COVID-19: Chaotic scenes as Londoners rush to beat midnight lockdown - Business Insider

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Chaotic scenes as Londoners try to escape the city before midnight lockdown. Police deployed to prevent non-essential journeys.

: "This was clearly totally irresponsible behavior, the chief medical officer was absolutely clear that people should unpack their bags if they had them packed."

On the trains, there was reportedly very little social distancing. "As expected, train is crammed," wrote journalist "Announcement on tannoy says social distancing 'will not be possible' due to volume and to get off if you are not comfortable with that." There are concerns that the new COVID-19 strain, which is up to 70% more transmissible, may be spread across the country by people traveling from Tier 4 areas to areas with lower infection rates. This is not permitted in the new rules.that extra police officers would be deployed at stations to prevent people from making non-essential journeys.

In a statement, he said: "It is incredibly important the people follow the guidance, stay at home and do not attempt to travel. Our focus must be stopping the spread of the virus, protecting lives and our NHS." He continued: "If you are in Tier 4, the law means you must stay at home and you cannot stay overnight away from home. Across the rest of the country, you must stay local."LoadingBy clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Business Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our

 

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