Over 60% of Brits are "worried" about the ending of social distancing and mask-wearing guidelines, according to new polling that suggests more people are suffering from "Covid Anxiety Syndrome" than previously believed.
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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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Boris Johnson is holding talks with his Cabinet today amid reports that there is a "close to nil" chance that lockdown will end on June 21st because of fears over the Indian Covid variant.
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Welsh hospitality business will soon be able to reopen – outdoors from April 26th and indoors from May 17th – as Mark Drakeford has announced bringing the country's unlock forward.
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