Johnson says football’s Premier League matches will continue during lockdown

British PM Boris Johnson

British PM Boris Johnson

(Reuters/NAN)

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Saturday that English Premier League (EPL) matches will continue during a month-long national lockdown starting next week.

The return of the lockdown was to contain the coronavirus outbreak.

Johnson had in an address said there was a need for a return to the lockdown measure as the pandemic was showing no signs of abating.

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