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UK Covid live: No final decision made on lifting lockdown restrictions on June 21, says Johnson

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that no final decision had been taken on lifting coronavirus restrictions on June 21.

He told a press conference on Sunday: “We are continuing to look at the data, no final decision has been taken, and the right time to fill everybody in on what we are going to do with step 4 with June 21 is tomorrow, as I have said.

“That’s when we will be putting out the whole package of information so that everyone can see it together.”

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