Supermarkets and non-essential retailers will also close earlier and social distancing measures will be re-imposed. New regulations mean bars and restaurants will now be forced to shut at 8pm, major sporting events will remain behind closed doors and social distancing is to be reimposed immediately. It has also paradoxically had an upside of boosting the immunity of the population compared with countries like Germany, the Netherlands and France, which have had much lower case numbers and are only now seeing an uptick.' 'We've had very high case numbers - between 30,000 and 50,000 a day - really for the last four months, since the beginning of July. 'But we are in quite a different situation from those European countries you are talking about (the Netherlands, Germany). 'There is a hint of an uptick in the last few days. The professor at Imperial College London told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: 'We've had two or three weeks of declining cases and admission to hospitals - that may be petering out, it is too early to say. I think it is unlikely we will get anything close to what we had last year, that catastrophic winter wave.' Speaking on BBC R4's Today programme, Professor Ferguson said: 'We might see slow increases as we did in October. Another 145 coronavirus deaths were also registered on Friday in a 25 per cent decrease compared to the toll last week. Hospital admissions for the virus have decreased for nearly a week straight, and are projected to fall even further in coming weeks. Infections have trended downwards since October 24, with independent tracking studies finding a 16 per cent weekly decline last week.ĭaily cases rose week-on-week for the second day in a row today - up by a quarter on last week to 38,351 - but experts are hopeful this is a temporary effect of children returning to school after half term. Meanwhile, Covid cases have tumbled in the UK over the past month, leading to prominent experts including 'Professor Lockdown' Neil Ferguson to share their optimism that the UK can avoid a return of 'Netherlands-style lockdown' restrictions this winter. Referring to the 'unpleasant' return of lockdown measures from this Saturday, Rutte said restrictions that the Dutch people had thought had ended for good were being re-imposed for three weeks. Later that evening, after flares, projectiles and bicycles were thrown at police, officers were seen hitting fleeing demonstrators with batons as what started as a peaceful protest descended into chaos.Īlthough death remain low, the Netherlands recorded their highest ever daily infection count positive Covid cases on Friday as medics warned hospitals were being put under huge pressure amid a record-breaking surge of infections. As they turn their backs and shield one another from the barrage, officers spray them again. In the clip, dozens of protestors can be seen sitting on the ground where they brace for impact as police turned the water cannons on them. Prime Minister Mark Rutte, 54, was giving a press briefing to the media when protestors clashed with riot police and mounted officers outside the Justice and Security Ministry in the Dutch city. Hundreds of Dutch protestors had a water cannon turned on them by police after they objected to the partial return of lockdown in the Netherlands as Covid cases continue to soar.ĭutch police blasted a group of around 200 people in The Hague with water in a bid to disperse demonstrators who had been throwing stones and fireworks in protest on Friday evening.
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