Coronavirus: 'Moral duty' to get all children back into school
Rises in cases in a number of areas across England promptedSpeaking at the time, Prof Chris Whitty, the chief medical officer for England, warned the nation had"probably reached near the limit or the limits" of what can be done to reopen society safely.
"What that means, potentially, is if we wish to do more things in the future we may have to do less of some other things," he said. Prof Neil Ferguson, a former member of the government's scientific advisory group, Sage, whose modelling led to the decision to impose the lockdown, also suggested ministers would need to"row back on the relaxation of restrictions" to allow a full-time return to schools and keep the virus under control.
Meanwhile. Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, said the government needed to improve its test and trace system or consider closing pubs ahead of schools reopening.:"If we were seeing cases go up again, then yes, absolutely, pubs would be the first thing that I would say would have to close... I think there is a growing amount of evidence that pubs are one of the main places where this virus spreads.
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