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.
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By Press Association 2021
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has set the G7 the target of having the world vaccinated by the end of 2022
Boris Johnson will urge G7 leaders to “defeat Covid” by vaccinating the world by the end of next year, as he pushes for a global watch system to catch new variants before they can plunge countries back into lockdown.
The Prime Minister is set to stress the importance of the global vaccine programme when he meets with world leaders – including US President Joe Biden – on Friday in Cornwall for the first face-to-face G7 meeting since the pandemic hit.