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London Mayor urges immediate ban on household mixing
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IANS | 26 Sep, 2020
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has urged UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to
ban household visits immediately, claiming the Covid-19 situation in the
capital city was much worse than first believed, the media reported on
Saturday.
Speaking to the Guardian, Khan warned that a 43 per
cent fall in testing across the city has masked the severity of the
second Covid-19 wave, saying the real infection rate was not far behind
hotspots in the north-east, reports the Metro newspaper.
He
accused the government of "pointing the finger at the public" for the
spike in new cases and "not learning lessons" from when the virus
initially hit the country earlier this year.
Khan further said
that Johnson was "surprised" when he requested additional measures in
London, including a ban on household visits, in their first conversation
on Tuesday since May.
"We all knew that in September there
would be a greater need for testing. I'm really angry. It's another
example of lessons not being learned.
"You can explain the delay, incompetence in March. There's no excuse now," the Mayor was quoted as saying.
Khan's
remarks come as London is placed on the national coronavirus watch
list, with the capital city reported 620 new Covid-19 cases on Friday,
more than double the number at the start of the week.
On Friday, the UK registered another single-day case record.
With 6,874 new cases, the overall tally has increased to 425,766, while the death toll stood at 42,025.
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