UK coronavirus live: Boris Johnson says new restrictions ‘likely to remain in force for six months’
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Blanket approaches may well have other consequences. The virus isn’t going anywhere anytime soon and we have to make sure that our efforts to live free from coronavirus don’t come at too high a price.
As more restrictions are considered, we’re calling on the government to make sure that protections are proportionate, measured, and rooted in science and the law.
Any changes that restrict our rights must be flexible, with review and end points, and remain open to challenge.
If we want to protect public health and save lives, then changes need to complement or enhance our human rights, not treat them as optional.