Boris Johnson urges nation to go back to work if they can’t work from home
PRIME minister Boris Johnson urged factory workers and builders to go back to work.
The PM shared the message last night as he addressed the nation with his three-step roadmap to recovery.
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In a video message the PM said:
- Urged Brits to get back to work if they can't from home
- Revealed Brits would be allowed to sunbathe in parks and play unlimited sport from Wednesday - and can go on day trips
- Said anyone coming into the country by air would be forced to quarantine
- Schools will start going back from June - but only if the infection level is low enough
- But he warned that pubs, cinemas and mass gatherings would be off the cards for months to come
The rules around construction sites and builders had been unclear, with some sites staying open during the peak of the virus.
Workplaces that are allowed to reopen will have to follow strict new COVID-secure rules, such as separate entrances and exits, desks that face away from each other and possibly rotations of workforces to keep exposure to the minimum.
Mr Johnson paid tribute to key workers, such as NHS staff but also the police, bus drivers, and supermarket workers who have helped with the fight against the disease.
But the PM warned that the plans were conditional to infection rates dropping.
He added: "Throughout this period of the next two months we will be driven not by mere hope or economic necessity.
"We are going to be driven by the science, the data and public health.
"And I must stress again that all of this is conditional, it all depends on a series of big Ifs."
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Visits to pubs, cinemas and gigs will be banned for months.
While anyone entering the country will have to quarantine under new rules set out by the PM.