{"id":154233,"date":"2021-01-14T10:17:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T07:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/facing-a-more-quickly-spreading-coronavirus-brits-are-traveling-more-during-the-current-lockdown-than-in-march\/"},"modified":"2021-01-14T10:17:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T07:17:00","slug":"facing-a-more-quickly-spreading-coronavirus-brits-are-traveling-more-during-the-current-lockdown-than-in-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/facing-a-more-quickly-spreading-coronavirus-brits-are-traveling-more-during-the-current-lockdown-than-in-march\/","title":{"rendered":"#\n  Facing a more quickly spreading coronavirus, Brits are traveling more during the current lockdown than in March"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40a8fd2175d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40a8fd2175d\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/facing-a-more-quickly-spreading-coronavirus-brits-are-traveling-more-during-the-current-lockdown-than-in-march\/#A_construction_worker_uses_a_spade_to_remove_mud_from_the_tracks_of_a_vehicle_as_work_continues_near_Ashford_in_Kent_southeast_England_on_Dec_17_2020\" >A construction worker uses a spade to remove mud from the tracks of a vehicle as work continues near Ashford in Kent, southeast England on Dec. 17, 2020.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/facing-a-more-quickly-spreading-coronavirus-brits-are-traveling-more-during-the-current-lockdown-than-in-march\/#Steve_Goldstein\" >Steve Goldstein<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#<br \/>\n  Facing a more quickly spreading coronavirus, Brits are <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>ing more during the current lockdown than in March<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article__subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\">\n<\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"column column--full article__content\">\n<div id=\"js-article__body\" class=\"article__body article-wrap at16-col16 barrons-article-wrap\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-sbid=\"WP-MKTW-0000128610\">\n<div class=\"barrons-article-ad-wrapper\">\n<div data-track=\"barrons-article-ad-wrap\" class=\"barrons-article-ad sticky_item\">\n<div class=\"barrons-main-article-ad-target sticky_target body_ad\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       The coronavirus situation in the U.K. is far more pervasive now than in March when the country first locked down.<\/p>\n<p> When U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the country\u2019s first lockdown on Mar. 23, 2020, there were 967 new cases. Even in the two months that followed, the highest daily new case reading was 6,201. When Johnson again addressed the nation on a new lockdown, on Jan. 4, 2021, there were 58,784 cases.<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n       It is fair to note that the situation isn\u2019t 10 times worse \u2014 hospitalizations are up about 10% from the worst levels of April, and deaths are slightly lower, reflecting the younger mix of new coronavirus patients as well as better treatment. But experts are warning that the peak in hospitalizations is still to come, with the National Health Service examining how to discharge patients into hotels to free up beds.<\/p>\n<p>But faced with at least as bad a situation as March, Brits are out and about. <\/p>\n<div data-layout=\"inline\n              \" data-layout-mobile=\"\" class=\"\n        media-object\n        type-InsetMediaIllustration\n          inline\n  article__inset\n        article__inset--type-InsetMediaIllustration\n          article__inset--inline\n  \"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"\n        media-object-image\n        enlarge-image\n        renoImageFormat-\n        img-inline\n        article__inset__image\n      \" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:67.1875%;\" data-mobile-ratio=\"67.1875%\" data-layout-ratio=\"67.1875%\" data-subtype=\"\" class=\"image-container  responsive-media article__inset__image__image\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-284631?width=140&amp;size=1.4883720930232558 140w,\nhttps:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-284631?width=540&amp;size=1.4883720930232558 540w,\nhttps:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-284631?width=620&amp;size=1.4883720930232558 620w,\nhttps:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-284631?width=700&amp;size=1.4883720930232558 700w,\nhttps:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-284631?width=860&amp;size=1.4883720930232558 860w,\nhttps:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-284631?width=1260&amp;size=1.4883720930232558 1260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 140px) 100px,\n(max-width: 540px) 500px,\n(max-width: 620px) 580px,\n(max-width: 700px) 660px,\n(max-width: 860px) 820px,\n1260px\" src=\"https:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-284631?width=620&amp;size=1.4883720930232558\" data-enlarge=\"https:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-284631?width=1260&amp;size=1.4883720930232558\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"wsj-article-caption article__inset__image__caption\" itemprop=\"caption\"><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>       That is clearly seen in the mobility data. In the days after the Mar. 23 lockdown, mobile phone traffic around workplaces fell as much as 70%, according to Google. In the days after the Jan. 4 lockdown, mobile phone activity around workplaces is down about 50% from normal levels.