Cases continue to surge in the UK. Hours after drafting a new set of constraints, Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged Britons in a special broadcast on Tuesday evening to follow measures to restrain the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19), or face fines and even another lockdown, if the minority who mock jurisdictions continue to do so. As the day-rise of new cases rose to 4,926 on Tuesday evening, and a cumulative total of 403,551 with 41,825 deaths, Johnson rejected his earlier optimistic vision and said if need be, the army would be extended to make assure that official guidance is obeyed.
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He was quoted saying, “(Unless) we take action the risk is that we will have to go for tougher measures later…If we let this virus get out of control now, it would mean that our NHS had no space – once again – to deal with cancer patients and millions of other non-Covid medical needs. And if we were forced into a new national lockdown, that would threaten not just jobs and livelihoods but the loving human contact on which we all depend…We must do all we can to avoid going down that road again. But if people don’t follow the rules we have set out, then we must reserve the right to go further”.
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He further added that the country came together when the virus took hold in March when people devotedly followed official guidance by staying at home and taking basic measures such as washing hands frequently and maintaining social distancing. That combined action kept the virus at bay, which was revealed in falling numbers of new cases and admissions in hospitals from June onwards. But September has seen an exponential rise at various levels, after what Johnson called “too many breaches” of guidance.
