09-21-2020, 10:56 AM
Quote:The health secretary Matt Hancock will give a statement to the House of Commons on Monday afternoon – and hinted that restrictions were likely to be on social gatherings rather than on offices or public transport.
“The really sad thing about this virus is that it thrives on the things that make life worth living, socialising, when people get close to each other, that's when it tends to pass on and so we have got to be careful about that,†he told ITV's This Morning.
“There are parts of the country already where you cannot socialise with people outside your household. I know the impact this has on people. I know this is not how anyone wants to live their lives.â€
Asked whether people would be drinking in the pubs in England this weekend, Hancock said: “It's not a no, and it's not a yes, we've been working on this all weekend, we haven't taken the final decisions about what we want to do in response to the surge that we've seen in the last two weeks.â€
“It's not a no, and it's not a yesâ€
Get in that office and make sure you're pumping money into the pubs, but don't socialise because that's when the virus is dangerous