We could be in lockdown for three more months, with further measures after that England's deputy chief medical officer has warned it could be six months or more before the UK gets back to normal from the pandemic. At the daily Downing Street briefing about the coronavirus pandemic, Dr. Jenny Harries said lockdown measures could be in place for months and would be lifted gradually before regular life resumes fully. She said the nationwide restrictions would be reviewed every three weeks. Dr. Harries said: "Three weeks for review, two or three months to see if we've really squashed it, but three to six months, ideally... "This is not to say we would be in complete lockdown for six months, but as a nation, we have to be really, really responsible and keep doing what we're all doing until we're sure we can gradually start lifting various interventions which are likely to be spaced - based on the science and our data - until we gradually come back ...