Boris Johnson today revealed there is a good chance that current social distancing rules will be scrapped on June 21.
The Prime Minister said he hopes it will be possible to axe the existing one-metre plus rule when the nation reaches the final step in his lockdown exit roadmap.
His comments came as hospitality bosses said a return to unrestricted trading is critical and will mean that pubs, bars and restaurants can come off life support .
Ditching the one-metre plus rule will allow hospitality venues as well as places like theatres to open at full capacity for the first time in more than a year.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has lost a crucial election as India’s Covid crisis deepens, with an official in his Bharatiya Janata Party conceding defeat in the populous state of West Bengal. Modi had been widely criticized for continuing to hold mass rallies in the state in as infections rose.
Talks starting this week between the U.S. and the World Trade Organization over expanding access to vaccines will focus on how to get them “widely distributed, more widely licensed, more widely shared,” according to White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain. U.S. cases dropped to 45,236, the fewest on a Saturday since late September.
Tui, easyJet, Ryanair and Jet2 booking and cancellation rules for summer holidays
People will be able to go on holidays within limits this summer, a leading expert has claimed
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Jet2, Ryanair, easyJet and TUI have updated their booking and cancellation rules for summer flights. People will be able to go on holidays within limits this summer, a leading expert has claimed, while ministers said the travel green list will be coming soon.
Summer holidays this year allowed within limits expert claims
But he said it was vital people do not drop their guard because there are likely to be further outbreaks of coronavirus
Hopes have been raised Brits can take summer holidays (Image: PA)
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