Dominic Raab will tell the country tonight that the lockdown will continue for another three weeks and Sunday’s announcement by the Prime Minister will only reveal a small change to the regulations
Boris Johnson has told his cabinet that the government will adopt “maximum caution” as it moves to ease the lockdown. Johnson chaired a cabinet meeting this morning and, according to the prime minister’s spokesman said
“We are not going to do anything that risks a second peak. We will advance with maximum caution in order to protect the NHS and to save lives. We will be guided at every step by the science and the data and we will closely track the impact of any easing of the social distancing measures and and will not hesitate to tighten the rules if required.”
At the Downing Street briefing the spokesman said:
“Any easement to the guidelines next week will be very limited. We are at a critical moment in the fight against the virus and we will not do anything which risks throwing away the effort and sacrifices of the British public.”
It is expected that people will be encouraged to begin to go back to work where safe and within social distancing rules
Meanwhile the Downing Street spokesman did not deny reports saying sunbathing and picnicking will be among the first activities to be allowed as the lockdown starts to get lifted reminding reporters that Professor Chris Whitty, the government’s chief medical adviser, has said the risk of transmission is much lower outdoors.
