To say that March 23 seems like such a long time ago is a bit of an understatement.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson, when announcing the strictest lockdown restrictions the country had yet seen, proclaimed the country would 'turn the tide' within 12 weeks. And yet here we are.

Almost six months to the day later and the country is on the verge of a second lockdown.

Whole areas are entering or have already entered local lockdowns banning households from mixing and it is estimated that around one in five people in the UK are back under stricter rules.

Experts have now warned of 50,000 new daily cases by mid-October if urgent action is not taken.

Chief medical officer Chris Witty has said the country needs to take the next six months seriously.

But talk of a second lockdown comes after months of being told to go back to pubs, to eat out, and to get back on the train to work.

The coronavirus shows no sign of leaving and that bit of light at the end of the tunnel has just got a whole lot further away.