London: Boris Johnson’s government faces mounting calls to press ahead with lifting lockdown restrictions this month, after the UK recorded no new COVID-19 deaths for the first time since the pandemic began.
With the UK registering more than 127,000 coronavirus deaths since the start of the pandemic, the highest total in Europe, Tuesday’s figure is being viewed as a highly symbolic moment - even though the daily death toll is likely to creep up again due to reporting delays over last weekend’s public holiday.
The positive news has bolstered calls from business and members of Johnson’s Conservative Party for the government to go ahead with the fourth and final stage of unlocking the economy in England on June 21.