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A few hours after the arrival of FC Porto, Manchester received the expected but unwanted news: Boris Johnson announced that Greater Manchester will enter, starting at midnight on Friday, at the level of 3 restrictions, the highest of the plan to stop the increase in Covid-19 cases in the UK.
“Given the public health situation, I have to declare the highest alert level for Greater Manchester. Failure to act now would be putting the lives of many Manchester residents at risk, “the British prime minister justified in a statement to the country.
A decision that had been negotiated for a week with local officials, always opposed by the mayor Andy Burnham. “This is not a way to handle a national crisis,” he said, recalling that the pandemic struck the north of England “more harshly” than other parts of the country due to “entrenched poverty” in that area.
Boris Johnson obtained financial support of 22 million pounds (about 24.2 million euros) for the region. “It is not enough to protect the poorest people in our community”, defended Andy Burnham, adding that at least 65 million pounds (about 71 million euros) would be needed to prevent the increase “of poverty levels, difficulties the number of homeless people »in the face of restrictive measures.
Level 3 restrictions enforce the closure of pubs and cafes and prevent people from different households from gathering indoors or outdoors. Meetings are limited to a maximum of six people and travel is strongly discouraged.
In the past 24 hours, the UK recorded 21,330 new Covid-19 cases and another 241 deaths, increasing the number of deaths to 43,967, the highest in Europe.
The FC Porto entourage has been in Manchester since Tuesday afternoon, where they will face City this Wednesday (8:00 pm), at the opening of the Champions League group stage.
