“The contractor has removed the boulders kept around the underground cable access chambers but they have not covered the gaps around the chambers. It is difficult for senior citizens to walk on this road,’’ says Sunita Vaznaik, a resident.
‘Difficult call’ awaits Boris over June 21 unlocking
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June 5, 2021
LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces a “very difficult” call on whether to drop restrictions on June 21 given the “more negative direction” of the data, according to a leading expert.
Professor Neil Ferguson, whose modelling was instrumental to the UK locking down in March 2020, said a “cautious” approach is needed as the government balances the potential risks against a desire for normality.
He also said that news on the variant first identified in India is not positive as it could be anywhere between 30 per cent and 100 per cent more transmissible than the previously dominant Kent variant, also known as Alpha.