ormskirk, Local Online News Community, Forums, Chats, For Sale, Classified, Offers, Film Reviews, Events, Motors Sale, Property For Sale Rent, Jobs, Hotels, Taxi, Restaurants, Pubs, Clubs, Pictures, Sports, Charities, Lost Found
WANTED: YOUR NEWS AND STORIES FOR ORMSKIRK
Phone / Txt Roger on 0754 3955 841
Email local news to us including image(s) ormskirk@qlocal.co.uk
Follow / Report to us on Twitter @QlocalOrmskirk
Published on: 23/03/2020 08:33 PMReported by: roving-eye
The prime minister is announcing strict new curbs on life in the UK to tackle the spread of coronavirus. From this evening people must stay at home except for shopping for basic necessities, daily exercise, any medical need and travelling to and from essential work. Shops selling non-essential goods will also be shut and gatherings in public of more than two people who do not live together prohibited. The UK death toll has reached 335. If people do not follow the rules police will have the powers to enforce them, including through fines and dispersing gatherings, Boris Johnson said in a televised statement from Downing Street.
Other premises including libraries, playgrounds and outdoor gyms, and places of worship must also close immediately. Parks will remain open for exercise but gatherings will be dispersed. The government is also stopping all social events, including weddings, baptisms and other ceremonies - but funerals will be allowed. Mr Johnson said the restrictions would be kept under constant review. "We will look again in three weeks, and relax them if the evidence shows we are able to," he added.
The prime minister said the measures were necessary to tackle "the biggest threat this country has faced for decades". "Without a huge national effort to halt the growth of this virus, there will come a moment when no health service in the world could possibly cope; because there won't be enough ventilators, enough intensive care beds, enough doctors and nurses," he said. "And as we have seen elsewhere, in other countries that also have fantastic health care systems, that is the moment of real danger. "To put it simply, if too many people become seriously unwell at one time, the NHS will be unable to handle it - meaning more people are likely to die, not just from coronavirus but from other illnesses as well." The UK has been under growing pressure to follow other countries by ordering the closure of more shops, and enforcing rules on social distancing, amid concerns people have been ignoring government advice. The prime minister said he knew the "damage" the restrictions were causing to people's lives, businesses and jobs but at present there were "no easy options". "The way ahead is hard, and it is still true that many lives will sadly be lost," he said. However, Mr Johnson said there was "a clear way through", by strengthening the NHS with former clinicians returning to work, accelerating the search for treatments and a vaccine and buying millions of testing kits.
Member Post Likes / Dislikes - 0 Likes, 0 Dislikes
WANTED: YOUR NEWS AND STORIES FOR ORMSKIRK
Phone / Txt Roger on 0754 3955 841
Email local news to us including image(s) ormskirk@qlocal.co.uk
Follow / Report to us on Twitter @QlocalOrmskirk
UK, Local Online News Community, Forums, Chats, For Sale, Classified, Offers, Vouchers, Events, Motors Sale, Property For Sale Rent, Jobs, Hotels, Taxi, Restaurants, Pubs, Clubs, Pictures, Sports, Charities, Lost Found
Heritage House, 9b Hoghton Street, Southport, PR9 0TEAll your business insurance needs under one roof! Car, motor, home, taxi, fleets, shops, offices Best cover found at lowest prices! Free quotations provided.WEBSITE TEL: 01704 631913
Hesfords DIY & Gardening, Moorgate, Ormskirk, L39 4RUHesfords has been a family concern since it was founded in 1903 by Charles Martin on Market Row. Originally specialising in engineering the company moved to its current location in 1978.WEBSITE TEL: 01695 572727
9 Holly Lane, Rufford, Near Ormskirk, L40 1SHOur team of Veterinary Surgeons, trainee and qualified Veterinary Nurses and Receptionists aim to provide the highest possible standard of a personal, caring and friendly service.WEBSITE TEL: 01704 821204
30 Virginia Street, Southport, PR8 6RUEstablished 17 years ago. MOT\'s, servicing, repairs. Free collection and delivery service.WEBSITE TEL: 01704 543808
Stats: Qlocal over 500,000 page views a month (google analytics)