Lockdown in Hastings: 89 per cent of you think it should be extended again

The majority of our readers believe the lockdown should be extended when it is reviewed again in three weeks’ time.
By Ginny Sanderson
Published 18th Apr 2020, 10:08 BST
Updated 18th Apr 2020, 10:18 BST
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About 1,600 people responded to a poll on our Facebook page on Friday (April 17) asking people’s thoughts on the current measures, which are aimed at slowing the spread of coronavirus.

It was announced on Thursday (April 16) the UK lockdown will be extended for another three weeks, until early May, when it will be reviewed again.

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We asked our readers on the Hastings Observer Facebook whether the lockdown should be extended for a third time, and gave two options: it must be extended again/ the rules must be relaxed.

Coronavirus: Hastings seafront pictured on day one of the UK lockdown.Coronavirus: Hastings seafront pictured on day one of the UK lockdown.
Coronavirus: Hastings seafront pictured on day one of the UK lockdown.

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Eighty nine cent of people who voted said the lockdown should be extended – about 1,400 people.

While just 11 per cent, around 170 people, said the rules should be relaxed.

People took to the comments to explain their opinions on the situation.

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Hastings seafront during the UK's lockdown due to coronavirus.Hastings seafront during the UK's lockdown due to coronavirus.
Hastings seafront during the UK's lockdown due to coronavirus.

Lynda Gibson said: “People are not adhering to the rules. Families are intermingling up and down my road.

“Neighbours are going into each other’s gardens to help with jobs. Passing tools around, drinking beer together. They just don’t get it and won’t ever do it.

Cindy Marshall wrote: “It must continue until this nightmare is under control. To relax it to early could put us back to square one, meaning we had been through it for nothing. So settle down, STAY HOME and stop whining. It is for everybody’s safety, don’t be selfish.”

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Kaye Penfold agreed, writing: “Absolutely the right decision everyone must stay home unless essential work and getting essential goods, we as a town have to stick together to fight this virus no exception! Just stay home...simple!”

Foreign secretary Dominic Raab, who is deputising for the prime minister Boris Johnson while he is recovering from coronavirus, announced a three-week extension to the current lockdown in an effort to lower infection rates of Covid-19.

The UK has been in lockdown since Boris Johnson made the initial announcement on Monday, March 23.

At the time of writing, the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the UK is at 108,692. The number of coronavirus deaths in hospitals in the UK is 14,576.

The latest daily total of deaths is 847 people.

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