Tougher restrictions announced on Monday by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson for areas of England classified as being at 'very high' risk from COVID-19 will not be enough to control the outbreak there, the government's top medic said.
LONDON - Tougher restrictions announced on Monday by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson for areas of England classified as being at “very high” risk from COVID-19 will not be enough to control the outbreak there, the government’s top medic said.
Speaking at a televised news conference alongside Johnson, Chief Medical Adviser Chris Whitty urged local authorities in these so-called “tier-3 areas”, the worst-hit, to use their powers to introduce additional restrictions. “And that is why there’s a lot of flexibility in the tier 3 level for local authorities, guided by their directors of public health, to go up that range so they can do significantly more than the absolute base,” he said.
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