Prime Minister Boris Johnson will review the measures that have all but shuttered Britain’s economy on May 7 to judge whether any can be eased, a decision which he says will be guided by the government’s desire to protect public health.īritain has been locked down for six weeks, and Johnson is under pressure from some in his governing Conservative Party to start to ease some of the measures, allowing people to return to reopened businesses and for some children to go back to school. LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer said on Monday he would support any extension of social distancing measures, calling for a “national consensus” on the next phase of the country’s response to the coronavirus outbreak. A Public Health England study found that a single dose is 33 per cent effective in preventing symptomatic illness against the Delta variant, meaning that two-thirds of England are still “unprotected,” according to a Guardian analysis.FILE PHOTO: Britain’s opposition Labour Party Leader Keir Starmer is seen in his office as he launches ‘Call Keir’ online public meetings, at the Houses of Parliament, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in London, Britain, April 30, 2020. Nearly 80 per cent of UK adults have received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, and around 57 per cent are fully vaccinated. A Twitter account with more than 10,000 followers, named after lockdown skeptic Michael Yeadon, an ex-Pfizer scientist who frequently shares Covid-19 misinformation, falsely claimed in a post with at least 208 retweets that the vaccines were still in the trial phase, adding: “There’s a reason we’re still in lock down, and it’s not for the good of our health.” Labour's shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth told BBC Breakfast he expected the lockdown to be extended for a further three weeks, and that the party would back an extension. Scores of other users jumped on the lockdown extension to spread vaccine misinformation. The Drumsheds (via Twitter) Home EVENTS Following the contentious four-week delay of lockdown restrictions in the UK, the organizers of HARD London have abandoned their inaugural. 19, 2021 LONDON With coronavirus cases in Britain exploding, driven by the highly transmissible Omicron variant, the government is leaving open the possibility of soon imposing another. Anti-lockdown group Save Our Rights also promoted the rally, writing in a Facebook post with at least 1,200 shares: “It’s never enough and these won’t be the last four weeks.” A graphic included in the post misleadingly casts doubt on the effectiveness of Covid-19 vaccines: “If lockdowns work… why the vaccines? If the vaccines work… why the lockdown extension?” In a post with at least 731 retweets, former London Assembly member and lockdown critic David Kurten suggested measures will be “extended again … until the people resist and withdraw their consent from the current psychologically abusive government.” Kurten also shared a flyer promoting a June 26 “freedom rally” in London organized by a coalition of anti-lockdown groups, using the hashtag “#FightBack.” Others shared the flyer. The news is prompting false claims about vaccines and conspiracy theories about government plans for indefinite lockdowns. The UK government announced yesterday that the final stage of England easing lockdown restrictions would be pushed back a month, from June 21 until July 19, because of rising Covid-19 cases and concerns about the Delta variant.
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