LONDON, June 21 — Britain will outline its plans to ease the coronavirus lockdown this week, health minister Matt Hancock said today, potentially relaxing the two-metre rule on social distancing, allowing many businesses to reopen in early July. Many employers, especially in the hospitality and...
Britain’s Secretary of State of Health Matt Hancock said he 'hoped' the two-metre rule could be amended. — Reuters pic
Many employers, especially in the hospitality and leisure sectors, have said the rule that people must remain two metres apart will prevent them from being able to operate as lockdown measures are lifted. Asked if the two-metre rule would be amended in the plans to be announced this week, he said: “I very much hope that we can.”
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