BORIS Johnson has said new coronavirus measures would be "more costly" than those currently in place.
The UK needs "collective forbearance, commonsense and willingness to make sacrifice for the safety of others, the PM told the coronavirus briefing.
Johnson warned that any new measures will be "more costly than the ones we have put into effect now".
"But if we put in the work together now then we give ourselves the best possible chance … of avoiding those measures," he added.
Johnson also told the briefing he wished he could say the impact of new measures had already begun to appear, adding "it will take time to feed through".
On essential supplies, he says 32 billion items of PPE have been ordered - and that there is a four-month stockpile of masks, visors, gowns and other items for key workers this winter.
The number of ventilators in the NHS has trebled to 31,500, Johnson said.
And 14 million people have now downloaded the official coronavirus app.
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