Should lockdown lifting go ahead as concerns swirl over Covid variants?
by Sarah Marsh and Richard Partington from on (#5JH7V)
Experts weigh in on whether limits on social contact should be removed in three weeks' time
The final step out of lockdown in England is set for 21 June, when the government will remove all legal limits on social contact" - although some social distancing and mask-wearing rules will remain.
However, a senior government minister has said that it is too early to speculate about whether this will go ahead as planned, amid concern about increasing cases of the Delta variant, first detected in India and known as B.1.617.2.
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