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Boris loses his backing...

Covid: Lockdown easing in England delayed to 19 July

'The final stage of easing lockdown restrictions in England is to be delayed until 19 July, the PM has said.
It means most remaining curbs on social contact will continue beyond 21 June, when they had been due to be lifted.

The limit on wedding guest numbers will be removed but venues will still have to adhere to other rules.
Boris Johnson said there would be a review after two weeks and he was "confident" the delay would not need to be
longer than four weeks...'

Three weeks to flatten the curve, an irreversible lifting of lockdown restrictions on 21st June and now an assurance
that everything will be fine by the 19th July. Once more, Lucy pulls the ball away from Charlie Brown at the final moment.

'..."We will monitor the position every day and if, after two weeks, we have concluded that the risk has diminished then we
reserve the possibility of proceeding to step four, and a full opening, sooner," he told a Downing Street news conference.
"At a certain stage, we are going to have to learn to live with the virus and to manage it as best we can," the prime minister
said. However, he added that some people might want to continue social distancing beyond 19 July.

Scientists advising the government had warned there could be a "significant resurgence" in people needing hospital
treatment for Covid-19 if stage four of easing the lockdown went ahead on 21 June.
It comes amid rising cases, driven by the more transmissible Delta variant, which was first identified in India.

Mr Johnson said going ahead with stage four on 21 June would mean "a real possibility" of the virus outrunning the vaccines
and leading to thousands more deaths which could otherwise have been avoided. The delay would give the NHS "a few more
crucial weeks to get those remaining jabs into the arms of those who need them", he said.
He added that while the link between infections and hospital admissions had been "weakened" it had not been "severed".

Although the number of guests at weddings and wakes will no longer be limited to 30, other restrictions on these events will
remain. Venues will have to adhere to social distancing and hosts will have to do a risk assessment...'

Social distancing... in the way they all displayed at the G7 Summit!

'...Table service will be required - with six people per table - and no indoor dance floors will be allowed.
A dance floor outside would be advised against but the legal restrictions would only apply to indoor dancing.
Fifteen coronavirus pilot events will continue as planned before 19 July, including some upcoming Euro 2020 games,
Wimbledon and arts and music performances.

The pilots include a mix of indoor, outdoor, seated and unseated events. Attendees will have to show proof of vaccination or
a recent negative test. But other venues and events must continue to operate with capacity limits and nightclubs must remain
closed.

Limits on the number of people who can meet will also remain, with groups of up to 30 allowed to meet outdoors and up to
six people or two households allowed to meet indoors...'

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Fuck him and the horse he rode in on.