Boris Johnson delayed lifting restrictions in the UK

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has decided to suspend the easing of coronavirus restrictions for at least two weeks.

today Johnson said that the easing of the regime (opening of large indoor entertainment events, theaters), scheduled for August 1, will not take place until the middle of the month. From August 8, the mask regime applies to visitors to exhibitions, cinemas, and religious ceremonies. “Now is the time to press down on the brake pedal,” he said.

Today, the chief physician of England, Chris Whitty , said that the country has reached the limit of the possible lifting of restrictions and that their further removal threatens to surge in infections.

According to Johns Hopkins University, there are 300,000 accumulated cases of coronavirus in the UK and 46,000 deaths in the epidemic.

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