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People who contracted coronavirus will be asked to phone friends and family and urge them to isolate themselves, as Boris Johnson prepares to reveal a ‘road map’ for the next steps in the UK coronavirus response. tonight.
Officials want the new ‘auto-trace’ to be an integral part of the government’s ‘test, trace and trace’ strategy, and they will join the contact trace that will be carried out by 18,000 call managers.
They will contact people who test positive for Covid-19 and get a list of the people they have come into contact with. Those with the newly developed application will receive an alert sent to other users with whom they have contacted.
But ministers and officials believe that people who tell their friends and family could be more efficient and help prevent the spread of the deadly disease.
Lord Bethell, the minister responsible for Covid-19 testing, told The Sunday Telegraph: “ The response we get is that people want to help in the battle against Covid-19 and self-tracking gives them an opportunity to do a contribution and in a way that your friends trust.
It occurs when Boris Johnson will address the nation at 7pm tonight, where he is expected to reveal a ‘road map’ for the next stages in the UK coronavirus response.
The blockade has already been extended until May 28, so Johnson is not believed to make radical changes to the restrictions he imposed on March 23.
But the prime minister has said he is eager to “get the economy moving” while making sure the country avoids a second wave of the disease that has already killed more than 31,000 people.
Among the modifications to the stringent measures imposed seven weeks ago, the prime minister is expected to say that he can leave the house more than once a day to exercise and that garden centers will reopen starting Wednesday.
The prime minister has said he is eager to ‘get the economy moving’ while making sure the country avoids a second wave of the disease that has already killed more than 31,000 people.
Britain today announced 252 more coronavirus deaths, bringing the UK’s official death toll to 31,493. The daily death count is expected to increase when the Health Department reveals deaths in nursing homes later today.
The prime minister is expected to remove the slogan ‘stay home, protect the NHS, save lives’ in a televised address in the UK tonight at 7pm in an effort to reopen parts of the economy (pictured new slogan of the pandemic)
He is also expected to recommend that people wear face masks in the office, on public transport, and when shopping despite not making them mandatory in England.
The prime minister will remove the slogan “stay home, protect the NHS, save lives,” instead of urging people to “stay alert, control the virus, and save lives.” A five-stage alert system will be introduced to describe the condition of the country’s outbreak.
The prime minister will also say that people who have contracted the deadly disease should inform their family and friends and ask them to isolate themselves, to help limit the spread of the virus.
And Johnson will establish new travel measures and say that all newcomers to the UK will be quarantined for 14 days and face fines of £ 1,000 or deportation if they do not.
The government has faced questions about why a similar measure had not been implemented previously, with 15,000 travelers arriving at UK airports every day in April without detection, even from virus hotspots like China and the US. USA
The new regulations mean that Britons who wait a week in the sun in the summer months will have to set aside three weeks away from work to make sure they can isolate themselves on their return.
MailOnline understands that key workers and travelers in Ireland will be exempt from quarantine. The government has not yet disclosed who will be categorized as ‘key workers’ and will therefore be excused from self-isolation.
Travelers must complete a digital form with the address of where they will be quarantined. This will be verified at Eurostar airports, ports and stations, although it is not yet clear which agency will provide staff to do this or in which database the forms will be stored.
The tourism industry is also expected to be affected by the ban, as the British avoid popular holiday destinations, such as Dubai or Spain, in favor of local stays for their summer holidays.
The president of the Benidorm and Costa Blanca hotel association, Hosbec Toni Mayor, said: ‘If it is true that all travelers entering Britain would have to isolate themselves for 14 days, as reports suggest, it will be a severe blow to UK aviation and tourism.
“I don’t see international flights resuming until July at the earliest. But if quarantine was introduced and was still in effect in July and August, I think we can bid farewell to any hope we have that British tourists will return to the Costa Blanca this summer.
‘No one would want to fly, I’m sure of that. No one would want to vacation in Spain or Greece or in any other way.
“For places like Benidorm that rely heavily on UK tourists, it would be a disaster.”
A head of a hotel chain who did not want to be named told MailOnline: ‘I think from a UK perspective, the industry as a whole has been hit by Covid-19 and they will be the last to return to normal.
‘With that in mind, the fact is that domestic travel will return first. People should go on vacation.
‘It will take nine to 12 months for international travel to return to normal.
