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“We want to avoid the national quarantine but we are ready to introduce it if necessary,” UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock told the BBC.
“We are ready to do everything possible to protect lives and livelihoods,” the secretary said, warning that the introduction of restrictions in northeast England from Friday could lead to more local restrictions.
The United Kingdom is the country most affected by the coronavirus pandemic in Europe, with the government already registering almost 42,000. deaths from COVID-19. The number of new cases registered is close to those registered in April.
Hancock said that “we are also sorry to see the number of people hospitalized for coronavirus doubling every eight days, so we really need to take action.”
The strictest measures to restrict person-to-person contacts have affected more than 2 million people. people introduced to Northumberland, North and South Taineside, Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead and County Durham.
Government experts propose introducing universal quarantine in England for two weeks in October. It would coincide with the students’ mid-semester license.
This week, the government received harsh criticism for failing to create the promised “world’s best” monitoring and testing system, which was due to emerge in the summer.
But Hancock defended his criticized testing program, saying the government was “doing its best” by launching “forces for future vaccinations and mass testing.”
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