Police will fine and arrest Brits breaking virus lockdown in weekend's mini-heatwave
“There are pockets of people not taking the rules on board and if there are gatherings in parks or any area where we feel there are groups of more than two or three people, they will be spoken to and dealt with very rapidly.
This comes as 684 more people have died from COVID-19 in Britain bringing the death toll to at least 3,605.And with the peak of the outbreak expected this month, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Health Secretary Matt Hancock – both of whom have tested positive forMr Hancock said the country “cannot afford to relax the social distancing measures” and said the guidelines were “an instruction” not a “request.
In his press briefing today, he said: “We cannot relax our discipline now. If we do, people will die.
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