Jason asked the Health Secretary Matt Hancock, whether he’d envisage reintroducing village or street level lockdowns if there are localised spikes in new cases of Covid 19.
Jason McCartney MP
With track and tracing now being rolled out, if there happens to be localised increases again in the rates of infection—localised second waves—at what level would the Secretary of State recommend bringing back localised restrictions?
Would it be at a county level, a town level, a council level, a village level, or even a street level?
Matt Hancock MP
The answer is “needs must”: whatever is necessary to bring any local outbreak under control.
We will take local action with local directors of public health using all the information we have, whether at a highly localised level, more broadly or on an institution basis—for instance, around a school, care home or hospital—if that is what it takes.
