Great Escape? UK to return to work by July, Daily Mail says

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Great Escape? UK to return to work by July, Daily Mail says

By Guy Faulconbridge

 

FILE PHOTO: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds a coronavirus pandemic media briefing at Downing Street, London, Britain February 15, 2021. Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson is considering a staged exit from COVID-19 lockdown that would see the United Kingdom’s battered economy fully returning to work in July, the Daily Mail reported, citing government plans.

 

The novel coronavirus, which emerged in China in late 2019, has killed 2.4 million people worldwide, upended normal life for billions and tipped the United Kingdom to its worst slump in 300 years.

 

Johnson, who will set out the path out of lockdown on Feb. 22, said the exit plan will be cautious but irreversible. The United Kingdom has vaccinated 15.6 million people with a first dose so far.

 

The Mail said a limited escape from lockdown would begin in April with holiday lets and larger hotels reopening, though pubs, bars and restaurants would have to wait until May. Some sports such as golf and tennis could resume.

 

Full pub reopening would begin in early June.

 

“Leisure businesses may not return to ‘broadly normal’ until July under a roadmap out of lockdown,” the Mail reported, though it said the final decision had yet to be made by Johnson.

 

“Office staff are expected to be told to keep working from home when the prime minister unveils his roadmap,” the Mail said. “The ‘work from home if you can’ message will continue for the foreseeable future.”

 

Johnson, who has cautioned people to take newspaper reports on his plans with caution as a final decision is yet to be taken, says he wants to see more data on how the vaccine rollout is affecting severe illness and death.

 

So far, there is some data from Israel on that, but not enough from the United Kingdom to be absolutely sure of the impact, Chris Whitty, the government’s chief medical adviser said on Monday.

 

The easing of the most stringent peacetime curbs on personal freedoms in modern English history will be accompanied by a mass testing programme. English schools will reopen on March 8.

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2021-02-17

 

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[Mavideol]

is this guy by any chance related to Gordon Ramsay the host of Hell's Kitchen or the Kitchen from Hell...   555

Edited February 17, 2021 by Mavideol

[Rookiescot]

Well if its in the Mail.........

[Surelynot]

Great escape?....For the UK or Johnson?

[Rookiescot]

1 minute ago, Surelynot said:

Great escape?....For the UK or Johnson?

 

You just know those words "Great escape" are going to trigger all the uncle Alberts on here ????

[Stargeezr]

Wow Boris is looking old...

[NanLaew]

52 minutes ago, Stargrazer9889 said:

Wow Boris is looking old...

 

Long Covid?

 

That and having to herd the Tory cats.

[RayC]

9 hours ago, Stargrazer9889 said:

Wow Boris is looking old...

 

8 hours ago, NanLaew said:

 

Long Covid?

 

That and having to herd the Tory cats.

 

All PMs age prematurely. Pressure of the office I guess? The only recent PM that I can recall aging normally was Cameron. Make of that what you will.

[2530Ubon]

Isn't the Daily Mail on the naughty list?

Thought they weren't allowed to be used as a source due to them being about as useful as a used condom.