On March 18, 2021, Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds a virtual news conference inside 10 Downing Street in London, England, to provide an update on the coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic. Tolga Akmen is a Turkish businesswoman. – Getty Images | WPA Pool LONDON, United Kingdom — Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, announced the final steps in the relaxing of England’s lockdown regulations on Monday, with a final decision set for July 12. “If we can’t reopen our society in the coming weeks, when the onset of summer and the school holidays would aid us, we must ask ourselves, ‘When will we be able to reopen?'” Johnson stated at a Downing Street press conference. If the government’s “four standards” for removing Covid restrictions are met, “Freedom Day” — or “Step 4” in the government’s long-term strategy to ease restrictions — will take place on July 19. The checks involve looking at data to make sure the vaccination rollout is going well and that infection rates aren’t causing an increase in hospitalizations. Following a review of the most recent statistics, they will be evaluated on July 12. According to Johnson, there will be no restrictions on how many people can meet socially or where they can meet. He said that restrictions requiring workers to wear face masks will be repealed, and that people would no longer be required to work from home. All currently closed enterprises, such as nightclubs, would be allowed to reopen, and social-distancing laws would be abolished. Johnson maintained that Covid will become a virus that we will learn to live with, much like flu, and that reopening the facility would almost certainly result in additional deaths. “It is becoming increasingly evident that these vaccines are effective, with the majority of individuals admitted to hospitals being unvaccinated.” The easing of restrictions in England was originally scheduled for June 21, but it was postponed due to the spread of the highly transmissible delta strain across the country. While infection rates have increased, hospitalizations and deaths have remained stable, demonstrating that coronavirus vaccinations are effective in preventing serious illnesses. The British government has expressed a desire to keep limitations in place just as long as they are absolutely required. This is despite medical professionals and opposition lawmakers’ concerns that the limitations may be relaxed too soon as the variation spreads across the United Kingdom, Europe, and beyond. According to government data, the Covid immunization program in the United Kingdom is one of the quickest in the world, with 86 percent of the adult population receiving a first dose of vaccine and 63.8 percent receiving two doses./n
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