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However, responding to a question from a journalist at the Downing Street daily press conference, Johnson said: “What I think Sage says, and what I agree with, is that, as part of getting out of the running of the bulls, I think that facial coatings will be useful, both for epidemiological reasons and to give people confidence that they can go back to work. Next week you will hear more about that sort of thing. “
Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London who chairs Transport for London, who runs the London Underground, said: “I am pleased that the Prime Minister has said that non-medical facial coatings will play an important role as we eventually seek to lift closure restrictions. ”
“This is something that I and others have been pressuring the government to change the orientation.”
Transport
A point of friction when lifting the blockade will be public transport.
With people starting to return to work, Johnson will not want to see the network turn into a cesspool to spread the infection.
To that end, one-way systems could be introduced at train stations to help people use public transportation again after closure measures are lifted, Transportation Secretary Grant Shapps revealed.
Hand sanitizers on trains and two-meter markers on platforms are also among the ideas ministers are considering to get the country moving again.
Shapps told Sky’s Sophy Ridge on Sunday: “I am very concerned that people will be able to wash their hands, that is by far the most important tip, above anything else, even above the face masks and the rest, basic hygiene, hand washing.
“We can help with that by trying to have hand sanitizer, one-way systems, spacing on platforms and bus stops and that sort of thing, clearly marked.”
Forcing passengers to sit apart from each other has also been floating as a possible solution.
Johnson is expected to issue further guidance on facial coatings after a survey by the rail and road watchdog Transport Focus found that more than half of travelers (51 percent) would not be happy to use trains and buses again unless the government ordered the use of masks.
In a survey of 2,000 passengers, conducted earlier this month, 83 percent of passengers said they also wanted hand sanitizer to be available in vehicles, as well as at train stations and bus stops, and 62 by percent said they would not travel on public transportation again unless effective social distancing measures exist.
All visitors to Britain will be ordered to isolate themselves for 14 days in an attempt to avoid a second wave of the coronavirus.
