In the UK, some restrictions began to be lifted due to COVID-19

In the UK, the third phase of lifting restrictions due to the CORONAVIRUS pandemic has begun. This is stated in the message of the government of the country. The refusal of anti-epidemiological measures was announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson at a press conference in London on May 10. A fragment of the broadcast results edition of the Telegraph.

“The number of deaths and hospitalizations [among those infected with COVID-19] is at its lowest level since July, and the four chief medical officers of the United Kingdom today agreed to lower the threat level. The available data speak in favor of starting the third stage of lifting restrictions in England from May 17, ”the British Prime Minister stated.

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The United Kingdom has met all four conditions needed to exit quarantine, Johnson said. According to him, the number of vaccinated people is constantly growing, the vaccines used demonstrate high efficiency rates, and the number of hospitalizations is gradually decreasing. At the same time, new strains of the virus do not currently change the picture of threats within the state, the British Prime Minister pointed out, citing expert data.

As of Monday, May 17, the following restrictions will be lifted:

open hotels and hostels; theaters, concert halls, museums, cinemas will be able to open; the ban on holding sporting events with the placement of spectators in the stands is lifted; the work of pubs, bars and restaurants will be allowed only in the open air for the time being, subject to the observance of social distance by visitors; universities and schools will be able to return to full-time education, while students will be allowed not to wear masks in corridors and classrooms; representatives of two households and companies of up to six people will again be allowed to meet indoors; groups of up to 30 people will be allowed to gather on the streets; from the UK, tourist trips abroad will resume, but the list of countries from which mandatory quarantine is not required upon return is still limited.