Half of Brits want Boris Johnson to push back the so-called 'Freedom Day' on July 19 - as experts reveal their worries about the end of restrictions.
The Prime Minister is expected to announce on Monday that the majority of legal limits on social distancing can be removed after 16 long months.
But, according to the Guardian, 50 per cent of people polled want the date for the relaxation of rules to be pushed back as cases continue to surge.
Scientists believe the great unlocking could fuel an even bigger rise - with fears a peak of 100,000 infections a day could be recorded in the coming months.
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It is understood Mr Johnson will say at the start of next week that, from July 19, the wearing of face masks will be a personal choice and metre-rules will be scrapped.
Quarantine for UK travellers who have had both jabs will also be scrapped, and school bubbles removed.
But Mr Johnson will also urge caution on what he has called a "one-way road to freedom".
"The global pandemic is not over yet," he said in a statement released late on Sunday.
"Cases will rise as we unlock, so as we confirm our plans today, our message will be clear.
"Caution is absolutely vital, and we must all take responsibility so we don't undo our progress."
Nadhim Zahawi, who oversees vaccinations as a minister in the health department, appeared to strike a more circumspect tone on Sunday.
Although face coverings are set to no longer be mandatory, guidelines would state that "people are expected to wear masks in indoor enclosed spaces", he said.
Johnson's office says the green light to lift restrictions depends on meeting four tests: enough people getting vaccinated, vaccines reducing hospitalisations and deaths, hospitals being free from pressure and variants not posing too great a risk.
Many experts have voiced concerns that the date is still too soon for a complete reopening of society.
Dr Mike Tildesley, a member of the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling (Spi-M) Government advisory panel told Times Radio that "there is a risk" with the planned reopening.
It comes at a time when cases are rising, and Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard, chairwoman of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, said deaths were beginning to rise again too.
She told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "We've only just heard in this bulletin about the rising numbers of cases, the rising numbers of people requiring hospital treatment, in intensive care and sadly deaths are starting to rise again, too.
"There seems to be a misapprehension that life will return to normal from then (July 19), and that we can throw away all the precautions, and frankly, that would be dangerous."
The rate of new cases of coronavirus in most areas of England is now back at levels last seen during the winter.
Patient numbers have risen to levels last seen around three months ago.
And there has been a very slight increase in the average number of deaths reported each day of people in England who died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19.
But this is still far below the sort of numbers seen in January and February of this year.
Dr Tildesley said it was not for him to say whether the reopening should go ahead, but added: "What I will say is it's a very difficult decision for the Government."
When it was suggested to him the UK is living in a "bit of an experiment" in relation to lifting most restrictions, he told Times Radio: "In a sense we are.
"But also I think when we compare with most other countries we do have much higher levels of vaccine rates than most other countries."
He urged people to ensure they get their second dose of vaccine due to the "much higher" levels of protection it provides against the Delta variant.
Covid cases in Britain topped 30,000 for the fifth day in a row on Sunday.
