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Britain Grappling with Decision to Ease COVID Restrictions
Voice of America
09 Jun 2021, 23:35 GMT+10
When to unlock? Britain s Boris Johnson is coming under mounting pressure from Conservative lawmakers and their allies in the media to keep to a previously outlined timetable that would see virtually all pandemic restrictions relaxed on June 21 in England.
But a sudden surge in coronavirus infections has triggered fierce counter-lobbying from the government s scientific advisers, who want a delay to the final easing of restrictions to assess the latest data and to ensure that variants, including the now-dominant Delta variant, first detected in India, aren t resistant to vaccines.
Updated: 17:28, 5 Jun 2021
PUSHING ahead with a full lockdown lift later this month would be foolish , an expert has warned.
Professor Stephen Reicher said the spread of the Indian Covid variant and rising infections mean a June 21 freedom day would be a major risk .
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The scientist, a member of the Scientific Pandemic Insights Group on Behaviours (Spi-B) which advises the Government, claimed there is currently enough evidence to say that one of the four key tests for Britain s roadmap out of lockdown has not been met.
Social distancing and face masks could also remain well into the summer amid concerns that the variant that originated in India, now known as Delta, is fuelling a surge in cases.
There was disappointment for thousands of frustrated students yesterday as supplies ran out at a vaccination clinic held at University College London by NHS Camden.
Some people started queuing as early as 5am in a bid to be among the first 450 people given a ticket to receive their jab.
But the Telegraph reported most of those who later joined the queue at the Hunter Street Clinic near King s Cross station were to be disappointed with thousands of students turned away.
Ammara Hughes, the GP and clinical director of Hunter Street Clinic, said: Our initial push was to get the student population from around here who aren t registered with a GP, because we had no way of contacting them