Medics warn of second COVID-19 wave as UK eases lockdown restrictions

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LONDON: Top medics have warned British political parties that local flare-ups of the coronavirus are likely and a second wave is a real risk. ...

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Swimming pools and gyms in Britain could open later in July if the country continued to meet certain health tests, such as the R rate staying below one, business minister Alok Sharma said on Wednesday. "I hope that we can allow leisure facilities to open at some point later on in July but only if we continue to meet the health tests, the five tests that we've put in place," he told Sky News.

The United Kingdom has one of the world's worst official death tolls from the novel coronavirus, though the lockdown has tipped the United Kingdom towards the deepest economic contraction in three centuries."It should focus on those areas of weakness where action is needed urgently to prevent further loss of life and restore the economy as fully and as quickly as possible," the medics said.

 

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