- UK's PM Johnson: Local authorities will be given new powers from tomorrow
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17 July 2020
UK's PM Johnson: Local authorities will be given new powers from tomorrow
- We can now control the virus through targeted local lockdowns
- We are publishing framework for containing future virus outbreaks
- Ministers will be able to close whole sectors in an area
- Ministers can order people to stay at home in specified areas
- Local approach relies on an effective testing system
- As we approach winter, we need to go further in COVID response
- Possible the virus will be more virulent in winter
- We're planning for the worst, we should also hope for the best
- National lockdown was undoubtedly the right thing to do
- We will look for more significant return to normality from November
- From October, we intend to bring audiences back into stadiums
- We will look to allow more close contact between friends and family where possible
- Hopes that by November it may be possible to drop social distancing rules
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