"The world is sleepwalking into a surveillance state during the coronavirus crisis as countries bring in extensive digital snooping, rights groups warn
Digital surveillance rolled out to curb coronavirus should be limited, groups say Governments turning to technology to trace infections, keep tabs on population Civil society organisations say it could cause lasting damage to people's rights"
Looks like @Cyclefree may have had a point about police overreach. Apparently new guidance on the Coronavirus Act 2020 will be issued today.
Police have admitted misinterpreting new coronavirus lockdown legislation when charging a woman who received a £660 fine.
Marie Dinou, 41, from York, was arrested at Newcastle Central Station on Saturday after she allegedly failed to tell officers why she needed to travel, British Transport Police (BTP) said.
So that's as many as three celebrities, although Lee Mack has said he caught it from the driver who took him to Cheltenham each day, so even three is a bit tenuous. And a couple of catering workers and the Guardian also reports a man who may have caught it from someone else who'd been at the Festival.
The question of whether there is a difference between indoor and outdoor events has been raised at government press conferences this week.
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Digital surveillance rolled out to curb coronavirus should be limited, groups say
Governments turning to technology to trace infections, keep tabs on population
Civil society organisations say it could cause lasting damage to people's rights"
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8181381/World-sleepwalking-surveillance-state-rights-groups-warn.html
Police have admitted misinterpreting new coronavirus lockdown legislation when charging a woman who received a £660 fine.
Marie Dinou, 41, from York, was arrested at Newcastle Central Station on Saturday after she allegedly failed to tell officers why she needed to travel, British Transport Police (BTP) said.
She was arrested on suspicion of breaking restrictions imposed under the Coronavirus Act 2020 and subsequently fined at North Tyneside Magistrates’ Court on Monday.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/police-apologise-incorrect-charge-coronavirus-lockdown-fine-a4405696.html
https://www.cell.com/pb-assets/products/coronavirus/CELL_CELL-D-20-00739.pdf
The papers think they have found it.
As well as Parker Bowles, the comedian Lee Mack and footballer Charlie Austin are among racegoers to have subsequently reported symptoms of Covid-19 infection, along with two local men who were working at bars or restaurants at the course during the meeting.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/apr/02/cheltenham-faces-criticism-after-racegoers-suffer-covid-19-symptoms
So that's as many as three celebrities, although Lee Mack has said he caught it from the driver who took him to Cheltenham each day, so even three is a bit tenuous. And a couple of catering workers and the Guardian also reports a man who may have caught it from someone else who'd been at the Festival.
The question of whether there is a difference between indoor and outdoor events has been raised at government press conferences this week.