RUSHES: Coronavirus: Government delays further lockdown easing as numbers of Covid-19 cases increase: Boris Johnson press conference

Coronavirus: Government delays further lockdown easing as numbers of Covid-19 cases increase: Boris Johnson press conference; Clip 5 of 5 ENGLAND: London: Downing Street: Number 10: INT Boris Johnson MP (Prime Minister) press conference SOT - Thanks very much Leila and thank you, Chris. John Stevens, Daily Mail. John Stevens: (Daily Mail) question SOT - Thank you, Prime Minister. You said that we still want more workers to return to the office from the start of August. But after warnings about a second wave and these latest restrictions, some people who might be feeling slightly apprehensive. What’s your message to them? And quickly, what are your own plans for the summer? Johnson answer SOT - Well, John, I will say I will be working flat out, as you can imagine. Though I may allow a brief stay-cation to creep into the agenda if that’s possible. But on the point about what should people do and the message for employees or our workforce in the country. It’s what you and I have discussed before. I want to see people discussing with their employers whether they can work from home. Lots of people can work from that. A lot of people discover that it does work. But if employers think and then employees think that actually to be productive, you need to be at your place of work then that’s a very, very important consideration. It is safe to get into a COVID secure workplace. People should understand that and that is our guidance. Professor Chris Whitty (Chief Medical Officer for England) answer SOT - But I think we should just be really grateful that huge numbers of employers have put in an awful lot of effort into trying to make workplaces COVID secure. It is absolutely essential that everybody does that. But the great majority are. Then when that happens, people stick to the guidance and the rules they’re given. Johnson answer SOT - John, it goes without saying that if people feel that their work place isn’t secure, then the HSC, the Health and S...
Coronavirus: Government delays further lockdown easing as numbers of Covid-19 cases increase: Boris Johnson press conference; Clip 5 of 5 ENGLAND: London: Downing Street: Number 10: INT Boris Johnson MP (Prime Minister) press conference SOT - Thanks very much Leila and thank you, Chris. John Stevens, Daily Mail. John Stevens: (Daily Mail) question SOT - Thank you, Prime Minister. You said that we still want more workers to return to the office from the start of August. But after warnings about a second wave and these latest restrictions, some people who might be feeling slightly apprehensive. What’s your message to them? And quickly, what are your own plans for the summer? Johnson answer SOT - Well, John, I will say I will be working flat out, as you can imagine. Though I may allow a brief stay-cation to creep into the agenda if that’s possible. But on the point about what should people do and the message for employees or our workforce in the country. It’s what you and I have discussed before. I want to see people discussing with their employers whether they can work from home. Lots of people can work from that. A lot of people discover that it does work. But if employers think and then employees think that actually to be productive, you need to be at your place of work then that’s a very, very important consideration. It is safe to get into a COVID secure workplace. People should understand that and that is our guidance. Professor Chris Whitty (Chief Medical Officer for England) answer SOT - But I think we should just be really grateful that huge numbers of employers have put in an awful lot of effort into trying to make workplaces COVID secure. It is absolutely essential that everybody does that. But the great majority are. Then when that happens, people stick to the guidance and the rules they’re given. Johnson answer SOT - John, it goes without saying that if people feel that their work place isn’t secure, then the HSC, the Health and S...
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