Cllr Pete Marland, Leader of Milton Keynes Council explained today why tougher restrictions could be on the horizon for Milton Keynes.
Cllr Pete Marland, has outlined his expectations regarding the tier he thinks Milton Keynes could be put into when the Government reintroduce a new tier system on Thursday this week.
In an interview with MKFM, Cllr Marland explained the different factors which contribute to the number of cases in Milton Keynes including how busy shops are and the size of our schools and numbers of staff in those schools.
He added: "If I was going to put money on it I would say we are going to see tougher restrictions."
Cllr Marland said: "It was a really busy week in Milton Keynes before lockdown 2.0 started and the shopping centre is still really busy. At the moment data indicates our rate is around 198 per 100,000 having been at around 140."
Cllr Pete Marland explained demographically, the population of Milton Keynes is scewed to having a younger population, being the under 50s and therefore unknowingly the virus can pass to older people.
He added: "The Government record data from the over 60s and with a current rise we could be facing more restrictions than we did in tier 1."
He added: "The Government have not yet said how they will go about putting cities into the new tier system, it could be MK is grouped or by a single local authority and he would suspect we would be put into Tier 2."
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