The Prime Minister Boris Johnson has today hinted that the planned lifting of lockdown restrictions in England on 21st June could be delayed because of fears over the Indian variant.
From the end of June, the final stage of the Government’s four step “roadmap”, nightclubs are due to be allowed to reopen and restrictions on large events and live performances such as MFOR and Live at Lydiard, are set to be eased.
Speaking to reporters Mr Johnson said: “I don’t see anything in the data to suggest that we have to deviate from the roadmap. But we may need to wait.”
I’m afraid we just have to wait a little bit longer to see what’s happening post-step three on 17th May to see exactly what’s happening.”
“I want to stress that we always did expect to see an increase in cases, that was always going to happen. What we need to understand is to what extent the vaccine programme is starting to make a real difference in interrupting the link between infection and hospitalisation and serious illness and death,” he said.
