Take advantage of the good weather after coronavirus lockdown

Assistant director of public health at Lincolnshire County Council Tony McGinty said people locking down for a long time meant they had potentially not been as physically active, had not been getting the benefits of the sun on their skin and had suffered mental health issues due to a lack of social contacts.

He said: “It’s summertime, the weather is good, and we don’t know how things are going to go as we go into autumn and winter.

"So people should make the most of the freedom, they’ve got now because it would be horrible if they have been pretty locked down for months, and they stay locked down, and then the numbers start to get worse again.”

Case numbers are currently running low in Lincolnshire with just 71 confirmed cases so far in July.

Many experts believe a second wave could occur as the days and nights become cooler and people spend more time indoors in the later months of the year.

“We want people to try and top up on the benefits of being a bit more active, being a bit more connected with everybody whilst it’s relatively safe for them to do,” said Mr McGinty.

He understood the most vulnerable would have some concerns, however said there were “really clear safety guidelines to follow” to protect them from “the relatively low risk of Covid 19 in the Lincolnshire population at the moment” and reassured people that if numbers did start to rise they would act quickly.