A Cabinet minister says Covid cases in the UK are rising and the Prime Minister is considering whether the final stage of lockdown lifting can happen.
Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick said that coronavirus cases are “clearly rising” and that Boris Johnson is reviewing a range of data to make a decision on the further lifting of restrictions on June 21.
He told Sky News: “The Prime Minister is reviewing the data, and more data is coming in, which is very important.
“We created this five-week period between the stages of the road map and that has actually proved invaluable on this occasion, because it’s a finely balanced decision.
“We need to see that data of cases, which are clearly rising, but the link to hospitalisations and ultimately to death.
“So the Prime Minister is reviewing that ahead of the decision point, which is going to be June 14 – at that point of course he will let everybody know what the ultimate decision is.”
