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More areas of England will join London to move to Level 2 of England’s lockdown restrictions, the Health Secretary said.
Speaking in the Commons, Matt hancock He said those who also move to the “high risk” category at 12:01 am Saturday are:
- Essex
- Elmbridge
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- North East Derbyshire
- Erewash
- Sofa
- York
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York is among the areas that are moving towards a Level 2 lockdown
Southend and Thurrock in Essex are not included in the new measures because they are unitary authorities.
Angry leaders in the Northwest have criticized plans to put Greater Manchester in Level 3 lockdowns as “flawed” and said they would not agree to such a measure without further financial support.
Infection rates remain among the highest in England. Hancock told MPs that he wanted to see “rapid progress” in the discussions.
The neighboring region of the city of Liverpool is already under Level 3 restrictions and MPs in Lancashire have told Sky News that they have been informed that the area will remain at Level 2 for now.
Meanwhile, the mayor of London Sadiq khan He has said that the capital will move to Level 2 at midnight on Friday.
He told Sky News that he agrees with the scientists, who have warned the government that regional lockdowns will not be enough to control the virus and that a two-week national lockdown would be a better option.
Level 2 restrictions mean that people cannot meet other households socially indoors, either at home or in other places like bars.
the “rule of six“It is still applied in outdoor settings, as is the case across the country, and people are advised to” reduce the number of trips where possible. “
In Essex, the county council welcomed the move to Level Two, after lobbying it earlier this week.
Council leader David Finch said: “We believe the government has made the right decision, guided by science, and the fact is that the number of cases in Essex is increasing exponentially.”
He acknowledged that these are “tough times for individuals, businesses and communities” but said he had a “duty to care for the people of Essex.”
York Central MP Rachael Maskell of the Labor Party also welcomed the move.
But he asked Mr. Hancock why he hadn’t gone any further given that “there are areas of the country at Level 3 with a lower infection rate.”
The health secretary said he will continue discussions on the measures in the Yorkshire city.
Mr. Hancock redoubled his local approach to imposing restrictions on the Commons, dismissing Labor’s call for a national blockade of “circuit breakers.”
He said the decisions were made with “regret” and had the sole purpose of “leading our nation through troubled waters.”
Dr. David Nabarro, special envoy of the World Health Organization (WHO) for the COVID-19 In response, he has told Sky News that the UK needs to “order evidence, trace and isolate”.
He said: “There are many who say that if you lock yourself up now, how can you get out after two weeks, because this virus is not going to disappear.
WHO’s Dr David Nabarro said the UK needed to ‘classify evidence, trace and isolate’
“The only way to get rid of it is through a very simple process of finding people with the disease and isolating them, finding their contacts and isolating them, and then protecting the people who are most at risk.
He added that his request to decision makers was “very straightforward.”
“Organize testing, track and isolate, and have a really strong communication program, so everyone in the country knows the basics about wearing masks, physical distancing, hygiene, and staying away when you get sick and making sure that things work out well locally.
“This is a really punitive thing, putting Britain back in lockdown, even for two weeks, so I’d like to suggest that decision makers really fix these issues, rather than saying it’s too difficult, we can’t do We have spent a lot of money on it but it doesn’t work so we’ll have to re-lock it.
Nabarro also said that the UK “has the potential to be absolutely brilliant.”
He said: “I don’t think the UK should see that they are at the bottom of the league table.
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“I think there are other countries, I really don’t want to mention them, in Western Europe and North America that don’t look good at the moment.
“But I have high hopes for Britain and I have high hopes for other countries that have good quality public health records.”
But he also claimed that the UK could “learn from East Asian countries”.
He continued: “From Singapore, South Korea, Vietnam and elsewhere as well.”
