British Prime Minister Boris Johnson dismissed criticism on Wednesday of his government's plans to implement local lockdowns if there are flare-ups of the novel coronavirus and of an app to trace the spread of the virus.<br /><br />At prime minister's questions in parliament, the opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer suggested both systems were not for when England is prepared to ease its coronavirus lockdown from July 4.<br /><br />A spokesman for Starmer pointed to Germany, which has had a large number of people downloading its app, and a number of countries "which are far ahead" in terms of developing their apps, such as Singapore and South Korea.
