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Last Friday, Boris Johnson insisted that the Government was still on track to lift social distancing rules on June 21, despite fears over the Indian variant.
“I am still seeing nothing in the data that leads me to think that we’re going to have to deviate from the road map”, the Prime Minister told reporters.
Behind the scenes, however, Mr Johnson’s officials were apparently not quite as hopeful. On that same day last week, the Government’s website was quietly updated with new “guidance for areas where the new Covid variant is spreading”.
In eight areas of the country including Bedford, Bolton and Leicester, people were told not to go on holiday or leave their area without good reason.
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Having been given huge credit – and even a Benedict Cumberbatch docu-drama – for his part in making Brexit happen, he desperately wanted to be The Man Who Beat Covid.
Britain s medical regulator has accused ministers of stretching its approval of controversial lateral flow tests for coronavirus.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) warned the way they are currently being used risks infected people assuming they are clear and safe to mingle with others.
Regulators approved the controversial kits - which give a result in under half an hour - to be used as a way to find Covid cases, helping to keep schools and workplaces Covid-free after lockdown.
But due to fears about the accuracy of the tests, the MHRA stressed they were not to be seen as a green light for those who test negative to enjoy greater freedoms.