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Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson said criteria for moving forward with a second phase of easing coronavirus restrictions in England had been met. Geoff Pugh/Pool via Reuters
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LONDON, April 6 British Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday confirmed pubs and restaurants could reopen to serve outdoors in a week’s time, as Covid restrictions are lifted, but sounded a note of caution on international travel resuming.
Speaking at a televised press conference, Johnson said criteria for moving forward with a second phase of easing coronavirus restrictions in England had been met.
Britain to deploy Moderna Covid shot from third week of April
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Synopsis It ll be in deployment around the third week of April, he told BBC TV, adding he was confident that the government would meet a target of offering all adults a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of July.
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Britain to deploy Moderna Covid shot from third week of April
Britain will begin the rollout of Moderna s COVID-19 vaccine in mid-April, vaccine deployment minister Nadhim Zahawi said on Tuesday, adding the vaccination programme was on track to meet government targets.
UK PM confirms further lockdown easing
The statement came as Johnson was addressing a virtual Downing Street press conference to give an update on his government s anti-coronavirus plan.
By IANS| Posted by Sakina Fatima | Updated: 6th April 2021 12:38 pm IST
London: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has confirmed that from April 12, non-essential shops will reopen and pubs and restaurants will restart outdoor dining as the country moves to step two of the roadmap out of the Covid-19 lockdown.
Meanwhile, hairdressers and barbers as well as gyms and spas can reopen, along with zoos, theme parks, libraries and community centres, reports Xinhua news agency.
| UPDATED: 08:45, Fri, Mar 12, 2021
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Boris Johnson’s roadmap out of lockdown reached its first stage earlier this week as students returned to classrooms. But England is still under tight restrictions in terms of social contact which is not expected to begin to ease until 29 March.
The first death to be publicly attributed to coronavirus in the UK was of a woman in her seventies on March 5 2020. The same day, a spokesperson for the prime minister, Boris Johnson, warned the virus could spread in “a significant way” in the UK.
On March 16 2020, a group of 30 scientists concluded: “In an unmitigated epidemic, we would predict approximately 510,000 deaths.” At the time, this prediction was greeted with some incredulity. In hindsight, more than 120,000 deaths later, it appears less outlandish, although we will never know what would have happened in an unmitigated scenario because the UK did act to control the epidemic.