By Ben Kerrigan-
Dominic Raab has extended the Uk lockdown by another 3 weeks at Thursday’s press briefingRaab, who is standing in for prime minister Boris Johnson said the lockdown was working and the curve was flattening, but insisted it would be too early to ease of on the worthwhile sacrifices the British public has paid in the battle against the coronavirus.
Raab made reference to prime minister Boris Johnson’s at the outset the PM said it could take three months for a turn in the tide. ”That is still the broad outlook”, Raab said. Raab expressed some optimism when he said that in some regions the number of people in hospital beds were decreasing.
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For everyone person with the virus, less than 1 person was being infected, he said. Even small changes could lead to the R going above 1, he says. That could lead to the spread growing, and the risk of another peak. At the moment it looks as if we are in a “good space”. The number of cases is stabilising, or coming down, he says.
“Based on this advice, which we very carefully considered, the government has decided that the current measures must remain in place for at least the next three weeks.”
He said SAGE had advised that “relaxing any of the measures in place” would “undo the progress we have made” and would “risk damage to both public health and the economy”.
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“The worst thing that we could do now is ease up too soon – and allow a second peak of the virus to hit the NHS and to hit the British people,” he added.
Indications that the measures we have put in place have been successful in slowing down the spread of this virus.
“But Sage also say that is a mixed and inconsistent picture and, in some settings, infections are still likely to be increasing.
“That would risk a quick return to another lockdown with all the threat to life that a second peak to the virus would bring and all the economic damage that a second lockdown would carry.
“We need to be patient a while longer, so please please stay at home, save lives and protect the NHS.” Chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance said there is a flattening “and a possible sign of decrease” in the number of Covid-19 cases.
Sir Patrick Vallance said the rate of infection being “almost certainly” below one in the community is “an important change”.
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