One month from going out restrictions How to alleviate the issue: 8:33 on April 23, England

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In the United Kingdom, it will be one month in 23 days from the start of severe restrictions on going out as a measure against the spread of new coronavirus infection. It is believed that the peak of the spread of infection has been exceeded, but with the death toll of more than 18,000 and the economy deteriorating, a major issue is how to ease restrictions in the future.

In Britain on the 23rd of last month, Prime Minister Johnson announced a strict restriction on going out with a fine in order to suppress the spread of the new coronavirus.

One month has passed, and the government has shown that the peak of infection has exceeded its peak, but the number of people who have died has continued to increase, exceeding 18,000.

Outgoing restrictions have had a tremendous impact on business activities, and in a survey of companies published last week by the Bureau of Statistics, a quarter of the 5,000 companies that responded had a quarter of their business suspended and continued to operate. However, many companies are declining sales.

It is predicted that GDP will fall to minus 35% in the second quarter from this month to June.

There are some opinions, especially in the business world, that the government should relax measures related to curfew, but the government is cautious as it will be useless if the easing is urgent.

The government says that it will continue to restrict going out until at least early next month, but how to loosen the restrictions in the future and how to restore citizens' lives and economic activities to their original state will be a major issue.

Traditional pubs also seek ways to survive

While the restrictions on going out continue, restaurants in the UK are unable to open and are in a difficult business situation, and the traditional British pub is desperately trying to find a way to survive.

Chris Bray, who runs a pub in South Yorkshire, called for regular customers to help with crowdfunding, and about 1,000 pounds were spent in over a month, and the Japanese yen was more than 130,000 yen.

Mr. Bray said, “I have a monthly expense and living expenses, which is a great help.” Next, I thought about devising a sales method. In partnership with a local beer brewery, we bottled the beer we offered at the store and started online sales last week, and 100 bottles were sold out.

On the other hand, Conner Macroflin, who runs a pub in London, started online sales of beer tickets that can be used after business reopens. The fact that you can use double the ticket price means that you sold about 500 pounds in one month and over 66,000 yen in Japanese yen.

However, it is not enough to cover expenses such as rent and utilities, and I am worried about how long the restrictions on going out will last.

"I'm afraid people will be scared to gather outside in the future. If regular customers avoid risk and stay at home, it's the biggest impact of a pandemic," he said. It was.

The poll is ...

A major research company, "YouGov," conducted a public opinion survey on 16th and 17th of this month targeting 2015 people in the UK on measures to spread the new coronavirus infection.

Among them, in response to the question "Is it correct for the government to start relaxing restrictions such as going out now?"
▼ "correct" is 5%,
▼ "wrong" is 88%,
▼ "don't know" At 7%, the overwhelming majority believe that relaxing measures is not appropriate at this time.

Regarding the question, "Is it correct to relax measures after 3 weeks?",
▼ "correct" is 30%,
▼ "wrong" is 26%, and
▼ "don't know" is 44%. You can see that.

In addition, 74% of the respondents think that the easing of measures should be promoted in stages.

"The public is very cautious about mitigating the measures. So far, the government has continued to take strict measures with the understanding of the citizens, but how will the mitigation proceed in the future?" Will be a major issue. ”