British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is considering a month-long nationwide lockdown amid the rising number of Covid-19 cases in the country, according to reports quoting government sources.

The Prime Minister’s office has scheduled a news conference later on Saturday, when more details on the plans are expected to be laid out by Johnson, after cabinet discussions around another lockdown were leaked across sections of the UK media.

Johnson will chair another cabinet meeting on Saturday to discuss the latest coronavirus strategy further and will then be joined by England’s chief medical officer Chris Whitty and the government’s chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance for the media briefing later.

Johnson met his most senior cabinet colleagues on Friday to discuss the possible toughening of restrictions in light of worsening coronavirus infection rate and hospital cases.

Everything except essential shops and education settings could be closed under the new measures, The Times newspaper reported, with the hope that measures can be lifted in the lead-up to Christmas in December.