British Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced a tightening of coronavirus restrictions in a northern English city on Tuesday as leading health experts warned that a second wave “is coming.”
Hancock said Bolton now has 120 cases per 100,000 people, the highest rate in the country. He singled out young people in their twenties and thirties, as well as pubs, for spreading the virus.
“PEOPLE HAVE RELAXED TOO MUCH”
To this end, Hancock announced that pubs and restaurants in Bolton can only serve take-away and must close between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. People will also be banned from socializing outside their household.
Jonathan Van-Tam, England’s deputy chief medical officer, told Sky News: “This is a virus we’re going to have to live with – and if we’re not careful, if we don’t take this incredibly seriously from this point on, we’re going to have a bumpy ride over the next few months.”
“People have relaxed too much,” he said, explaining the rise in coronavirus cases. “Now is the time for us to re-engage and realize that this is a continuing threat to us.” “It’s coming,” Dr. David Nabarro, the World Health Organization’s special envoy for the global coronanirus response, told Sky News about a potential second wave.