“Boris Should Have Done This Week”-How Wigan People Feel About Being Liberated from Local Lockdown

“Boris should have done this week ago. Not every town can be treated the same,” he said.

The news Wigan is free from local coronavirus blockade Moved fast-and for many shoppers on the streets of the town center, it’s about time.

Wigan has been the area with the lowest number of coronavirus cases in Greater Manchester over the past few weeks, with far lower statistics than Oldham and Rochdale.

The Gulf has led Wigan leaders to demand that their inhabitants be excluded from the regional blockade imposed on 30 July.

And on Friday, after being blocked a few weeks later, Wigan was revealed to be released Wednesday, August 26.

Not too soon, Carroll Irving, 68.

“I think it was played too long,” Carroll said.

“Boris should have done it a few weeks ago. Not every town can be treated the same. Greater Manchester is huge and we are not the same as Berry, Oldham or Rochdale.

“I think the Wigan people were relatively safe.”

As Gillian Young, a 57-year-old mother from Beech Hill, said: “Participating in the Great Manchester Lockdown was fair, and in many ways not fair.

“I think it’s a good decision. I have only a few cases here.

“If it goes up again, we’ll have to go back to lockdown, and that’s fine for me.

“I still don’t understand why one of the first things that restarted backup was a pub. When people drank the third and fourth drinks, no one was getting closer to each other.”

But for quite a few Wiganers, the announcement that they were released from lockdown makes little sense.

Some say that in the face of local rules, many residents continued as normal. And because the streets in the center of the town are as busy as the day before the coronavirus-though it has more masks-you can be fooled by the thought that the pandemic is gone for a long time ..

James Turner, a college student from Orel, said: “This lockdown isn’t that serious and I don’t know what’s going on.

“Many people want to get their business back in business, which is important, but safety sometimes comes to mind, and I think economics came first.”

“I’m glad Wigan was released, but I think many of us continued as normal and nowhere was closed like the original blockade,” Carroll agreed.

“I think we did our best, but someone is breaking the rules someday.

“When you look at your friends on the street, how many people say “do not approach us” to us?

“I mean, I’m kept away from people, I’m wearing a mask, and I keep doing that. But I’m 70. I’m a widow. If I’ve been locked up at home since March, I can’t deal with it. I think

“I’m just continuing to be careful.”

Dee Shepherd, 34, has been involved in one of the most important jobs during locking, cleaning the ward.

She sees how busy the coronavirus ward is and thinks people “pulled together”.

“It was difficult and everyone got together,” Dee said Manchester evening news ..

“It was a little surreal as you were used to the hospital being a busy place. It was a bit strange to see the A & E so quiet.

“I was tired, but I couldn’t believe I had defeated the coronavirus when I saw people getting better.”

But in the face of the decline in cases in Wigan, Dee says people are starting to “see the other side.”

“I don’t think the second lockdown really had an impact. I don’t think the rules were properly enforced here anyway,” she added.

“The number of times people meet in social situations. Just tell them that they have a table of 6 people and they don’t live together. But people just want to regain a sense of normal life. is.

“People were out, whether or not we were locked up here. There’s nothing happening, so the government has to announce that they feel it’s allowed. I think I had to do it.”

To others, Wigan’s brave new world is temporary and residents expect things to change again “by next week.”

“It changes every week,” said the mom going shopping with her little mom. “In any case, no one is doing as I was told during this local lockdown. We will be able to enter lockdown again.”

Ironic-or perhaps realistic-a small number. But there is no denying that the Wiganers are hopeful about their plans to meet their loved ones, go on vacation, and above all, return to some normal state.

Young people who have spent months away from their friends look forward to seeing them again.

Dee’s son, Kyle Atherton (16), was “noisy” about his test results this week. But being in a locked-down state without his companion is “not easy”, he says.

He said: “It’s not easy to be out and not allowed. It feels horrible when you are allowed to see your buddies.

“And not going to school and not seeing friends every day makes me realize that it wasn’t really that bad.

“When I go back to college, many people will not be able to join the same class. I feel like I missed a few months with everyone.

“It’s nice to be out and seeing you again.”

For James, who turned 18, during the lockdown, he found out that his “best friend” was more than that when he left college.

The pair has been locked down. Bimonthly was difficult because we couldn’t see each other, but thanks to the new announcement, they’re excited to spend time with each other again.

“Every day I met my best friend, so I didn’t meet at all. We can meet our loved ones now without risking.”

As far as adults are concerned, it’s time in the sun.

Carol will soon leave for Newquay on vacation. Gillian and her daughter Rebecca are planning a masked trip to Turkey. Dee wants to hike on the hills of Wales with his little kids in the coming weeks.

Dee said, “We’re a little anxious to leave a little, but I think this will be a new way of life. At some point, we need to return to normal.”