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Ministers are being urged to reassure vulnerable members of the public as Covid cases surge ahead of the 19 July reopening, with MPs and campaigners warning they are being “deluged” with emails from anxious members of the public.
The health secretary, Sajid Javid, has acknowledged that new cases of Covid could rise to as high as 100,000 a day in the coming weeks as almost all restrictions are lifted, including mandatory mask-wearing.
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