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The UK is facing a “tipping point” where “more restrictive measures” could be introduced to slow the spread of the coronavirus, the health secretary told Sky News.
Matt Hancock said that “people have relaxed more over the summer,” but “now is the time everyone should go back” to play by the rules.
He told Sophy Ridge on Sunday he was “concerned” that too many people are losing the self-isolation guide, which led the government to make it illegal in England.
Daily new virus infections are at levels not seen since early May
Discussions on a possible London closure are ongoing today, Hancock revealed.
He also refused to rule out “national action” when pressed about the possibility of a second national shutdown.
And Hancock made it clear that people should report their neighbors for breaking any of the emergencies. COVID-19 laws.
When asked if he would, the cabinet minister said, “Yes, and everyone should … Everyone has a role to play in this.”
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Comes as new daily coronavirus infection numbers shot at a level not seen in more than four months, with 4,422 reported on Saturday and 4,322 on Friday, the highest since May 8.
Earlier, Labor leader Sir Keir Starmer criticized the government, who said that ministers had “lost control of the testing system.”
He told Sophy Ridge: “If I were the prime minister, I would apologize for the fact that the trials are everywhere and instead of using summer to prepare for fall, which is what we said should happen, we are in this position, just when we need testing to be at its best, it is on the brink of collapse. “
Some people at COVID-19 hotspots have complained that they are unable to book a test or that they are sent hundreds of miles away to get one.
Dido Harding, head of Test and Trace, said earlier this week nobody could have foreseen the large increase in demand that coincided with the total reopening of most schools.
It was endorsed by Hancock, who said Sunday: “We expected an increase in demand due to people with symptoms.
“What no one could have predicted is that a large number of people who have no symptoms suddenly showed up for a test.”
