the proposed roadmap for lifting lockdown, the Telegraph has learned that hairdressers, beauty salons and other close contact personal care services may be forced into restrictions until May.
This is potentially at the same time that indoor dining will be allowed at pubs and restaurants. We don’t know what has led to this decision.
Let’s be clear: the hair and beauty industry does not pose a high risk of coronavirus transmission, as found by the Department of Health in November last year.
In fact, personal care services only contribute ‘up to 0.05%’ in the rate of transmission, a minute amount compared to the devastation caused to the industry worth £28.4 billion to the UK’s GDP.
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