It’s widely expected that the Prime Minister will announce today that the UK’s lockdown will ease further, with the current two-metre rule potentially to be reduced from 4 July. That will enable pubs and cafes to open in some format (various steps are being mooted, including ordering not at the bar but by app), while businesses as diverse as hairdressers, cinemas and art galleries will be given the green light to open again too.
The government will warn that the harsher lockdown could be re-imposed if cases rise again, but yesterday’s fatality rate being down to 15 in the UK (albeit the weekend figure) is the lowest for over three months.
France relaxed most of its lockdown restrictions yesterday, and more countries are reopening flights. There have been warnings from Berlin, Lisbon and Victoria, Australia, however, which have all had to reimpose local restrictions.
Cases continue to rise in some parts of the world, especially in the southern hemisphere as it goes into winter.
Germany has woken up to an accounting scandal, while the Pope has made an impassioned plea for the world to look after itself, and the poor, better.
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