Boris Johnson ‘first careful steps’ of easing coronavirus lockdown
As part of his plans to get the nation back to work, he told anyone who was unable to work from home that they now would be expected to go back in.But anyone who needs to travel to work should try and avoid public transport if they can.And from this Wednesday, the Government will encourage everyone to do more exercise.
"You must obey the rules on social distancing and to enforce those rules we will increase the fines for the small minority who break them," he said.Boris confirmed tonight.The Government said it wants to get all primary school kids back before the summer for at least a few weeks.Children in key years like 10 and 12 will have some one-on-one time with their teachers in the coming weeks, however, to make sure they are still on track.
Piles of documents on getting businesses back to work, schools and transport are expected in the coming days too.Boris' speech in full And it is thanks to your effort and sacrifice in stopping the spread of this disease that the death rate is coming down and hospital admissions are coming down.And so I know - you know - that it would be madness now to throw away that achievement by allowing a second spike.And yet we must also recognise that this campaign against the virus has come at colossal cost to our way of life.
And since our priority is to protect the public and save lives, we cannot move forward unless we satisfy the five tests.We must see sustained and considerable falls in the rate of infection. And if we are to control this virus, then we must have a world-beating system for testing potential victims, and for tracing their contacts.We have made fast progress on testing – but there is so much more to do now, and we can.With every day we are getting more and more data.
We now need to stress that anyone who can’t work from home, for instance those in construction or manufacturing, should be actively encouraged to go to work. You can sit in the sun in your local park, you can drive to other destinations, you can even play sports but only with members of your own household.
And step three - at the earliest by July - and subject to all these conditions and further scientific advice; if and only if the numbers support it, we will hope to re-open at least some of the hospitality industry and other public places, provided they are safe and enforce socialThroughout this period of the next two months we will be driven not by mere hope or economic necessity.And I must stress again that all of this is conditional, it all depends on a series of big Ifs.
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