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The UK government is defending its decision to allow major sporting events to continue in the days preceding the coronavirus lockdown.
“At every stage in this crisis we have been guided by the scientific advice and have been making the right decisions at the right time,” finance minister Rishi Sunak said during Monday’s daily news conference, according to Reuters.
“There is often a wrong time to put certain measures in place, thinking about sustainability and everything else,” he continued. “At all parts of this we have been guided by that science, we have been guided by making the right decisions at the right time, and I stand by that.”
Liverpool‘s Champions League visit from Atletico Madrid on March 11 and the Cheltenham Horse Racing Festival (which ran for four days starting on March 10) have been blamed for accelerating the spread of COVID-19 in the UK. The latter event attracted nearly 69,000 visitors on its final day alone.
When a reporter at Monday’s …read more