadiq had a constructive phone call with the prime minister this morning.
“They discussed the rapidly worsening situation in London, including increasing ICU admission rates, and the need to go further now to avoid a disastrous total lockdown in the future, which includes mandatory face coverings for workers in hospitality and a more widespread use of face coverings.
“It is clear that London has unique needs and challenges and additional measures that are suitable for the capital should be examined.
“Sadiq and the prime minister agreed to speak more regularly.”
Johnson chaired a meeting of the Cobra committee with the leaders of decentralized administrations before speaking with Khan.
A Downing Street spokesperson said: “The Prime Minister noted the importance of all parts of the UK working closely together in response to the second wave of coronavirus.”
“And after the Cobra meeting, the prime minister spoke with the mayor of London to discuss the situation there.”
It comes as the Prime Minister ordered new coronavirus restrictions for England in the House of Commons to be presented in the coming days.
Measures include office workers being told to return to work from home.
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A maximum of 15 people will be allowed to attend wedding ceremonies and receptions.
The rule of six will be expanded to cover indoor team sports.
And plans to allow business conferences and crowds at sporting events starting Oct. 1 have been dropped.
The army could even be hired to free police officers to deal with rule breakers.
Johnson told MPs: “This is in no way a return to the March total lockdown, we are not issuing a blanket stay-at-home instruction, we will make sure that schools, colleges and universities remain open, because nothing is more important than the education, health and well-being of our young people ”.
But he added that stricter measures could be taken if the R number, the average number of people infected by the coronavirus, remains above one.
He said: “I must emphasize that if all of our actions fail to bring the R below one, then we reserve the right to deploy greater firepower with significantly greater restrictions.”
In Scotland, Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon went further by banning home visits.
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