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UK PM urges people to return to work
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IANS | 11 Jul, 2020
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has urged people living in the country
to return to work if they can, signalling a significant shift away from
the current government policy, it was reported.
Johnson has
announced it is time for people to live their lives "more normally",
adding that he wanted to see the public heading out into the world with
more confidence, reports the Metro newspaper.
Addressing an
online question and answer session with the public on Friday, he also
hinted that people should expect stricter rules on wearing face
coverings in confined public spaces soon.
"I want people to go
back to work as carefully as possible. It's very important that people
should be going back to work if they can now.
"I think everybody
has sort of taken the 'stay at home if you can'... I think we should now
say, well, 'go back to work if you can'.
"Because I think it's
very important that people should try to lead their lives more normally.
I want to see more people feeling confident to use the shops, use the
restaurants, and get back into work – but only if we all follow the
guidance."
The government's official coronavirus guidance
currently advises people to "stay at home as much as possible" and ‘work
from home if you can".
But Johnson later clarified his
statement, saying people should only return if their company is obeying
the guidelines and it was safe to do so, the Metro newspaper reported.
Regarding
face coverings, the Prime Minister said in the online session: "I do
think we need to be stricter in insisting people wear face coverings in
confined spaces where they are meeting people they don't normally meet.
"We
are looking at ways of making sure that people really do have face
coverings in shops, for instance, where there is a risk of
transmission."
Face coverings are currently compulsory on public
transport and in hospitals in England, while people are legally obliged
to wear them inside shops and on public transport in Scotland.
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