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Coronavirus: Up to six months before life 'returns to normal' says government | Coronavirus: Up to six months before life 'returns to normal' says government |
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It could be up to six months before life in the UK returns to "normal", England's deputy chief medical officer has said. | It could be up to six months before life in the UK returns to "normal", England's deputy chief medical officer has said. |
Speaking at the government's daily coronavirus briefing, Dr Jenny Harries added: "This is not to say we would be in complete lockdown for six months." | Speaking at the government's daily coronavirus briefing, Dr Jenny Harries added: "This is not to say we would be in complete lockdown for six months." |
But, she added, "We have to be really, really responsible and keep doing what we're all doing." | But, she added, "We have to be really, really responsible and keep doing what we're all doing." |
It comes as the number of deaths of people with coronavirus reached 1,228. | |
Among those to have died with the virus is Amged El-Hawrani, a 55-year-old doctor and ear, nose and throat trainer at Queen's Hospital Burton. His death was confirmed shortly before the press briefing. An organ transplant consultant died last week. | |
On what to expect in the near future, Dr Harries said the government would review the lockdown measures in three weeks. | |
But she warned the public: "We must not then suddenly revert to our normal way of living. That would be quite dangerous." | |
To stop then would mean all their previous efforts would be "wasted and we could potentially see a second peak" in deaths, she said. | |
"So over time, probably over the next six months, we will have a three-week review." | |
Meanwhile, Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick said the UK was on "emergency footing" in a way "unprecedented" in peacetime. | |
Giving an update on the measures in place to get equipment to frontline NHS staff, Mr Jenrick said: "We haven't done anything like this since the Second World War." | Giving an update on the measures in place to get equipment to frontline NHS staff, Mr Jenrick said: "We haven't done anything like this since the Second World War." |
Mr Jenrick also provided more detail on how the government would shield the most vulnerable people in the country, after more than a million people in the UK were told to stay at home for 12 weeks. | |