Matt Hancock blasts sunbathers for breaking lockdown rules in parks and says it's not allowed
MATT Hancock has threatened to ban ALL exercise outside if Brits won't stick to lockdown rules - as he blasted sunbathers for refusing to obey them.
After photographs of people ignoring the rules and spending their weekends lying around sunning themselves, the Heath Secretary came out to remind them they were risking lives.Matt Hancock today blasted sunbathers for putting lives at riskThe number of deaths rose by 700 yesterday - the highest amount since the crisis began.
Mr Hancock told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show today: "We've said because of the positive benefits to your physical and your mental health that it's OK to exercise on your own or with members of your own household. "But if the result of that is that too many people go out and flout the other rules because they say 'well if I can exercise then it's fine for me to do other things' then I'm afraid we will have to take action.If you don't want us to take the step to ban exercise of all forms outside the home, you have got to follow the rules.
He said it was "quite unbelievable" that some were openly ignoring the advice to only go outside for just four reasons - exercise, work, fetching medicine or food, or taking care of the vulnerable."This is not a request, it's a requirement.If you don't want us to take the step to ban exercise of all forms outside the home, you have got to follow the rules.
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