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COVID-19: Boris Johnson expected to approve inevitable delay in lockdown lifting
Boris Johnson is expected to agree to the delay of lockdown easing in England and, according to a new poll, just over half of the UK public is backing the move.
The lifting of the last remaining coronavirus restrictions had been planned for 21 June under the government s road map.
But, due to concerns about the rapidly-spreading delta variant, this is likely to be postponed - possibly until the middle of July.
Dr Raghib Ali, a government adviser on COVID-19, told Trevor Phillips On Sunday that a delay to lifting lockdown is inevitable , and he expects the prime minister to say that a delay is needed to make sure that we don t get to the situation again where the NHS is unable to provide care to all its patients .
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