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UK scientists want Christmas celebrations move to summer because of covid-19

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November 7, 2020
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London, Nov. 7, 2020 (AltAfrica)-UK government’s team of top scientific advisers want Britons to postpone their Christmas celebrations until summer, new documents reveal.

Sage experts have said Britons should push back their Christmas celebrations until summer (Image: GETTY)

But with just seven weeks to go until the festive season comes around, Sage wants millions of people to scrap Christmas celebrations that promote family gatherings – and instead arrange to see their loved ones next summer.

But they said if people do opt for a large celebration including extended family members they should be prepared to “self-quarantine” over the New Year period.

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The advice was laid out in documents released on Friday, a day after England went into its second nationwide lockdown.

Unending nightmare for Boris Johnson as the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said an estimated 618,700 people in England – one in 90 – had Covid-19 between October 25 and 31, up from 568,100 the week before. (Getty/Guardian UK)

The documents, which were sent to Cabinet ministers, read: “Whenever announcing that a particular form of social interaction needs to be avoided, then actively propose and support less risky forms of mixing.

“These could include carrying out the activity at a later date e.g. planning a summer family get together to replace meeting at Christmas.

“If people find it emotionally or practically impossible to avoid making contact with someone outside their household then they should be encouraged to make meeting that person as safe as possible.

“For example, by self-quarantining before meeting (reducing contact with other people as far as possible for 14 days) and avoiding close and prolonged contact when meeting.”

The advice was contained in a document entitled “Positive strategies for sustaining adherence to infection control behaviours”.

The release of the document came as Sage the reproductive rate – the R value – of coronavirus transmission for the whole of the UK remains at between 1.1 and 1.3.

It said: “Sage is confident that the epidemic has continued to grow in England over recent weeks.

“Although there is some evidence that the rate of growth in some parts of the country may be slowing, levels of disease are very high in these areas and significant levels of healthcare demand and mortality will persist until R is reduced to and remains well below 1 for an extended period of time.”

The COVID-19 infection rate in England and Wales appears to be slowing down, data suggests.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said an estimated 618,700 people in England – one in 90 – had Covid-19 between October 25 and 31, up from 568,100 the week before.

But while the infection rate has increased in recent weeks, “the rate of increase is less steep compared with previous weeks”, the ONS said.

The latest figures came as queues built up outside new test centres in Liverpool which were opened at midday as part of the first mass coronavirus testing programme.

At Liverpool Tennis Centre, one of the six facilities which opened on Friday, people began to wait outside about 45 minutes before it opened.

The armed forces have been brought in to the city to help deliver the scheme, which uses lateral flow tests to deliver results in under an hour for people who are not showing symptoms of the virus.

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