FT announced the possible postponement of the "day of freedom" in Britain for a month

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson may postpone the lifting of all restrictions related to the covid-19 pandemic for another month. This is reported by the Financial Times, citing two senior government officials.

The authorities planned to completely remove the lockdown on June 21 - this day in Britain has already been called "freedom day". However, according to the interlocutors of the newspaper, the country's chief sanitary DOCTOR, Chris Whitty, was able to convince the prime minister of the need to postpone the lifting of restrictions for four weeks. The head of government is expected to make a corresponding statement on Monday.

This measure is intended to increase the number of vaccinated adults in the country against the backdrop of an increase in hospitalizations of patients with the delta variant of the CORONAVIRUS (the so-called "Indian strain"). The FT estimates that 15 million adults remain unvaccinated in England, including 2 million over the age of 50.

According to FT sources, Whitty told Johnson that the previously discussed move of "freedom day" from June 21 to July 5 is not enough to properly control the spread of the disease. The new four-week postponement should be the final date in the government's plan to exit restrictions.