Lockdown lifted in Britain but fears of a resurgence in Covid-19 persist

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DEVON - The lockdown officially lifted yesterday (July 4) across England after nearly 15 weeks although people had been casting a blind eye to the restrictions way before this. Call it lockdown fatigue or the Dominic Cummings effect, but after Boris Johnson's chief advisor caused a national uproar six weeks ago by justifying his repeated breaking of restrictions, more people have started to embrace at best the spirit, rather than the letter, of the guidelines, and at worst, ignoring them altogether.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

DEVON - The lockdown officially lifted yesterday across England after nearly 15 weeks although people had been casting a blind eye to the restrictions way before this. Call it lockdown fatigue or the Dominic Cummings effect, but after Boris Johnson's chief advisor caused a national uproar six weeks ago by justifying his repeated breaking of restrictions, more people have started to embrace at best the spirit, rather than the letter, of the guidelines, and at worst, ignoring them altogether.

On May 29, when rules were relaxed to allow groups of up to six to meet outdoors, a crowd of 100 teenagers had to be dispersed by police at a Plymouth beach, Two days later, thousands gathered in London to protest in the wake of George Floyd's death. By June 15, when non-essential shops were allowed to reopen, young people had organised dozens of raves up and down the country, with one in Greater Manchester attended by about 4,000 people.

 

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