I-PM iphinde yaveza ukuthi imikhawulo ingase yethulwe kabusha ngomugqa.
“Bengingafuni abantu bazizwe sengathi lesi yisikhathi sokujabula… kusekude kakhulu nokuphela kokubhekana naleli gciwane,” kusho uJohnson.
"Ngokusobala, uma sithola okunye okuhlukile okungaphenduli emithini yokugoma ... ngokusobala, kuzodingeka sithathe noma yiziphi izinyathelo okudingeka sizenze ukuvikela umphakathi."
Njengoba imingcele isuswa, uhulumeni ngeke esadinga ukuthi abantu basebenze ekhaya futhi nomkhawulo wenani labantu abavunyelwe ukuvakashela amakhaya azokwehliswa. Isimemezelo sizokwenziwa kuleli sonto nguNobhala Wezemfundo wase-UK u-Gavin Williamson mayelana nokuphela okungenzeka kwalokho okubizwa ngokuthi ikilasi “amabhamuza” aklanyelwe ukuvikela izikole ekuqubukeni kwe-COVID.
UJohnson uthe ijubane lokukhishwa komgomo wase-UK lizophinde lisheshe ukuze abantu abangaphansi kweminyaka engu-40 ubudala banikezwe umthamo wabo wesibili emasontweni ayisishiyagalombili ngemva kokuqala kwabo, ngokungafani nesikhathi samanje samasonto angu-12.
Ekhuluma kanye no-PM ngoMsombuluko, isikhulu sezokwelapha sase-England, uSolwazi Chris Whitty, uxwayise ngengcindezi engase ibekwe yi-COVID-19 kuNational Health Service (NHS) ebusika obuzayo. "Lobu busika obuzayo bungase bube nzima kakhulu ku-NHS, futhi angicabangi ukuthi lelo iphuzu eliyimpikiswano," esho.
Izolo, i-UK ibike ukufa kwabantu abayisishiyagalolunye kungakapheli izinsuku ezingama-28 zokuhlolwa ukuthi une-COVID, kanye nezifo ezintsha ezingaphezu kuka-27,000. Izinga lamanje lokutheleleka lingama-230 kubantu abayi-100,000, kanti ezinsukwini eziyisikhombisa ezedlule kube nokunyuka kwamacala amasha ngama-50% uma kuqhathaniswa nesonto eledlule, ngokusho kwedatha yakamuva kahulumeni.
