Britain has recorded nearly 52,000 deaths of people who tested positive for the virus — the highest toll in Europe.

Calls were made to sack Johnson's senior adviser Dominic Cummings after he traveled 400 km to northern England while his wife showed COVID-19 symptoms.

Johnson, due to make a televised address at 1800 GMT, is expected to announce a limited easing of restrictions, such as encouraging those who cannot work from home to return to their offices and factories.

Johnson's Conservatives won a large majority in the lower chamber, the House of commons, at the Dec. 12 vote and lawmakers there quickly approved the legislation needed to ratify his exit deal with Brussels earlier this month.

According to "secret" documents obtained by the Sunday Times, the U.K. government warns of "significant" disruptions to the supply of drugs and medicine, a decrease in the availability of fresh food in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

In his first trip abroad as leader, Johnson is due to meet his European counterparts ahead of a G7 summit in Biarritz, France.

After Johnson gives a speech outside 10 Downing St., giving Britons a glimpse at his priorities and policy plans, then the real battle starts.

Boris Johnson has been stumbling through British politics for decades as a columnist, mayor, cabinet minister and now prime minister.

Ford praised the new leader of Britain's Conservative Party at a news conference in Lucan, Ont., this morning.

He will be tasked with following through on his "do or die" pledge to deliver Brexit in just over three months time.