There are now 22,868 new cases of COVID-19 in the UK, and three new deaths in the past 24 hours. It’s reports Sky News.
The number of days is much higher than the previous day, when 14,876 infections and 11 deaths were reported.
In the UK, 44,454,511 people received the first dose of the vaccine, and 32,583,746 were fully vaccinated.
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Boris Johnson said on Monday that England does not need to be in lockdown and should return to normal as much as possible. The reopening date is now set to be July 19.
The date was set after the prime minister delayed reopening by four weeks due to the rising number of delta-type infections.
Restrictions will be eased in the UK on July 19. This has now been confirmed by the new health minister, Sajid Javid.
We also know that people and businesses need security, so we want every step to be irreversible. It is quite clear. The Minister of Health said in a press conference today, that the restrictions on our freedom must end Sky News.
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There were several speculations about whether the authorities would open the country as early as July 5, but that has now been refuted.
In any case, none of the dates we have set will come without any risk of contracting corona. Javid says we know we simply can’t eliminate it, so we must learn to live with it.