After confirming that current lockdown measures would remain in place until July – a four week extension from 21st June – Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he is “confident” that no further delay to the easing of restrictions would be necessary and they will come to an end on 19th July.
Mr Johnson said it is “sensible to wait just a little longer” and he is “confident” no further delay will be necessary.
“It’s unmistakably clear that vaccines are working and the sheer scale of the vaccine rollout has made our position incomparably better than in previous waves,” he said.
“But now is the time to ease off the accelerator because by being cautious now we have the chance in the next four weeks to save many thousands of lives by vaccinating millions more people.”
