{"id":88750,"date":"2020-04-20T09:17:13","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T08:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/?p=88750"},"modified":"2020-04-20T09:02:31","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T08:02:31","slug":"pm-refuses-to-ease-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/pm-refuses-to-ease-lockdown\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Refuses To Ease Lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Boris Johnson has told his fellow MPs that he refuses eye lockdown restrictions over fears of a second peak of the virus.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13584\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13584\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13584\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/Boris-Johnson-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Boris Johnson\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/Boris-Johnson-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/Boris-Johnson-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/Boris-Johnson-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/Boris-Johnson-272x182.jpg 272w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/Boris-Johnson.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13584\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Alexandros Michailidis \/ Shutterstock.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>He held a meeting with Dominic Raab where he expressed his concerns to him, whilst still recovering from his short stay at hospital due to the Coronavirus. It\u2019s too early to lift restrictions he\u2019s said, as a second lockdown may be needed if this happens which will damage health and economy even more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe idea that we will be rushing to lift measures is a non-starter,\u201d a government source said. \u201cIf the transmission rate rises significantly we will have to do a harder lockdown again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The health secretary Mark Hancock agrees with the continued restrictions, and believes we should try and suppress the virus more than we already have.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a question of how comfortable you are with the virus circulating in the community,\u201d a source said. \u201cEveryone wants the rate of transmission to be below 1 [when one person infects, on average, less than one other person]. But the question is how much lower it should be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As you may know, the restrictions put in place 3 weeks ago have been extended for another 3 weeks, meaning that the earliest we will see any sort of restrictions lifted is around May 7th.<\/p>\n<p>In regards to the death toll,the coronavirus death toll in Britain went from 15,564 to 16,060; a 596 rise, the lowest for around a fortnight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boris Johnson has told his fellow MPs that he refuses eye lockdown restrictions over fears of a second peak of the virus. He held a meeting with Dominic Raab where he expressed his concerns to him, whilst still recovering from his short stay at hospital due to the Coronavirus. 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