Coronavirus 'local lockdowns' introduced in UK to contain future COVID-19 'flare-ups'
Tough local lockdowns to rapidly isolate new coronavirus sufferers could be thrown in place from Thursday, The Sun can reveal.
Boris Johnson plans to announce the governmentās crucial new ātrack and traceā programme to stamp out new coronavirus contagion trails tomorrow.
He will say it will go live either on Thursday or Friday, when an army of 25,000 contact tracers will begin work hunting down new cases.
Parts of towns could face lockdown if there are regional flare-ups and schools, businesses or workplaces may be closed.
Housing Minister Robert Jenrick explained: "If the system works as we hope, it will be on quite a micro level as you say.
"It will be trying to judge if there flare ups in particular places.
"Whether that's parts of towns, schools, hospitals, workplaces."
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Tough new rules to lock down parts of towns to rapidly isolate new coronavirus sufferers could be brought in TOMORROW
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Tough local lockdowns to rapidly isolate new coronavirus sufferers could be thrown in place from Thursday, The Sun can reveal.
Boris Johnson plans to announce the governmentās crucial new ātrack and traceā programme to stamp out new coronavirus contagion trails tomorrow.
He will say it will go live either on Thursday or Friday, when an army of 25,000 contact tracers will begin work hunting down new cases.
Parts of towns could face lockdown if there are regional flare-ups and schools, businesses or workplaces may be closed.
Housing Minister Robert Jenrick explained: “If the system works as we hope, it will be on quite a micro level as you say.
“It will be trying to judge if there flare ups in particular places.
“Whether that’s parts of towns, schools, hospitals, workplaces.”
Read more
Tough new rules to lock down parts of towns to rapidly isolate new coronavirus sufferers could be brought in TOMORROW
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11715462/britain-tough-local-lockdowns-thursday/
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