Article 5EHFK Hancock says 'it's on all of us' to help ease Covid lockdown in England

Hancock says 'it's on all of us' to help ease Covid lockdown in England

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Health secretary looks to personal responsibility to replace social distancing laws to get life back to normal

The UK health secretary, Matt Hancock, has said everyone needs to play their part in order to meet the targets set for easing lockdown in England, with the aim to move to personal responsibility" rather than having social distancing laws that get in the way of normal life".

Hancock said that while England's chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, made it clear that people might still need to wear masks this winter, the government wanted to get rid of social-distancing-type laws" that dictate how all of us live our daily lives".

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