{"id":809,"date":"2021-04-19T18:04:22","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T17:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/dauks-dr-pushpo-hossain-in-the-mirror-on-the-relaxation-of-lockdown-rules\/"},"modified":"2021-04-19T18:04:22","modified_gmt":"2021-04-19T17:04:22","slug":"dauks-dr-pushpo-hossain-in-the-mirror-on-the-relaxation-of-lockdown-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/dauks-dr-pushpo-hossain-in-the-mirror-on-the-relaxation-of-lockdown-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"DAUK&#8217;s Dr Pushpo Hossain in The Mirror on the relaxation of lockdown rules"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/des-recits-gvm_Kmm3-9o-unsplash-678x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5255\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Medics fear another Covid-19 spike as many revellers snubbed masks, social distancing and the rule of six as they enjoyed new freedoms outdoors on a sunny FA Cup semi-final Saturday<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Revellers toasted the first weekend of freedom in months by downing six million pints of beer today in a sun-soaked splurge of socialising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Drinkers formed queues outside beer gardens, with many staying on to watch the FA Cup semi-final between Chelsea and Manchester City on jumbo outdoor screens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">High streets were busy too, and Joshua Bamfield of the Centre for Retail Research estimated 18.4million shoppers would spend \u00a31.6billion in stores this weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Dr Pushpo Hossain of the Doctors\u2019 Association UK committee, said the packed pub gardens were \u201cvery scary\u201d.<\/p><p>She said any new spike could prove too much for medics who have been exhausted by the the pandemic and demoralised by a paltry pay proposal.<\/p><p>Dr Hossain said: \u201cThe government has broken our morale with the one per cent. If a third wave hits we won\u2019t be fit enough to deliver a service. We are burnt out.\u201d<\/p><cite>Dr Pushpo Hossain<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read the full article<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/money\/shopping-deals\/thirsty-brits-sink-whopping-six-23933300\" class=\"rank-math-link\"> here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medics fear another Covid-19 spike as many revellers snubbed masks, social distancing and the rule of six as they enjoyed new freedoms outdoors on a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[310],"tags":[44,38,39,370,33,34,42,113],"class_list":["post-809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-covid-19","tag-dauk","tag-doctors-association-uk","tag-dr-pushpo-hossain","tag-press","tag-press-covid-19","tag-the-doctors-association-uk","tag-the-mirror"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}