Boris Johnson is facing pressure to delay ending all remaining lockdown restrictions on 21 June amid concerns over rising coronavirus cases and the spread of the Indian variant.
Nervtag member Professor Ravi Gupta today told BBC Radio 4 that the June exit date should be delayed by “a few weeks”.
“I think that people are not saying we should abandon the June 21 date altogether but just to delay it by a few weeks while we gather more intelligence,” he said.
Meanwhile, new travel restrictions on British holidaymakers and others taking non-essential trips have come into force in France. From today, Britons must self-isolate for a week on arrival there, as well as undergoing testing beforehand.
The UK was placed on the equivalent of France’s “amber list” last week because of concerns about the Indian variant.
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