Chief Inspector Charlotte Bloxham from North Yorkshire Police explains the revised COVID rules
This weekend is the first since January where the stay at home order is not in force.
Six people or two households can meet outside, including in private gardens, but social distancing rules remain in place.
Chief Inspector Charlotte Bloxham from North Yorkshire Police explains the rules and why in some circumstances there could be more than six people in a group.
Chief Inspector Bloxham says while the rules have relaxed for meeting outdoors, meeting indoors is still not allowed.
Chief Inspector Bloxham adds:
“Everyone can expect to see an increased policing presence as we work alongside our partners to help keep the virus at bay in the weeks and months ahead.
“The new Steps Regulations say that people must minimise travel to reduce the risk of infection. The Government has not defined a distance that would constitute a breach, so it is down to each and every person to make a judgement call about if a journey is absolutely necessary and the risks it poses in the context of the public health crisis that we are still facing.
“From a policing point of view, we will keep using the ‘4 Es’ approach to engage, explain the regulations, encourage compliance and enforce if there is blatant disregard to the regulations.
“Our plea to everyone this Easter is to be extremely careful and to keep following the regulations until it is safe to resume a more normal way of living – we have come too far and made too many sacrifices for this effort to be wasted now.”
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