DELIGHTED residents have welcomed the news they will be able to hug their loved ones again after Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed lockdown rules will be eased further on Monday. From next week residents will be able to meet indoors in groups of up to six people or from two households. Hugging will be allowed, although at a Downing Street press briefing Mr Johnson urged people to use “common sense”.
Picture: PA “This doesn’t mean that we can suddenly throw caution to the winds. We all know that close contacts such as hugging is a direct way of transmitting this disease,” he said.
DELIGHTED residents have welcomed the news they will be able to hug their loved ones again after Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed lockdown rules will be eased further on Monday. From next week residents will be able to meet indoors in groups of up to six people or from two households. Hugging will be allowed, although at a Downing Street press briefing Mr Johnson urged people to use “common sense”.
Picture: PA “This doesn’t mean that we can suddenly throw caution to the winds. We all know that close contacts such as hugging is a direct way of transmitting this disease,” he said.