manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Britain
Coronavirus
BBC
testing
infection
Sky News
Return To Work
Britain
Two metre social distancing rule could be relaxed to allow people return to work, minister says
Reading now: 600
manchestereveningnews.co.uk
manchestereveningnews.co.ukDefence Secretary Ben Wallace has suggested the two-metre distancing rule could be relaxed to allow people to go back to work ahead of the coronavirus lockdown being lifted.
In an interview with Sky News, as the UK enters a seventh week of lockdown, Mr Wallace said: “You can look at shielding, you can look at how long you stay near people. "The two-metre rule reduces the possibility of infection by a certain amount of time. “If you halve that, it still keeps people away from being infected but for a lesser time.
The probability of being infected is much less. “I think there are options about how we can do it. You can wear PPE, that could be a possibility if you have to be in close proximity or indeed you could find other ways of doing
Read more on manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The website starsalert.com is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.
Report this news
Related News
Celebrities
Locations