Coronavirus: 'Concerning' rise in car journeys as public urged to stay at home
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mirror.co.ukA leading health expert says it is a "concern" that the number of car journeys has risen despite coronavirus travel restrictions remaining in place.
Latest Department for Transport figures show that vehicle use increased on Monday. By Sunday, use of motor vehicles had fallen by 73% compared with February 27.
But a spike in traffic led to Monday's figure showing just a 63% decline compared with the same date. This was the first daily rise in two weeks.
Yvonne Doyle, director of health protection for Public Health England, said: "This shows a slightly concerning trend, because we have seen an uptick in motor vehicle traffic. "The message here is really people do need to stay at home. "Most are doing the right thing, as you can see from the
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