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LONDON, June 1 — Britain partially reopens schools today and allows the most vulnerable to venture outdoors despite warnings that the world’s second worst-hit country is moving too quickly out of its coronavirus lockdown. A death toll that now officially stands at 38,489 has piled political...

A classroom is seen with tables and chairs socially distanced at Heath Mount Prep School as they prepare to reopen following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease , Watton-at-Stone May 29, 2020. — Reuters pic

Johnson spent much of the past week stamping out a scandal sparked by his chief adviser’s decision to drive to a picturesque castle with his family while everyone was under orders to limit outdoor exercise to an hour a day. His public support has suffered the sharpest fall for a Conservative party leader in 10 years — nine points in a YouGov poll and 21 points in a survey for theYet the mood in Britain is clearly improving as the number of daily deaths drops. Parks and beaches have been filled for two successive weekends in what has been one of the driest springs in over 100 years.

“I do not underestimate just how difficult it has been for you,” Johnson told the 2.2 million Britons who fall into the extreme risk category. “Covid-19 spreading too fast to lift lockdown in England,” scientific advisor Jeremy Farrar said on Twitter. Scotland is waiting until August and Northern Ireland is eyeing September, while Wales is still making up its mind.

 

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