Scientists call for 21 June easing to be delayed by a month as Delta variant cases and hospitalisations double
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Experts including government scientific advisers have called for a delay in lifting England’s remaining coronavirus restrictions on 21 June, saying: “We don’t want to go backwards.”
Their intervention comes amid reports that the easing of lockdown will be delayed by four weeks.
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