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An alarming increase in coronavirus cases has forced UK Prime Minister
Boris Johnson to abruptly halt the next phase of lifting the lockdown
restrictions, planned on Saturday.
“On Saturday August 1, you'll remember, we had hoped to reopen a number
of the higher-risk settings that had remained closed, and today I'm
saying we're postponing those changes for at least a fortnight,” Johnson
said.
The PM told reporters that until August 15 venues like casinos, bowling
alleys, and skating rinks, and other “close-contact services” will
remain closed. Plans to allow more indoor gatherings, like weddings with
up to 30 guests, were also put on hold.
Johnson explained that the reopening was postponed due to the rising
rate of infection.
Today, the weekly survey by the Office for National Statistics
reports that the prevalence of the virus in the community in England is
likely to be rising for the first time since May… The ONS also estimate
that there are now 4,900 new infections every day up from around 3,000
per day on the 14th of July and 2,000 per day at the end of June. We
just can't afford to ignore this evidence.
The government has been gradually lifting restrictions in recent weeks.
Pubs, restaurants, cinemas and hair salons were allowed to reopen
earlier this month.
However, officials became wary of the Covid-19 hotspots across the
country and of the situation in some European countries. On Thursday,
Health Secretary Matt Hancock warned about "a second wave of coronavirus
that's starting to roll across Europe." He said the government must do
everything it can to protect British citizens.
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