UK PM to announce roadmap out of strict lockdown measures
Al Jazeera
Buoyed by a successful vaccine drive and falling infection rates, measures are set to ease – but government warns moves will be ‘cautious’.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will on Monday chart England’s path out of the COVID-19 lockdown, as the government readies to ease restrictions and reopen a battered economy, aided by one of the world’s fastest vaccine rollouts. The United Kingdom has been hit hard by the pandemic, recording more than 120,000 deaths – the world’s fifth-highest official toll – and suffering its biggest fiscal crash in more than 300 years. But a fast start to the vaccine rollout plus a tough near-two-month national lockdown means Johnson can now set out a so-called “roadmap” out of strict lockdown measures.More Related News