Johnson warns of COVID third wave

Boris Johnson has warned that the effects of a third wave of coronavirus in Europe will "wash up on our shores," Report informs referring to BBC.

The PM said the UK should be "under no illusion" that we will "feel effects" of growing cases on the continent.

The comments come amid a row over Covid-19 vaccine supplies in the EU.

The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen has warned the EU could "forbid" doses made in the bloc from being exported to the UK.

Officials confirmed the PM spoke to German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron on March 21 about the ongoing issue, which would affect exports of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine made in Europe.

Johnson said he "talked to EU friends repeatedly" during the pandemic and had been "reassured... over the last few months they don't want to see blockades".