The corona virus is keeping Europe in suspense: The number of infections is also rising rapidly in England.
That's why the government is imposing heavy penalties on quarantine violations.
The British are now accusing Johnson of "tyranny".
To date, the
UK
has
the most deaths across Europe to mourn the coronavirus pandemic *.
In view of the drastically increasing number of infections, Prime Minister Boris Johnson fears “the second wave”.
That is why the government is now taking tough action: a strict catalog of fines has been in place since Sunday.
London - "The best way to fight this virus is by everyone sticking to the rules and isolating themselves if there is any risk of
transmitting
the
coronavirus
,"
Prime Minister Boris Johnson
said
a week ago.
At the same time, he advocated the
introduction of large fines
to reinforce the importance of the protective rules.
Otherwise,
Great Britain
will soon be confronted with a second corona wave *: After the number of
infections
tended to decline in
the summer,
as in many places in
Europe
, they are now increasing rapidly again in several regions every day.
With
42,000 people
who have died as a
result of the
coronavirus
in the
United Kingdom
since March
, the country has the most
death toll in Europe
.
Now, towards autumn, the number of infections * is rising drastically again, so that the
English government
was forced to introduce high fines for
violating the quarantine rules
.
Not only companies have to pay for misconduct - parents are now also prosecuted for their children.
Great Britain: Corona infection numbers are increasing - government takes tough action
The fines are hefty, ranging from
£ 1,000 to £ 10,000
.
Converted this is between 1100 and 11,000 euros.
Anyone who
violates
quarantine requirements
, such as the
isolation
requirement
,
after a
positive corona test
or a request from the health authorities
, will pay at least 1,000 pounds in the future.
"Inconsiderate" behavior can be four times as much and "if it is repeated" ten times as much, with a
maximum fine of £ 10,000
.
The
Johnson administration
shared the
news in a
video
on
:
From 28 September people will be required by law to self-isolate, those breaking the rules face fines starting at £ 1,000, increasing up to £ 10,000.
A £ 500 Test & Trace Support payment will be available for those on lower incomes who can't work from home.https: //t.co/bNwkeYdWVf pic.twitter.com/0V9sEojjsI
- UK Prime Minister (@ 10DowningStreet) September 20, 2020
Also in the
food court
which engages
government in Britain
again by hard: restaurants and pubs have to close until further notice by 22 AM.
Operators face
fines
of over
£ 1,500
if one of their visitors dances or music is played at a volume above 85 decibels.
The reason: The guests would then have to shout out loud, which
massively increases
the
risk of infection
.
The aforementioned
maximum fine
must also be
paid by
entrepreneurs
who
threaten
their employees with
dismissal
if they comply with the
quarantine
obligation.
Low-wage earners
who have to
stay at home
due to
infection protection
and cannot work from there should, however,
receive a one-off payment of the equivalent of 550 euros
as
compensation
.
Protesters accuse Johnson government of "draconian" corona penalties
In England, the new regulations came into force on Sunday -
Johnson
may want to
extend
them
to the whole of
Great Britain
, including
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
.
Since Sunday the police and so-called
"Covid Marshalls" have
the authority of the state to review the new regulations - in the worst case even under "appropriate force", according to the
government
.
Many British found all of this disproportionate and took to the streets last Saturday after the government had issued new contact restrictions.
+
At a rally against the Johnson government's new corona measures on September 26, there were violent clashes between the demonstrators and the police in London.
© Stefan Rousseau / PA Wire / dpa / Picture Alliance
At a
demonstration in London's Trafalgar Square
, the majority of the hundreds of participants neither wore a
mask
, nor did they adhere to distance and hygiene rules.
Many demonstrated explicitly against the
"tyranny" of Johnson
, as well as this "draconian catalog of fines" and
"surveillance state".
When the police
wanted to break up
the
anti-coronavirus demonstration in the
evening, some clashes between the participants of the event and the officials ended bloody.
Video: Heading Britain for a second lockdown - Johnson comments:
Corona measures and Brexit: The Prime Minister's popularity is declining in England
As the
Bild reports that individual
measures of the new regulation
are to be approved by experts and the public, but there is still a growing
Labor group
in the
British House of Commons
who
accuse
Johnson
of
governing "by decree"
in the matter of
Corona
.
Criticism has already been heard from within its own ranks: Some
Tories
make the
same accusation
against
Johnson
.
Aside from an "authoritarian leadership style", they mainly chalk him up as "bondage" to dubious advisors like
Dominic Cummings
.
The
popularity of Prime Minister
falls not only because of
coronavirus pandemic
, but also because many
Britons
about the safety of fear of their jobs - are the
United Kingdom and Gibraltar European Union membership referendum
-
negotiations with the European Union * but on very thin ice.
For the first time since
Johnson
took office, the British
Labor Party
is ahead according to surveys: 42 percent of the British would, as
Bild
reports, currently
vote for
the
opposition under Keir Starmer
, only 39 percent would
vote
for the
Conservatives
again.
(cos / dpa) * Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital network.
List of rubric lists: © Stefan Rousseau / PA Wire / dpa / Picture Alliance