Boris Johnson: Government 'looking at potential of relaxing some measures' before mid-February
Telegraph, 25 Jan 2021
Boris Johnson has revealed the Government will be "looking at the potential of relaxing some measures" before mid-February, however could not guarantee schools returning before Easter.
The Prime Minister said rolling out the vaccination programme had been a "massive achievement", and as such he was confident "people want to see us making sure we don't throw that away by having a premature relaxation and then another big surge of infection".
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The Prime Minister said rolling out the vaccination programme had been a "massive achievement", and as such he was confident "people want to see us making sure we don't throw that away by having a premature relaxation and then another big surge of infection".
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