As Glasgow and the rest of the UK are set to reach highs of up to 20°C, people are being warned they should still stay at home. 

The public is being warned that the warm spring weather should not be an excuse to leave your home. 

Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Health Secretary Matt Hancock said that preventing the spread of the coronavirus should not be outshined by sunny weather. 

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They said people across the UK should fight the urge to enjoy the sunshine forecast this weekend.

Glasgow will see highs of 17°C with sunny intervals during the day. 

Boris Johnson took to Twitter and said: "You are saving lives by staying at home, so I urge you to stick with it this weekend, even if we do have some fine weather."

He told The Times: “This disease is so nasty that we had to suppress it completely. Then we’ve kind of painted ourselves into a corner, because then the question will be, what do we do now?

“We will have done three weeks of this lockdown, so there’s a big decision coming up on April 13. In broad terms are we going to continue to harm children to protect vulnerable people, or not?”

Prof Medley added: “If we carry on with lockdown it buys us more time, we can get more thought put into it, but it doesn’t resolve anything, it’s a placeholder.”

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His comments came after England’s chief nursing officer, Ruth May, urged people to think of two nurses who died after contracting coronavirus and “stay home for them”.

Areema Nasreen and Aimee O’Rourke, both mothers of three children, died alongside two healthcare assistants, it was announced on Friday.

Ms May, speaking at the daily Downing Street press conference, said: “This weekend is going to be very warm and it will be very tempting to go out and enjoy those summer rays.

“But please, I ask you to remember Aimee and Areema. Please stay at home for them.”

She added: “I worry that there’s going to be more and I want to honour them today and recognise their service.”

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