"Salty", the fine.
Britons who do not respect self-containment in the event of contamination with the coronavirus will be fined up to 10,000 pounds sterling (or 11,000 euros), the government announced on Saturday when the new rules were presented on Saturday. reduce the number of positive cases.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who said this week the UK was facing the second wave of Covid-19, presented new restrictions on residents of the north, north-west and central regions of England , mainly affected.
Among these measures, the British government is introducing a legal obligation of self-containment, as of September 28, for people who test positive or who are asked to do so by the National Health Service (NHS).
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"The best way to fight the virus is for everyone to follow the rules and for people at risk of transmitting the disease to isolate themselves," the Prime Minister said in a statement.
“No one should underestimate the importance of these measures, these new rules mean that you have a legal obligation to apply them, whenever you are infected or the NHS asks you to”, he added .
Help for low income
The UK is asking people who test positive to self-isolate for ten days, while those living with someone who tests positive or exhibits symptoms are required to self-confine for 14 days.
For non-compliance with the rules, fines will range from 1,000 pounds (1090 euros) to 10,000 pounds for repeated violations or the worst breaches.
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In order to encourage compliance with these rules, people with limited income will be able to receive a flat-rate aid of 500 pounds (545 euros) if they are unable to telework during their quarantine.
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“We are seeing a recovery in France, Spain, across Europe.
It is absolutely inevitable, I fear, that we end up seeing it in this country, ”Johnson insisted.
While new restrictions were introduced this week, the British Prime Minister has expressed his reluctance to impose a new total containment of the country, as several Tory MPs are critical of the measures already taken.
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During the day, anti-vaccine and anti-containment protesters also clashed with police in Trafalgar Square, in central London (see photo above).
32 people were arrested.