UK on Path to Reclaim Freedoms, PM Says on Lockdown Anniversary

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson gives an update on the COVID-19 pandemic during a virtual press conference on the one year anniversary of Britain's first national lockdown inside 10 Downing Street in central London, on March 23, 2021. Hannah McKay/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

One year after the first CCP virus lockdown began, the UK is now “on the path to reclaiming our freedoms,” Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday.

Exactly one year ago, on March 23, 2020, Johnson ordered people to stay at home and shut down much of the economy in an attempt to stem the spread of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, also known as the novel coronavirus.