<\/p>\n<p>Car use, down to as low as 23% of normal levels after the March lockdown, was 56% of normal levels on Monday, according to the U.K. Department for Transport. On the London Underground, activity was 16% of normal levels, which doesn\u2019t sound like much except when compared with the roughly 5% usage after the March lockdown.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Goodwin, chief U.K. economist at Oxford Economics, said current rules are in many cases weaker now than they used to be. The housing market, for example, is now able to operate pretty much as normal, while it was closed last year. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn addition, firms have become much more adaptable,\u201d said Goodwin. \u201cLast March, many firms across sectors such as manufacturing and construction closed down, partly because the government messaging around what was and wasn\u2019t permitted was not very clear and they adopted a cautious <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roach. But this time around they have been able to demonstrate they comply with the government\u2019s COVID-safe rules and, because their workers cannot work from home, many have remained open.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The U.K. government\u2019s definition of key worker has changed, which is significant because those workers are allowed to put their children into schools. Some schools have up to 50% of their classrooms filled, according to U.K. press reports.<\/p>\n<div data-layout=\"inline\n              \" data-layout-mobile=\"\" class=\"\n        media-object\n        type-InsetMediaIllustration\n          inline\n  article__inset\n        article__inset--type-InsetMediaIllustration\n          article__inset--inline\n  \"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"\n        media-object-image\n        enlarge-image\n        renoImageFormat-\n        img-inline\n        article__inset__image\n      \" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:66.640625%;\" data-mobile-ratio=\"66.640625%\" data-layout-ratio=\"66.640625%\" data-subtype=\"\" class=\"image-container  responsive-media article__inset__image__image\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-284632?width=140&amp;size=1.5005861664712778 140w,\nhttps:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-284632?width=540&amp;size=1.5005861664712778 540w,\nhttps:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-284632?width=620&amp;size=1.5005861664712778 620w,\nhttps:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-284632?width=700&amp;size=1.5005861664712778 700w,\nhttps:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-284632?width=860&amp;size=1.5005861664712778 860w,\nhttps:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-284632?width=1260&amp;size=1.5005861664712778 1260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 140px) 100px,\n(max-width: 540px) 500px,\n(max-width: 620px) 580px,\n(max-width: 700px) 660px,\n(max-width: 860px) 820px,\n1260px\" src=\"https:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-284632?width=620&amp;size=1.5005861664712778\" data-enlarge=\"https:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-284632?width=1260&amp;size=1.5005861664712778\" alt=\"\" title=\"A construction worker uses a spade to remove mud from the tracks of a vehicle...\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"wsj-article-caption article__inset__image__caption\" itemprop=\"caption\">\n<h4 class=\"wsj-article-caption-content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_construction_worker_uses_a_spade_to_remove_mud_from_the_tracks_of_a_vehicle_as_work_continues_near_Ashford_in_Kent_southeast_England_on_Dec_17_2020\"><\/span>A construction worker uses a spade to remove mud from the tracks of a vehicle as work continues near Ashford in Kent, southeast England on Dec. 17, 2020. <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>      <span class=\"wsj-article-credit article__inset__image__caption__credit\" itemprop=\"creator\"><br \/>\n            ben stansall\/Agence France-Presse\/Getty Images<br \/>\n          <\/span><br \/>\n  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>       David Owen, European economist at Jefferies, echoed that view that the change in mobility is a function of different rules rather than weak adherence to them. \u201cThere seems to be pretty much adherence to the rules,\u201d he said. \u201cWhere I live in southwest London, there\u2019s not that many people around. People seem to be much more concerned about being close to other people.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"cx-membership-tile\"><\/div>\n<p>There is hope on the horizon, as the U.K. is so far leading all but a handful of countries in vaccinations. \u201cI\u2019m sure for a lot of people, what they don\u2019t want to do over the next few weeks [while waiting to get vaccinated] is actually catch the thing,\u201d Owen said.<\/p>\n<p>This increased activity should mean the U.K. economy will be stronger than it was in April 2020. Deutsche Bank is forecasting a 1.4% downturn in U.K. gross domestic product in the first quarter, which isn\u2019t nearly as steep as the 19.8% nosedive in the second quarter of 2020, though that is off a base that is about 7% lower than it was before the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"byline article__byline\">\n<p>      <span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author  hasMenu\" data-scrim='{\"type\":\"author\",\"header\":\"Steve Goldstein\",\"subhead\":\"The Wall Street Journal\",\"list\":[]}' itemscope itemprop=\"author\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<h4 itemprop=\"name\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Steve_Goldstein\"><\/span>Steve Goldstein<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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