Dominic Raab has announced that lockdown measures in the U.K. will continue for at least another three weeks.
Raab said:"Step by step, our action plan aims to slow the spread of the coronaviorus so fewer people need hospital treatment at any one time."However, Raab did set out some criteria for when the lockdown could be eased, saying it included a"sustained and consistent fall in deaths" and confidence that the NHS could cope with a second peak.
Raab also added that the government needed to be sure that any adjustments to the lockdown would not lead to a second peak in infections.One expert predicts that it could be one to two years before the U.K. returns to"fully normal" and warned against drawing too many comparisons with other countries and looking for quick and easy solutions.
He said that releasing the lockdown measures too early, even if the curve flattens, could still prove problematic as the lockdown would be lifted at a time when the transmission of cases was still high.Dominic Raab says the U.K lockdown will last for another three weeks."Even if we look at countries like Singapore, they had to put in place several measures like contact tracing and social distancing measures.
But no clear guidance has been set out by ministers for what might happen, or the gradual steps needed, after the lockdown ends.Kucharski said that one of the reasons we are yet to see a concrete plan on the exit strategy, is because the U.K. like other countries was still gathering information on the virus and is seeking to strike the right balance between competing priorities.
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