Boris Johnson will plead with the nation to make “one last heave” to freedom as he announces a delay of four weeks in lifting lockdown restrictions in England.
The government is being urged to remove all restrictions on hospitality businesses on 21 June, as reports suggest that the final stage of England’s roadmap out of lockdown could be delayed by two weeks.
A minister has told Sky News that step three of England’s lockdown easing will still go ahead on Monday, despite soaring cases of the Indian variant of coronavirus in the UK.
Coronavirus infections in England halved in recent months, according to a study, but concerns remain about the threat from new variants.
Deputy Government Spokesman Panayiotis Sentonas said on Friday that the strict lockdown of the last two weeks proved to be necessary and it was successful, adding that Cyprus begins the relaxation of those restrictive measures against the coronavirus pandemic.
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi is facing growing pressure to impose a nationwide lockdown amid a coronavirus surge as experts ponder the effectiveness of restrictions imposed by individual states.
The nation has been warned not to “squander the gains” made against coronavirus ahead of a major easing of the lockdown to allow greater freedoms outside.
Cyprus will reopen high schools, gyms, pools, dance academies and art galleries on March 1 in a further, incremental easing of the country’s second nationwide Covid-19 lockdown, the government said Thursday.
Nicola Sturgeon is to set out the Scottish Government’s route map out of the current national lockdown.
