The Professor of Public Health has said that the Government’s plan to loosen COVID-19 restrictions over Christmas is a “mistake” and suggested a reversal.
Professor Linda Bauld spoke to BBC Breakfast about the plans which currently will allow up to three households to form a Christmas Bubble between the 23rd and the 27th of December.
Professor Bauld said, “From a public health perspective, I have to be perfectly honest, I think this is a mistake and I think people, even though we’re permitted to do this, I think people have to think very carefully whether they can see loved ones outside or do it in a very, very modest way.”
Bauld added that there is nothing to stop the Government from reversing this decision but said, “the problem is they’ve made that commitment to people across the UK, and that may affect trust in government if they roll back on that.”
This news comes as Londoners prepare for the possibility of being plunged into Tier 3 lockdown from the 19th of December.
COVID rates in London are now at the highest of all other regions in the UK.
According to one MP, the decision is “pretty much made.”