Boris Johnson introduced the new anti-epidemic restriction system

The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, presented on Monday a new system of anti-epidemic restrictions for England, with three levels of alert: medium risk, high risk and very high risk.t, reports Sky News.

Much of England falls into the medium risk zoneme, including the city of London. In the case of high-risk areas, people from different families will not be allowed to gather inside. This scheme is applied in the Greater Manchester area and in Birmingham.

In very high risk areas, people from different families will not have the right to meet in closed or open spaces, and bars and pubs will be closed, if they cannot be converted into restaurants, they will remain open.

Reuters notes that it is unclear how the government will be able to classify pubs, as many serve food in the same way as restaurants.

The role of the plan is to standardize anti-coronavirus regulations in England, as the rules vary by location. The governments of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are making their own decisions against the epidemic.

“We must act to save lives”, said Boris Johnson in Parliament, which must approve the anti-epidemic plan. The British prime minister said he understood those who denounced the “restriction of freedoms”.

Boris Johnson argued that anti-epidemic measures are needed to prevent the coronavirus epidemic from spiraling out of control. “It is not the way we want to live our lives, but it is a narrow path between the social and economic traumas of a total quarantine and the human and economic costs of a runaway epidemic.Boris Johnson said, according to Reuters.

The London government is harshly criticized for the restrictions, with the hotel and restaurant industry claiming that the compensation system is insufficient.