Coronavirus map LIVE: Boris panics as 'only hope' to stop lockdown exposed - LEAKED MEMO

BORIS JOHNSON'S fears over preventing a second nationwide coronavirus lockdown have been exposed in a leaked memo.

The Prime Minister has pinned his hopes on ‘Operation Moonshot’ - an ambitious mass testing plans that could keep hopes of Christmas parties alive - which he hopes will stop the UK being forced into another lockdown. Leaked documents seen by the BMJ suggest the project - which would see millions of UK-wide tests carried out daily - could have a price tag close to that of the £114 billion budget given to NHS England between 2018 and 2019.

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