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U.K. 'Very Likely' to End Pandemic Restrictions July 19, Johnson Says
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1:09Now PlayingEngland is “very likely” to be freed from pandemic restrictions on July 19, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said, as he predicted the country is just three weeks away from returning to “life before Covid.”
Even though the new delta variant has sent infections soaring to their highest since January, with 22,868 new U.K. cases reported Monday, hospitalization and death rates remain relatively low as the vaccine program progresses, he said.
Johnson confirmed there will not be an early release from England’s social-distancing rules on July 5, which was an option if data had been good enough. He said it is “sensible” to take a few more weeks to analyze the infection patterns and deliver more second vaccine doses before lifting the curbs.
“With every day that goes by it’s clearer to me and all our scientific advisers that we’re very likely to be in a position on July 19 to say that really is the terminus, and we can go back to life as it was before Covid as far as possible,” Johnson told reporters Monday.
Entertainment and hospitality businesses including nightclubs and theaters have been shut due to the need to operate social distancing rules.
While many bosses will welcome Johnson’s upbeat assessment, others are likely to remember they have been disappointed before, after plans to lift the limits on social gatherings were delayed by a month.
Under the delayed timetable, all legal rules on social distancing are due to be scrapped from July 19, allowing nightclubs to reopen for the first time since March 2020. Audience limits will also be dropped for theater, concert and sports venues under the plan.
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