Lockdown looks set to be eased on July 19 with all restrictions on social distancing axed.
The legal requirements to wear face coverings will be also be removed completely, in all settings.
The rule of six indoors and rule of 30 outdoors - which limited gatherings by law - will also both be scrapped.
And all remaining businesses will be able to reopen including nightclubs and all capacity caps will be lifted, including on mass events.
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The one metre plus rule will be scrapped except in specific places - such as at the borders (the airport arrival hall), and if you test positive and are on your way to self-isolation.
And the government will no longer instruct people to work from home.
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the pandemic is “far from over” and will not be over by July 19, with a potential 50,000 cases detected a day by that date.
He told the Downing Street press conference: “We’re seeing rising hospital admissions and we must reconcile ourselves sadly to more deaths from Covid.
“In these circumstances we must take a careful and a balanced decision. And there’s only one reason why we can contemplate going ahead to step four in circumstances where we’d normally be locking down further, and that’s because of the continuing effectiveness of the vaccine rollout.”
He said the expectation remains that by July 19 every adult in the UK will have had the offer of a first dose of a coronavirus vaccine and two-thirds will have had a second dose.
