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No 'Freedom Day'? UK could delay lifting of all Covid restrictions due to Delta variant - CNBC

No 'Freedom Day'? UK could delay lifting of all Covid restrictions due to Delta variant - CNBC

No 'Freedom Day'? UK could delay lifting of all Covid restrictions due to Delta variant - CNBC
Jun 09, 2021 45 secs

could be about to delay its much-vaunted lifting of all lockdown measures in England on June 21.

government is expected to decide over the next few days whether to delay the lifting of restrictions in England on June 21, which had been "Freedom Day" and the date when the government hoped to "be in a position to remove all legal limits on social contact.".

But several high profile officials and health experts have signaled that the government could, and should, delay the June 21 lifting given the spread of the Delta variant which has provoked a sharp uptick in infections.

In the last seven days, 38,679 people have tested positive for Covid-19, up 14.5% on the previous seven days, government data shows.

Deaths remain low but have also risen from a low base; in the last seven days, 72 people have died within 28 days of a positive test result, up 29 from the previous week.

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