People can take a walk for seven miles from their home but shouldn’t push the boundaries around the exercise rule, the UK’s Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Monday. Speaking at a televised briefing, Hancock said the rules allow outdoor exercise with one other person, two metres apart. “We’ve been seeing large groups, and that is not acceptable,” he said, after being asked to clarify if people are allowed to walk in the park with a friend and get a cup of coffee. “This is one of those rules where if too many people keep breaking this rule, then we are going to have to look at it, but I don’t want to do that,” Hancock said, since walking with a friend is the only social contact some people can get. “And it’s very important that people don’t, as I say, flex and try to push the boundaries of it,” he …
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