The Prime Minister will tonight set out that there will be no
immediate end to the lockdown in a broadcast to the country.
will urge Britons to Stay
Alert to Control the Virus and Save Lives and set out a
'conditional plan' for the next phase of our fight against
Covid-19.
He will warn on relaxing any measures: 'It depends on all of us -
the entire country - to follow the advice, to observe the social
distancing and to keep that R down'.
He will make clear his determination to avoid a second peak which
would overwhelm the NHS.
And he will insist that any changes will be closely monitored at
a local, regional and national level and 'if there are outbreaks,
if there are problems, we will not hesitate to put on the
brakes'.
He will thank the public for the effort and personal sacrifice
they have made to reduce the spread of Coronavirus and protect
the NHS.
‘It is thanks to your effort and sacrifice in stopping the spread
of this disease that the death rate is coming down and hospital
admissions are coming down.'
‘Thanks to you we have protected our NHS and saved many thousands
of lives,’ he will say.
He will also warn: 'It would be madness now to throw away that
achievement by allowing a second spike’.
‘We must stay alert. We must continue to control the virus and
save lives.’
On ending the lockdown the PM will say: 'No, this is not the time
simply to end the lockdown this week.'
'Instead we are taking the first careful steps to modify our
measures'.
He will set out the first slow and gradual changes which will
come into force from Wednesday including allowing people to spend
time outdoors for leisure purposes, as long as they are socially
distanced from others.
'From this Wednesday we want to encourage people to take more and
even unlimited amounts of outdoor exercise.'
'You can sit in the sun in your local park, you can drive to
other destinations, you can even play sports but only with
members of your own household.'
But he will warn: 'You must obey the rules on social distancing
and to enforce those rules we will increase the fines for the
small minority who break them.'
He will set out how workplaces can become Covid Secure by
following new guidance for employers.
He will say that from tomorrow (Monday) 'anyone who can't work
from home, for instance those in construction and manufacturing,
should be actively encouraged to go to work'.
'And we want it to be safe for you to get to work. So you should
avoid public transport if at all possible, because we must and
will maintain social distancing, and capacity will therefore be
limited.
'So work from home if you can, but you should go to work if you
can't work from home'.
