LONDON( Reuters)-British education minister Gavin Williamson on Wednesday said he expects to be able to end the restrictions and bubble system in England's schools when other freedoms are regained in the last step out of lockdown, scheduled for July 19. The current system can result in entire classes of pupils being asked to self isolate if one of their classmates tests positive for COVID-19." What I want to see is these restrictions, including bubbles removed as quickly as possible, along with

LONDON( Reuters)-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will set out plans for the final step of easing lockdown in England on Monday, including guidance on social distancing, face coverings and working from home, the government said. The remaining legal restrictions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 are due to be lifted on July 19, with the decision whether to go ahead scheduled for July 12. Data suggests that cases will continue to rise as restrictions are eased, but the link to hospitalisations

Retail sales in Britain slipped back in May as people ventured out to spend money at restaurants and pubs instead following the easing of coronavirus lockdown restrictions, official figures showed Friday. The Office of National Statistics found that retail sales during May were 1.4 per cent lower than the previous month, when they surged 9.2 per cent after shops selling nonessential items were allowed to reopen after a months-long shutdown.It said the biggest downward contribution came from food

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Polling guru Sir John Curtice has warned thatScottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has taken a" bigger risk" with the easing of Scotland's lockdown than Boris Johnson has with restrictions in England.... Sir John argued that by choosing to lift coronavirus measures as students return to school the Scottish Government was taking a larger gamble.... It comes as Ms Sturgeon announced an end to nearly all Covid rules in Scotland from Monday, August 9. Sir John told GB News:" The First Minister h

Nicola Sturgeon is facing further demands to announce the easing of restrictions after her own Government’s analysis of the pandemic admitted that Scotland’s Covid rate is higher than England’s. The Scottish Government’s weekly state of the epidemic report said on average Scotland had 2, 824 cases per million people in the week to Jan 6, compared with 2, 615 in England. England also had a much lower rate than Wales( 3, 481), the report said, despite Boris Johnson refusing to follow the tough res

Fraser Nelson, editor of The Spectator, spoke on BBC Newsnight about the differences between England and Scotland’s end to lockdown.... Due to the Delta variant, Ms Sturgeon admitted cases in Scotland are “ higher than we want them to be right now and higher than we should be comfortable with ”.... On July 5, Mr Johnson announced July 19 would see an end to all lockdown measures in England. The First Minister tore into the Prime Minister for “ throwing caution to the wind ” with ‘Freedom Day’.

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Lockdown restrictions will continue until July 19 at least, aftertheGovernmentwon the votetodelay ofthe final stage of England's roadmapto control the spread of the Delta variant. June 21 was due to mark the end of Covid-19 measuresin England-a date many had been looking forward to since the roadmap was first announced in February. However, face masks will become optional from July 19, according toGeorge Eustice, but the EnvironmentSecretary has said that they will be" advisory" in some settings

KUALA LUMPUR: The government's move to ease restrictions for those who are fully vaccinated helped to lift the market sentiment on Monday.... " Our next support line for the FBMKLCI stands at 1, 440( S2) while the immediate resistance barrier to block any intermittent technical rebound is pegged at 1, 510( R1)," it said in its weekly technical outlook.... The market breadth on Bursa Malaysia was almost level with 435 gainers to 434 decliners....