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BLOCKING measures could be adjusted in areas where infections increase under a “hit a mole” strategy to slowly ease restrictions.
Boris Johnson will address the nation next Sunday to explain a “road map” of how current restrictions will be gradually lifted at the same rate across the country, starting towards the end of the month.
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But Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove insisted that it is still “premature” to lift the restrictions too soon and that it would be “the worst” because there would be a risk of a second spike in the disease.
LOWERING THE R
NHS Medical Director Stephen Powis said during today’s coronavirus briefing that the crucial “R” value for the disease, the average number of people to whom an infected person will transmit the virus, is currently around 0 , 7% in the UK as a whole.
It is lower than scientists believed it was last week, although the prime minister is said to want to override it further before lifting the restrictions.
Gove said tonight that the government “will pause or even reintroduce those restrictions” in specific sectors of society or in certain areas that see a relapse in the Covid-19 cases and where the “R” value is at risk of exceeding one.
This approach would give ministers and public health officials the ability to tailor a much more targeted and rapid response to local outbreaks of the virus, in contrast to the general blockade that has been imposed in the UK since March 23.
CRUSHES A MOLE
It is called as a “hitting a mole” strategy within Whitehall, with specific measures to “hitting hard” any coronavirus hot spots that flare up after the national blockade is lifted, the Sunday Times reported.
It could lead to even stricter restrictions that are imposed in areas like nursing homes, jails, or entire towns.
Gove confirmed this approach on Sunday and said in the daily coronavirus briefing at # 10: “It is important that we make clear that any approach we take is done in stages.
“A phased approach is one that allows us to monitor the impact that these changes are having on public health and, if necessary, in a specific and localized way, that means that we can pause or even reintroduce the restrictions that may be necessary to deal with with localized outbreaks of the disease. “
Gove acknowledged that the blocking measures will have an impact on people’s “mental and emotional well-being” as well as on economic activity.
WAY TO FREEDOM
It comes as a hand sanitizer that will be installed on trains to protect passengers and convince them that it is safe to return to work.
Train platforms and bus stops will contain two-meter markers to maintain social distance and one-way systems will be installed at the stations to help British people use public transport in the safest way possible.
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Ministers have also confirmed The Sun’s revelation that workplaces will be able to Go back to work after the second bank holiday in May on May 26.
Employers will be ordered to stagger shifts and break workers into alternate blue and red work days.
Workers may even be asked to have daily saliva tests to verify that they do not have the virus.
The Business Department will present a comprehensive guide on how employers should adapt their workplaces for social distancing this week.
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