England to end virtually all coronavirus restrictions: Boris Johnson has announced what the lifting of lockdown will look like at tonight's press conference. Here are the main points 👇 thetimes.co.uk/article/covid-…
There will be no limits on social contacts whatsoever:
Mass sporting events ⚽️🏏🎾
Theatres and cinemas 🎞️🍿🎭
Night clubs 🍾💃🥂
All to go back to normal 🎉🎉
Mass sporting events ⚽️🏏🎾
Theatres and cinemas 🎞️🍿🎭
Night clubs 🍾💃🥂
All to go back to normal 🎉🎉
A Downing Street spokesman said the success of the vaccination programme in reducing hospital admissions meant that it was now “reasonable” to move from “top-down edicts to personal judgments” when it came to issues such as mask wearing
No legal requirements for face masks and the order to work from home will be rescinded. However, the government will not urge people to go back to the office, leaving it to businesses to decide where their staff work
There will also be no limit on care home visits. However, masks may still be required in some health care settings. Allowing some people the first time to visit their loved ones in over a year
Under-40s to get their second jab within eight weeks, with all adults to be offered both doses by the end of September
The announcements came as the latest government figures showed that there had been 27,334 confirmed cases in the last 24-hour period. During the past seven days an average of 61,841 people have been tested positive for coronavirus; a 53 per cent rise on the previous week.
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