❓Confused about the latest lockdown rules that will change after July 19?
🔴Boris Johnson has been accused of giving mixed messages over Freedom Day
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🔴Boris Johnson has been accused of giving mixed messages over Freedom Day
🔎Read more: telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/…
The Prime Minister appeared to play down the notion of ‘freedom day’ today.
During a press conference, he set out new guidance encouraging people to take back their liberties "gradually"
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During a press conference, he set out new guidance encouraging people to take back their liberties "gradually"
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💼Staggered return to work
Employers have been told not to instruct their workers to return to the office en masse next week.
Businesses are instead being asked to stagger office returns.
It comes just days after Rishi Sunak highlighted benefits of working in the office
Employers have been told not to instruct their workers to return to the office en masse next week.
Businesses are instead being asked to stagger office returns.
It comes just days after Rishi Sunak highlighted benefits of working in the office
😷Masks expected to be worn
The expectations around the use of face masks in public will remain largely unchanged, even though the legal requirement will end on Monday.
Johnson said the Government would continue to recommend they be worn in enclosed and crowded spaces
The expectations around the use of face masks in public will remain largely unchanged, even though the legal requirement will end on Monday.
Johnson said the Government would continue to recommend they be worn in enclosed and crowded spaces
❌It marks a cooling of the Prime Minister’s words from last week, when he suggested that mask wearing would "depend on the circumstances"
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🗣️Limit social contacts
People should continue to limit contact while Covid cases continue to surge - despite social distancing requirements lifting on July 19.
The Government ask members of the public to "minimising the number, proximity and duration of social contacts"
People should continue to limit contact while Covid cases continue to surge - despite social distancing requirements lifting on July 19.
The Government ask members of the public to "minimising the number, proximity and duration of social contacts"
🔴Clinically vulnerable
The clinically extremely vulnerable will be encouraged to meet people outdoors and avoid those who are not fully vaccinated
The clinically extremely vulnerable will be encouraged to meet people outdoors and avoid those who are not fully vaccinated
🔴Covid passports
🍸Nightclubs and large events will be asked to use Covid-status certification when they reopen for the first time since March last year.
It comes despite Johnson shelving plans for mandatory vaccine passports
🍸Nightclubs and large events will be asked to use Covid-status certification when they reopen for the first time since March last year.
It comes despite Johnson shelving plans for mandatory vaccine passports
🔴Instead of mask-wearing and social distancing requirements, the Government is recommending that these venues and other large events use Covid-status certification as a basis of entry to venues deemed "high risk"
Are you confused about which Covid-19 restrictions will remain in place after July 19?
🔴Rising hospital rates may have panicked the Prime Minister ahead of Freedom Day.
❌Cases of the Delta variant continue to climb exponentially, with 34,471 new daily cases recorded on Monday.
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❌Cases of the Delta variant continue to climb exponentially, with 34,471 new daily cases recorded on Monday.
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