Coronavirus: Boris Johnson orders review of two-metre social distancing rule in UK

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Boris Johnson has ordered a comprehensive review of the two-metre social-distancing rule amid calls it should be scrapped&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Easing the restriction is seen as vital if businesses such a restaurants and pubs are to be able to re-open sustainably&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Mail on Sunday reported the review would effectively take control of social-distancing guidelines out of the hands of the British Government’s scientific advisers&comma; who have been deeply reluctant to countenance relaxation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The move comes as thousands of non-essential shops in England are set to re-open on Monday for the first time since the coronavirus lockdown was imposed in March&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With many people thought to be nervous about going out again after nearly three months in lockdown&comma; Business Secretary Alok Sharma sought to reassure the public that measures had been put in place to ensure their safety&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Writing in the Sunday Express&comma; he said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<i>We need to get Britain’s economy firing again&comma; while at the same time making sure we keep people safe and avoid a second peak of the disease&period;”<&sol;i><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>And Chancellor Rishi Sunak told the Sun on Sunday&colon; <i>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I am very conscious that there will be anxiety&period; For some time&comma; many people have not been inside a shop and&comma; in a way&comma; we all have to relearn the behaviours we took for granted&period;<&sol;i><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><i>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We’ve been living with anxiety now for 12 weeks but the good news is that we’ve made enormous progress&period;<&sol;i><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<i>Bit by bit&comma; that confidence will come back and the anxiety will reduce&period; But it’s not going to happen overnight&period;”<&sol;i><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There have been warnings that any maintaining of the two-metre rule&comma; along with a closing of the furlough scheme&comma; could be a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<i>horrendous<&sol;i>” situation for the hospitality sector&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68e27b8c83268">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68e27b8c83268'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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