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The coronavirus has killed more than 41,000 people in the UK and signs of a second wave of infections are currently spreading across Europe, the US and Asia. Health Secretary Matt Hancock has insisted the government will continue to take action at the local level, but has refused to rule out another national lockdown if COVID-19 cases rise again.
However, a survey of almost 3,000 Express.co.uk Readers have found that the Prime Minister shouldn’t be making plans for a second shutdown.
The survey carried out on Sunday, August 30 between 1:52 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. asked for 2,996 Express.co.uk Readers “Should Boris Make Plans for a Second Coronavirus Lockdown?”
The clear majority of people, 58 percent (1,756), thought that contingency plans should not be made and voted no.
However, 41 percent (1,198) thought another shutdown should be planned and voted in favor.
Meanwhile, only one percent (42) remained unsure and said they did not know.
A number of Express.co.uk Readers let their feelings be known in the comment section, with many insisting that people would flout the rules and that the economy had taken a pretty big hit since the first shutdown in March.
One user said: “No, the economy has been screwed up enough. It has been proven to have mutated into something much less dangerous to the healthy individual or was never a danger to a healthy person in the first place. Of course, help the vulnerable.
“But if you ruin the country, what will the survivors have to return to?”
A second reader said: “It makes no sense to plan another lockdown because most people are completely ignoring the existing precautions.”
A third user commented: “People should be allowed their freedom. Masks, isolation for people who think their health requires them is perfectly fine.
“Personal hygiene and personal fitness will go a long way toward protecting oneself.”
Meanwhile, a fourth simply said: “No more lockdowns, we can’t go on like this.”
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“We don’t rule that out, but we don’t want to see it.”
His comments come as local COVID-19 restrictions were relaxed in the north of England, allowing social gatherings between two households starting Wednesday in Bolton, Stockport, Trafford, Burnley, Hyndburn and parts of Bradford, Calderdale and Kirklees. .
Hancock said a second wave could be “avoidable but not easy,” and that schools will reopen next week presenting new challenges to stem the spread of the virus.
The latest figures from the Health Department showed that 1,715 more cases of coronavirus had been reported on Sunday, an increase from 1,108 the day before.
Since the start of the pandemic, 334,467 cases with 41,499 deaths have been confirmed in the UK.
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