While most people are adhering to the government’s lockdown measures in a bid to stop the spread of coronavirus, some people are treating it as a holiday.
Last weekend saw people flocking to parks and beauty spots across the country as the sun shone down on the UK.
And it turns out a lot of people took the opportunity to throw parties, with Greater Manchester Police called to over a thousand reports of people breaking Covid-19 restrictions.
Now GMP are pleading with people in the region to do better this Bank Holiday weekend, and to follow the social distancing and isolation measures.
Last weekend, April 4th and 5th, saw the police called to 1,132 incidents in total across Greater Manchester.
This included 494 house parties, 166 street parties, 173 park gatherings, 122 group gatherings for sporting activities, and 112 anti-social behaviour cases – shockingly, police say some of the house parties had bouncy castles, fireworks and even DJs.
Chief Constable Ian Hopkins warned that while the force didn’t want to take strict measures against people, they will for serious cases – this includes fines and arrests.
GMP is releasing a series of videos to hammer home the point, featuring frontline workers and celebrities, in a bid to make sure people obey lockdown rules over the Bank Holiday.
Please stay inside this weekend everyone, the more we follow these measures the quicker this whole thing will be over. Let’s stay home and help save lives.
