The UK government has announced new measures to stem a rising tide of coronavirus cases, shutting pubs in England early and abandoning its call for people to return to the workplace.
The UK government has announced new measures to stem a rising tide of coronavirus cases, shutting pubs in England early and abandoning its call for people to return to the workplace to help kickstart the battered economy.
"It's hard to understand how these measures are the solution to fighting the disease, when government data shows that just five per cent of infections out of the home are related to hospitality," she said. In the latest sign of the fallout of the coronavirus closure, UK leisure group Whitbread announced that it could shed up to 6,000 jobs at its hotel and restaurant chains.
As ministers warned of a"tipping point", the COVID-19 alert level was raised from level three to four, indicating that rates of transmission were now"high or rising exponentially".UK residents warned to get serious amid fears coronavirus cases will surge to 50,000 a day But Jennifer Cole, a biological anthropologist at Royal Holloway University, rejected suggestions the early closing time would make little difference.
Julian Tang, a respiratory sciences specialist at the University of Leicester, said the move may appear"soft" but was preferable to another national lockdown.
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