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May 10, 2020 "It is not yet time to relax the anti-contagion restriction measures, we will do it on June 1, we remain careful and save lives". British Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke in a video message to the nation severely affected by the coronavirus, specifying some measures for Phase 2. There are over 31,000 victims, a result that today makes the United Kingdom the European country most affected by the pandemic.

"Although the death toll has been tragic and the suffering immense, and although we are saddened by all those we have lost, it is a fact that by adopting the confinement measures we have prevented this country from being swallowed up by what could have been a catastrophe in which the worst reasonable scenario was half a million victims. "

"If the alert levels are not adequate we will wait, we will not return to this hell, the UK will have changed after the coronavirus but it will be more dynamic and more generous, for now we are careful and save lives." "This is a goal that we must all pursue," said the British Prime Minister. "We will be guided by economic needs, but now the whole country must follow our advice."

"To track our progress and avoid returning to the starting point, we are creating a new Covid alert system managed by a new Joint Biosafety Center," he said. "And that Covid alert level will be primarily determined by R and the number of coronavirus cases," he explained. "And in turn that Covid alert level will tell us how hard we have to be in our measures of social distancing: the lower the level, the lower the number of measures. The higher the level, the harder and more rigorous we will have to be." 

"We will increase sanctions if it is necessary, especially for that minority that is not respecting the restriction measures and we will impose a quarantine period for those who want to enter our country by plane," he specified.

"In Phase 2 we will be able to open the shops, reopen the schools in stages for the children of primary and then secondary education". "We are going down this mountain and this is the most dangerous phase," explained Johnson. From July, some "public places" such as restaurants or cafes that respect distance conditions could reopen. 

"The isolation of the elderly must end as soon as possible, the sacrifice of health workers, the work of law enforcement officers, the scientists, we must thank all those who have acted kindly in our country."