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15 May – Matt Hancock: No Vowels


Gd ftrnn nd wlcm t Dwnng Strt fr th dly crnvrs brfng.

’m jnd by th Dpty Chf Mdcl ffcr, Dr Jnny Hrrs, nd by NHS nglnd’s Mdcl Drctr fr Prmry Cr, Dr Nkk Knn.

wnt t tk ths chnc t pdt y n th ltst crnvrs dt. 2,353,078 tsts fr crnvrs hv nw bn crrd t n th K, ncldng 133,784 tsts ystrdy. 236,711 ppl hv tstd pstv fr th vrs, n ncrs f 3,560 snc ystrdy. 10,024 ppl r crrntly n hsptl wth crnvrs. Ths s 13% fll frm th sm tm lst wk.

nd vry sdly, f ths wh tstd pstv, crss ll sttngs, 33,998 ppl hv nw dd. Tht’s n ncrs f 384 snc ystrdy. nd w mrn ch n. Th nmbr f dths s fllng ch dy, n ll sttngs thnkflly, nd w r pst th pk f ths vrs.

wnt t tk mmnt t rmnd vryn bt r plns fr ths scnd phs. W hv st p th nw CVD lrt Lvl Systm. Tht’s th fv lvls f thrt – bsd n th R vl nd th nmbr f nw css. Th lrt lvl n trn gds th scl dstncng rls, whch r vtl n r ffrts t cntrl th vrs.

hghr lrt lvl mns strctr rls. Thrght th lckdwn, w hv bn t lvl 4 whch mns tht Cvd-19 s n gnrl crcltn nd trnsmssn s hgh r rsng xpnntlly.

Bt, thnks t yr shrd scrfc, w’v brght R dwn. Ctsly, crflly nd rspnsbly, w r nw n pstn t strt mvng t lvl 3.

W’v st t th frst f th 3 stps tht w’ll tk t crflly mdfy th scl dstncng rls nd strt t rstr frdm t ths cntry, ll th whl vdng dsstrs scnd pk tht cld vrwhlm th NHS.

t ch stp, w wll clsly mntr th mpct n R, n th nmbr f nw nfctns nd n, f crs, ll vlbl dt. nd w’ll nly mv t th nxt stp whn w jdg t s sf t d s.

n th frst stp, s f ths wk, f y wrk bt cn’t wrk frm hm, y shld spk t yr mplyr bt gng bck n. Ppl cn nw spnd tm tdrs nd xrcs s ftn s y lk nd y cn mt 1 thr prsn frm tsd yr hshld n n tdr, pblc plc. Bt pls kp 2 mtrs prt.

Ths wknd, wth th gd wthr nd th nw rls, hp ppl cn njy bng tsd bt pls stck wth th rls, kp n y n yr fmly nd dn’t tk rsks.

W’v ls pdtd wht w’r skng ppl t d, whch s t sty lrt, cntrl th vrs nd sv lvs.

Fr th vst mjrty f ppl, styng lrt stll mns styng t hm s mch s s pssbl. Wrkng frm hm whn y cn, lmtng cntct wth ppl, kpng yr dstnc f y g t, 2 mtrs whrvr pssbl, wshng yr hnds rglrly. Ths s stll th sngl mst ffctv thng tht y cn d t kp yrslf sf nd, f crs, slf-sltng f y r nyn n yr hshld hs crnvrs symptms.

By styng lrt nd fllwng th rls, y cn ply prt n th ntnl ffrt gttng th R dwn nd kpng R dwn, cntrllng th vrs s tht w cn sv lvs, rbld lvlhds nd strt t rcvr r frdm.