‘Destinations like Dubai will be hit [by the mandatory quarantine]. It would be negligent not to think that your business would be losing 30 to 40 percent capacity. Not all the facilities of the complex will be available.
The government had previously resisted a 14-day quarantine for returning travelers, such as the one introduced by the US. Because he wanted to keep the borders open so that the British could return to their homes.
The government’s chief scientific adviser, Patrick Vallance, has since admitted that the UK has imported people with coronaviruses “from everywhere.”
Johnson said garden centers can allow customers to visit again starting Wednesday, as long as strict social distancing and hygiene measures are applied, government sources said.
Cleaners and merchants, such as plumbers working inside people’s homes, will also be urged to return to work.
They can allow customers to visit again starting Wednesday, provided strict social distancing and hygiene measures are applied, government sources said.
Cleaners and merchants, such as plumbers working inside people’s homes, will also be urged to return to work.
It is also likely to emulate the steps announced by Wales today, where limits on outdoor exercise are removed and plans are made to reopen garden centers and libraries.
Starting in June, all arrivals to the UK, including returning Britons, will be quarantined for 14 days and face fines of £ 1,000 or deportation if they do not. Pictured: Arrivals from Terminal 2 at London Heathrow Airport on Saturday
How the government’s DefCon-style five-stage alert system could work for the UK coronavirus outbreak
Boris Johnson is expected to tell people to start wearing masks when they leave the house. Photo Shows: Two masked members of the public in Slough last week
The Welsh government announced yesterday that garden centers in Wales will be able to reopen starting Monday.
However, Scottish Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon gave no indication that the Scottish ban will be eased.
People were told at first to expect only ‘nuanced changes’ in Northern Ireland.
Garden centers are the first ‘nonessential’ retail establishments that can reopen.
It gives staff two days to install social distancing tape and Perspex screens in the boxes, The Sun reported.
Operators have warned that they face ruin if they cannot change their stocks, since most of their annual income comes from the planting season.
Dobbies President Andrew Bracey, 53, said the current rules were “commercially unfair” and “not fair because everything sold in garden centers is bought in supermarkets and B&Q,” The Times reported.
Starting Wednesday, they will be allowed to open across England, but tearooms, playgrounds and soft play areas should remain closed.
A government source said: “We have heard calls from garden centers, which are in a very difficult position due to the nature of their business.
“The fact that they are largely open-air spaces means that the risk of transmission is relatively low, as long as people follow the rules.”
B&Q opened its 288 stores in the UK on April 30 after it closed its doors on March 25 due to closing restrictions.
This came after 130 of their stores reopened and they saw large queues forming external outlets in Watford, Edinburgh, Bristol and Swansea.
Each branch has a designated waiting area outside that requires customers to stay two meters apart before entering the store.
There are two meter directional arrows to guide customers inside the store and disinfection stations are provided to clean the carts.
The Prime Minister is expected to tell people tonight that they will be able to leave the house more than once a day to exercise.
The Prime Minister is expected to recommend that people use them in the office, on public transport and when shopping despite not making them mandatory in England.
The government provides them directly to companies after the Cabinet Office paid for the machines to make them.
‘Non-surgical’ face masks will be the priority, so better-quality coatings will be saved for front-line workers, such as NHS personnel.
Britain is out of tune in its orientation, and the United States and European countries, including Germany, Italy and Spain, recommend its use.
The Department of Health is expected to establish guidelines that include material from the articles that must be made starting next week.
A government source told the Telegraph: “What we do not want is for people to access websites and try to ask for clinical things to take away the NHS supply.”
A cabinet minister said: “There is a theory that wearing masks could make people less vigilant, but it is about giving them confidence to return to work.”
“If it makes people feel safer using public transportation, then it’s a good thing, so we’re leaning toward it.”
Top experts from the prestigious Royal Society concluded that coatings, even homemade ones, can reduce transmission of the deadly infection.
In evidence given to the Scientific Advisory Group on Emergencies (SAGE) at Number 10, the experts described them as an ‘important tool’ to combat COVID-19.
DELVE, made up of 14 leading experts from the best universities in the country, analyzed the evidence in facial masks and COVID-19.
He said infected people can transmit the virus by talking or breathing, and up to 80 percent of cases come from asymptomatic carriers.