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08-08-2020, 02:05 PM
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Coronavirus: Preston young people targeted as lockdown imposed

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...shire-53706436

Young people in Preston are being urged "Don't kill Granny" as new lockdown measures come into force. Extra restrictions were imposed after Covid-19 infections rose in the city.

Since midnight, residents in the Lancashire city are banned from mixing with people from outside their social bubble in homes, gardens, and indoor venues, such as pubs.

They can meet in groups of up to six - or more than six if they are from two households - in outdoor areas such as parks and beer gardens.

Socialising between people from different households in pubs and homes had been seen as the main cause for the spike, local authorities said.

Dr Sakthi Karunanithi, Lancashire's director of public health, told BBC Breakfast that "47% of positive cases are in younger people - 30 years and below".

There were 61 new cases in Preston in the seven days to August 4, the equivalent of 42.6 cases per 100,000 people - up from 21.7 per 100,000 in the previous seven days.
As expected, releasing young people into pubs just means that they'll catch a dose of the virus to bring back home ..... Stone, Aberdeen, Preston .....
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08-08-2020, 04:42 PM
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Re: Coronavirus: Preston young people targeted as lockdown imposed

The government now are caught between the rock and hard place,do they shut pubs again and compensate landlord's etc, or do they try local lockdowns with perhaps the genie is already out the bottle if families /individuals who have been in contact with carriers spreading it far and wide through staycations in the south and southwest and the likes of the lake district.
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08-08-2020, 06:23 PM
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Re: Coronavirus: Preston young people targeted as lockdown imposed

The pubs ain't closed.
The major restrictions concern people meeting up in private homes.
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08-08-2020, 06:45 PM
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Re: Coronavirus: Preston young people targeted as lockdown imposed

Our immediate area still has a very low number of cases.
I feel awkward about it but, I do cringe when I see tourists here. I know they're glad to be out and about but, what are they bringing with them?
 

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