Freedom day on June 21 'set for two-week delay' after 'grim' Covid briefing

After a ‘downbeat’ briefing with ministers

Boris Johnson

It means nightclubs could open again for the first time in over a year while restrictions on large events would no longer apply. England’s chief medical officer Chris Whitty and the Government’s top scientific adviser Patrick Vallance were said to have held a ‘fairly grim’ briefing with ministers. Another cabinet source said the mood in Whitehall was ‘downbeat’ and that a two-week delay, followed by a full reopening as planned, would help minimise confusion.

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