pubs restaurants and hairdressers are
all preparing to open their doors again
in most of england this weekend
the government says it is safe to do so
as long as the guidelines are followed
carefully
but one member of sage that is the body
of senior scientific advisers to the
government
says the moves are too extensive and
highly responsible
now the latest official number of people
reported to have died after testing
positive
covid19 in the past 24 hours increased
by 176
bringing that total number of deaths to
43
906. our health editor hugh pim has more
details
preparing for opening time on saturday
in england for restaurants cafes
hairdressers and many other traders
and on friday for some of those in
northern ireland
and amongst them all there's a keen
sense of anticipation
i can't wait to make everyone look good
again and everyone's walking around with
a helmet on their head so
i just can't wait to just get back to my
craft it's been hard
been hard not cutting hair pubs too will
reopen on saturday in england after more
than three months of lockdown
but there's a warning from a member of
the government's expert advisory
committee
sage that it's too risky and shouldn't
be allowed
what will happen is the government turns
around and blames the people
for behaving irresponsibly when actually
i would say
it's highly irresponsible to be having
so many lifting of restrictions
and doing it on a saturday especially
opening
uh hubs and restaurants indoors where
there's likely to be
a high rate of transmission a government
spokesperson said clear guidelines had
been set out for pubs and other venues
in england to keep customers safe
and all the measures would be kept under
constant review
dawn who's a critical care nurse was one
of the faces of the early stages of the
crisis
with a plea for people to stop panic
buying in supermarkets
people like me they're going to be
looking after you
when you're at your lowest just stop it
please now with lockdown measures about
to ease
she had this message i think
psychologically people need to have a
little bit more of the normal life back
and i totally understand that but yes
yeah it's quite worrying when you see
these pictures these scenes of people up
close with
each other it is a concern
um and i'm hoping that people just
remember
what we're all doing what we're still
fighting against really
expanding virus testing and the tracing
of contacts of people who are infected
is seen as essential if future outbreaks
are to be spotted and curbed
a former health secretary told me he
believes that a major increase in
testing capacity is required
the next big step needs to be to
introduce
mass testing starting with healthcare
workers people in the care system and
the nhs
so that we can make sure that hospitals
and care homes really are
safe and nip in the bud any infections
that start there
testing after the lockdown easing this
weekend will be especially
important today people were drinking
outdoors
nhs leaders and ministers will watch
anxiously to see how they use their new
freedom
to go into pubs and bars across most of
england
hugh pim bbc news