Experts say newly reopened beaches and relaxed social distancing guidelines may be to blame for an uptick in coronavirus cases since Memorial Day. The World Health Organization is changing its advice on face masks, confirming they should be worn in public to prevent the spread of the virus.
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Dominic Raab said we can’t stay in lockdown forever as rules relax as the UK ‘transitions’ into stage 3, but he also warned lockdown will be tightened again if there is an “uptick” in coronavirus infection rates.
The Foreign Secretary said the government will “target very carefully” measures to stop an increase in cases.
He also said that he ‘didn’t know’ Dominic Cummings travelled to Durham on March the 30th, while Raab was acting Prime Minister as Boris Johnson was ill with coronavirus.
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Chancellor Angela Merkel has said Germany’s goal of slowing the spread of coronavirus has been achieved, so all shops can be reopened as lockdown restrictions are eased.
Bundesliga football has been given the green light to resume and schools will gradually reopen in the summer term.
Germany’s 16 federal states, under an agreement with the government, will take control of timing the reopening.
They will operate an “emergency brake” if there is a new surge in infections.
General contact rules involving will continue for another month. A limited resumption has already begun, but this easing of restrictions is far broader.
Boris Johnson said some lockdown restrictions will be lifted next week and set a new testing target of 200,000 per day by the end of this month. “We would like to get going on some of these measures on Monday,” he said in the House of Commons. It comes as Heath Secretary Matt Hancock was left speechless by the actions of Professor Neil Ferguson, the key scientific adviser who flouted lockdown rules to meet up with his lover.
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