Health Secretary Matt Hancock was one of the two big political guests of the day on the Andrew Marr show. The government is preparing to introduce a new system of fines and restrictions to combat a winter wave of the coronavirus pandemic. Andrew Marr asked about the government’s strategy if the rate of re-infection did not come down over future weeks and months:
MH: We face a choice… If everybody follows the rules, then we can avoid further national lockdowns, but we of course have to be prepared to take further action if that’s what’s necessary.
AM: So we might be facing a further national lockdown if people don’t obey the rules?
MH: That’s exactly right. I don’t rule it out.
UK still at Alert Level 3
Marr inquired as to where the UK now stood on the government’s five stage Covid alert scale (where 5 is the highest level of risk).
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