Idris Elba debunks suggesting annual week of lockdown

Idris Elba has denied suggesting an annual week of quarantine, clarifying recent comments made in an interview about the coronavirus pandemic.

In a tweet posted on Sunday, Elba said he had not meant an enforced lockdown, but rather a way of marking what people have been through during the COVID-19 outbreak.

The actor himself was diagnosed with coronavirus back in March, but said he was lucky not to suffer serious symptoms.

In an interview with the Associated Press (AP) news agency last week, Elba said: “I think that the world should take a week of quarantine every year just to remember this time.

Remember each other. I really do.

“I think it’s… other species use it. It’s called hibernation. But it does remind you that the world doesn’t tick on your time.”

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Elba was widely mocked online after the interview went out.

In his tweet clarifying his comments, he said his words had been twisted.