coronavirus. At a Downing Street briefing tonight, Professor Chris Whitty stressed that people should not hug and kiss their relatives at Christmas “if you want them to survive to be hugged again”.He said: “Would I want someone to see their family?
Of course, that’s what Christmas is about, whether people celebrate Christmas as a festival themselves or from any other belief system.
It is an opportunity for families.“But would I encourage someone to hug and kiss their elderly relatives? No, I would not.“It is not against the law – and that’s the whole point.
You can do it in the rules that are there but it does not make sense because you could be carrying the virus and if you’ve got an elderly relative, that would not be the thing you want.
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