The places that will reopen from Monday May 17
From next Monday, people in England will regain more freedoms as mixing indoors will be allowed
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Boris Johnson has confirmed that the next easing of lockdown measures will take place next week.
In the Prime Minister s roadmap out of restrictions announced earlier in the year, step three was marked as being no earlier than May 17.
Scotland s Covid alert level downgraded - what it means for lockdown restrictions
The UK s Chief Medical Officers agreed that the country s alert level should decrease from four to three amid a falling number of hospitalisations and deaths from coronavirus.
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SAGE files published tonight show that Covid cases will start rising again from next week in England
Scientists are certain this will happen as lockdown rules are loosened but are more optimistic than previously
They firmly believe vaccines will keep rates of severe disease, hospital admission and death low
But they warn a new vaccine-resistant variant is the number one threat and could lead to another lockdown
UK recommended to move to COVID-19 alert level 3 from 4 ahead of next step out of lockdown
At 5pm on Monday Boris Johnson is expected to confirm what restrictions will be lifted next week
The UK chief medical officers have recommended that the COVID-19 alert level move from level 4 to level 3, a week before the next step out of lockdown kicks off.
“Thanks to the efforts of the UK public in social distancing and the impact we are starting to see from the vaccination programme, case numbers, deaths and COVID hospital pressures have fallen consistently,” the experts said.
“However COVID is still circulating with people catching and spreading the virus every day so we all need to continue to be vigilant. This remains a major pandemic globally.”
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