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BORIS Johnson will prepare Britain tonight for the blockade to continue until June, as she appears in her first press conference since her own fight against the coronavirus.
The prime minister will host the daily 10pm No10 press conference for the first time in a month as he was attacked by the virus, but will be cautious in changing any action.
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Only small adjustments to the blocking rules are on the cards, if at all.
The measures are expected to be reviewed before May 7, and the government insists that nothing will change before that.
Coronavirus laws have to be reviewed every three weeks, which would take us to the last days of May before anything major is changed.
The prime minister, fresh from his return to work this week and his partner who gave birth to a baby yesterday, will use the presser foot to warn that while infection rates are falling well, top government scientists have warned him You can now reduce the restrictions. It is still a very high risk.
It comes after:
A leading No10 source said: “He will talk about the progress we’ve made so far in slowing down the spread of the virus, and how we won’t do anything that could risk a return to exponential growth.”
Allies say Boris is desperate to lower expectations among some conservative MPs and party donors about major changes, rather than opting for a “precautionary first” approach, especially as the blockade remains widely supported by the public.
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While more Britons are urged to return to work if it is safe, and households may have the opportunity to socialize with another group of households, much of the nation’s stringent measures are now expected to remain in place throughout May.
Smaller stores could also be opened where social distance is possible.
Schools won’t open until June at the earliest, as it is, but ministers want to try to get some children back before summer break, The Sun revealed today.
And garden centers won’t reopen until after the holiday weekend, ministers suggested yesterday.
Prime Minister Dominic Raab’s deputy yesterday also paved the way for limited changes, citing the U-turn of Germany’s closure as a warning to Britain.
He told parliamentarians that Berlin has been forced to “think twice” about reducing restrictions after its low infection rate started to rise again.
Raab also said at last night’s press conference No10: “Having relaxed restrictions in Germany over the past week, they have seen an increase in the rate of coronavirus transmission.
Nicola Sturgeon also stepped in, speaking just a few days after seeing her ideas ending the blockade, none of which will be implemented at the moment.
And speaking last night, the SNP leader suggested there were no changes, despite a massive public relations operation last week to present options to the public.
Last week he had said that the public should be treated as “adult” and suggested various ways that the measures could be facilitated, including seeing people in bubbles of ten friends.
But now he has had to paddle his words again and say that nothing will change soon.
She told ITV last night: “People are talking about lifting the blockade, that is not going to be a time of change, we are going to have to be very careful, very slow, very gradual.”
“I am far from convinced at this stage that when we reach the next revision point on May 7, we will be in a position to lift any of these measures at this time, due to the room for maneuver we are operating. At the moment they are very, very, very tight and tight. “
He added this morning: “We are not sure that the R number is well below one yet,” meaning that the transmission rate is still around one person passing it on to another.
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‘THE RISK IS VERY REAL’
“And Chancellor Merkel has publicly said, and she has made it clear, that they may need a second closure in Germany if the infection rate continues to rise.
“Therefore, this risk is very real, and it is vital that we proceed carefully, guided by scientific advice, so that our next step in this crisis is safe.”
Britain’s deputy chief medical officer also urged extreme caution.
Jonathan Van Tam said: “We have to be very careful and safe, or this virus will come back. Nothing can be rushed.”
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The prime minister said he would draw up plans to move to the next phase of the shutdown in the “next few days,” but warned the British not to wait for an exact date.
“We simply cannot explain now how fast or slow or even when those changes will be made,” he stressed in a statement earlier this week.
He suggested that things could move very slowly, saying the measures can be changed “one by one to start the engines of this vast UK economy.”
Yesterday Dominic Raab warned that the UK’s hopes of lifting any blockade measures could be affected by a possible second wave of cases in Germany.
The country has seen its rate of coronavirus transmission rise after it relaxed some of its stringent blocking measures last week.
He said: “This issue of a second spike and the need to avoid it, is not a theoretical risk, and is not limited to the UK.
“Having relaxed restrictions in Germany over the past week, they have seen an increase in the rate of coronavirus transmission.
“And Chancellor Merkel has publicly said, and made it clear, that they may need a second closure in Germany if the infection rate continues to rise.”
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Scientists have said that any lifting of the lock will cause transmission speed to skyrocket again.
If it passes over one person infecting another person, then the virus could continue to wreak havoc across the country.
Ministers will receive detailed advice from top experts on the exact impact of the measures on the nation’s health, who will then decide what changes to make.
Boris chairs the cabinet today and could discuss exactly how they can keep the transmission down as they bring Britain to phase two of the fight against error.
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