Cities could be treated differently to rural areas when lockdown restrictions are lifted, hints Government Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance
I’ve thought for a while that this might be the case but as the story below suggests lockdown might end up being differentially lifted with rural areas being at the top of the queue. It tells us:
Cities and rural areas could be treated differently when coronavirus lockdown measures are eased, the Government’s Chief Scientific Adviser hinted today.
Sir Patrick Vallance told MPs that the spread of the deadly disease was different in different parts of the UK.
He said ‘densely-populated places have a higher prevalence than rural places’ and that means loosening restrictions could be tailored to each.
However, he suggested such an approach would not be without difficulties because regions would need to be carefully defined and the flow of people in and out would have to be monitored.