Owingtothelackofimmunity, thisdiseasesmoredangerousondhe, it's goingtospreadfurtherand I mustlevelwithyourelevelwiththeBritishpublic.
MorefamiliesaremanymorefamiliesaregoingtoloselovedonesbeforetheirtimeonDhe, thechiefscientificadviserwillsetoutthebestinformationwehaveonthatin a moment.
Butaswe'vesaidoverthelastfewweeks, wehave a clearplanthatwe'renowworkingthroughondhe.
ThemostimportanttaskwillbetoprotectourelderlyAndimostvulnerablepeopleduringthepeakweekswhenthereisthemaximumriskofexposuretothediseaseandwhenthe N hswillbeunderthemostpressure.
Ifyouhave a Coronavirussymptoms, howevermildeither a newcontinuouscoughor a hightemperature, thenyoushouldstayathomefor a leastsevendaystoprotectothersandhelpslowthespreadofthedisease.
Andcurrentlywe'reon a trajectorythatlooks a CZ, thoughit's aboutfourweeksorsobehindItalyandothersomeothercountriesinEurope, butmeansthatwe'venowreachthestagewhenovertheepidemic.
Andthen a smallproportionofpeopleget a secondphasewheretheyhavesomesortofimmuneresponsetoit, whichcausesthedamageontheelderlyandthesickaremuchmorelikelytogetthat.
Andactually, you'd havetodoitfor 13 to 16 weeksorlonger.
Andyoudon't needtobe a veryadvancedmathematiciantoeworkoutthatthechancesofkeepingChildrennotspeakingtoeachotherorplayingwitheachotherover 13 to 16 weekszeroandthereforeyouhavetobeverycarefultomakesureyoutaketherightmeasuresthatwillstopthisratherthanthingswhichmightendupwithChildren, forexample, goingtostaywithgrandparentsat a timewhentheymightbemostvulnerable.
Butthenewthingsfromtodayaretoaskanybodywhohas a coughthatiscontinuousonnewor a temperatureforthosewhochoosetomeasuretheirtemperature.
37 8 Somepeoplewilldoitjustbasedonthefactthattheyhave a temperatureintermsoffeeling.
Wewishthosepeopletostayathomeforsevendaysnow.
Thereasonforthis.
And I wantedtobeclearaboutthisbecauseweareaskingpeopletodosomethingwhichwillinterferewiththeirlivesandinterferewiththeirworkandtheirsociallifeinquite a significantway.
Thesecondthingis, asPatrickhaspointedout, thishelpstoreducethepeakoftheepidemicsothatitis a lowerpeak, makingiteasierforthe N hsandHealthService's inallfournationstocopeasthisgoesthrough.
Andtheansweris, theevidencewouldappeartobethatsomepeoplewithreallyquitemildsymptomscanspreadthisforestto a lotofpeople, sopeoplewithminorsymptomsshouldstayathomeforsevendaysNowthereisanadditionalpoint I wanttoreemphasizefromtheprimeminister, whichisjustaspeoplewouldnotnormallyiftheyhad a minussprainorotherminorproblemcallforanambulance.
Itisimportantthatpeoplewithveryminorsymptomsdonotcool 111 However, iftheirsymptomsstarttodeteriorateondhe, they'regettingtothepointwheretheynormallywouldhavesoughtmedicalcare.
There's a certainpointpeoplearereallyworriedatthatpoint.
Theyshouldcalltheservice.
Butdoingitroutinelywithminorsymptomsisnot a usefulthingtodoforthemonyouput a bigburdenontheservice, makingitharderforotherstogetthroughwithwhatmaybe, uh, life, lifethreateningconditions.
Thatthereare a fewotherchangesthathavetogoalongsidethis, thefirstofwhichisthatitisnolongerneededforustoidentifyeverycaseon.
Wewillmovefromhavingtesting, mainlydoneinhomesandoutpatients, andwalkwalkincentersto a situationwherepeoplewhoareself, whoareremainingathomedonotneedtestingon.
Wearegoingtowanttodo a packageofthingswhichareaboutputtingsocialdistancingaroundthepeoplewhoarevulnerable, whoareolderpeopleandthosewithseverehealthconditions.
Butwedonotthinkitisappropriatetomake a nationalrecommendationforthatatthemoment, becausethisistooearlyinthecourseoftheepidemic.
That's a PatrickpassedononDhe.
Ifyouthinkaboutwhatwouldhappenifyouprematurelyputelderlyorvulnerablepeoplein a situationwhereyou'resayingwereallywanttocutdownonyoursocialinteractions.
Andthatiswhattheinterventionsweretalkingabouttodaywithpeoplestayingathomeorhelpedtodoonthesecondpartistoincreasethecapacityandflexibilityofthe N H s sothatitisbetterabletoPTOmeettheveryconsiderabledemandsthataregoingtobeheadingitswaywhenwereachthepeakofthisepidemic.