Reports suggest that lockdown could be extended until July 5th (at least) to allow time for more adults to receive their second dose of a Covid vaccine.
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Senior Government advisors have suggested that guidelines on social distancing, mask-wearing and working from home could all stay in place beyond June 21st ("Freedom Day") under a revised roadmap out of lockdown.
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SAGE member Sir Jeremy Farrar says lockdowns are "awful" – citing their effects on mental health, education and job opportunities – and that Brits must learn to live with Covid without restrictions.
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Government adviser Sir John Bell says we must "move on" with ending lockdown on June 21st, warning that, "if we scamper down a rabbit hole every time we see a new variant we are going to spend a long time huddled away".
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The lifting of lockdown restrictions has been halted in much of Scotland because of the Indian Covid variant, but there is “cautious optimism” that the final step of England's roadmap could go ahead as planned.
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Professor Robert Dingwall, a member of the advisory group NERVTAG, says that "we have to push on" with unlocking because Covid no longer poses a great threat to society, whereas the "collateral damage" of lockdown does.
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Following further pressure from SAGE on delaying Britain's unlock, the Prime Minister has said that Number 10 may have to "wait" for more data before pushing ahead with ending the lockdown.
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The line from officials on the chance of lockdown ending on June 21st has shifted from "nil" to "very good" in less than a week – largely due to confidence in the effectiveness of vaccines against the Indian variant.
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The Prime Minister has committed to announcing "by the end of the month" whether or not lockdown will come to an end on June 21st. He will provide more details on plans for vaccine passports at the same time.
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Boris Johnson has told Conservative MPs that he would like to scrap the "one-metre plus" rule in hospitality settings on June 21st – but only if figures continue to go in "the right direction".
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