Covid-19 restrictions will further ease in the UK and Havering when we move to step three of the government's roadmap out of lockdown, which is expected to be Monday, May 17.
A queue of shoppers form outside Primark in Romford
- Credit: Ken Mears
Hundreds of excited shoppers queued outside Romford s Primark in The Liberty Shopping Centre this morning (April 12).
In line with the government’s roadmap, non-essential shops, beauty salons and outdoor hospitality venues were allowed to open around Havering and the country today.
People swarmed Romford high street as shops reopened their doors for the first time since before Christmas.
Queues lined the pavements outside charity shops and people sat outside cafes and pubs, despite the turbulent weather.
Waiting in line for Primark, 15-year-old friends Rose Williams and Maisy Kilden said they felt happy to be out shopping together and relieved things were becoming more normal.
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Havering Council s director of public health Mark Ansell.
- Credit: Havering Council
The Covid pandemic has shone a light on people whose work would not normally be in the public eye.
One such person is Mark Ansell, Havering Council s director of public health. He has been a key player in the authority s response to the virus throughout the past 12 months.
The first recorded coronavirus case in the borough was on March 6 last year and Mark said the council s flu pandemic planning meant it didn t have a blank piece of paper . But what we were planning for in terms of the flu pandemic wasn t Covid. We, like everyone else, have developed things as we had to.