BRITAIN could start to ease lockdown restrictions if over 70s stay shielded, scientists have said. Researchers from Edinburgh University have said keeping the most vulnerable people inside could al…
BRITAIN could start to ease lockdown restrictions if over 70s stay shielded, scientists have said.
The researchers said it would protect those most likely to have serious complications from coronavirus without risking a deadly second wave of infections that could overwhelm the NHS - the most critical test for easing lockdown. "It’s a nasty disease and we want to control it as much as we can, but it’s not so nasty in 80% of the population that we’d ever have contemplated locking down the whole country to control it."
Former Conservative Party leader Iain Duncan Smith said: "A lot of people over 70 are fit and have kept themselves fit, often more so than people of other ages.It was revealed yesterday that the Government's top scientists modelled a longer lockdown of around 17 weeks for older and vulnerable people, compared with eight to 13 weeks for everyone else.
A spokesman for No10 said earlier this week it was "perfectly reasonably that we will look at how guidance will apply for different age bands and we'll continue to be guided by the science." Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has said the next phase should be "more comfortable and more sustainable" for Brits.People may be able to enjoyFor the rest of Britain, some form of social distancing and hand hygiene will still be needed, but more drastic restrictions could be relaxed without setting off a second wave of infections.
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