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UK: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will on Monday unveil a plan to lift coronavirus restrictions from July 19, while urging the population to learn to live with the virus.
Johnson had initially aimed for a full reopening on June 21 but was forced to push back the date because of a surge in the highly contagious Delta variant. That variant now accounts for nearly all new Covid cases in Britain.
The Prime Minister will give a press conference and Health Minister Sajid Javid is scheduled to address parliament on the issue.
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England to end COVID-19 lockdown: No face masks, no distancing, no WFH order
People, some wearing protective face masks, walk along a platform at Oxford Circus underground station, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in London, Britain, July 4, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
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LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson set out plans on Monday (Jul 5) for the final step in easing England s COVID-19 lockdown, including the removal of laws governing social distancing and face coverings, and an end to official advice to work from home.
Most Covid restrictions set to end in England on July 19: Johnson
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London, July 6 : Most coronavirus restrictions are set to end on July 19 as part of the final step of England s roadmap out of the lockdown, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed on Monday.
Face masks and distancing rules will no longer be legally required in England from July 19, Johnson told a news conference at Downing Street.
The rule of six inside private homes will also be removed and work-from-home guidance will be scrapped, said the Prime Minister.
Right-wing media welcomed the decision to lift restrictions.
The Sun tabloid predicted a big bang reopening and The Daily Telegraph wrote Mr Johnson rips up COVID restrictions .
But the government s emphasis on personal judgment was met with concern by scientists, who worry that hospitals and medics could yet be stretched anew if the Delta variant runs amok or new strains emerge. Allowing people to make their own choices on this is, effectively, handing control of the safety of such spaces over to the least informed, least caring and indeed the most callous members of society, said Peter English, former chair of the British Medical Association Public Health Medicine Committee.