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		</div><p>The falling numbers of coronavirus cases in England has given the British Government “<i>more margin for manoeuvre</i>” in easing the two-metre social-distancing rule, Boris Johnson has said.</p>
<p>The British Prime Minister, who has ordered a “<i>comprehensive</i>” review of the regulation in England, said “<i>probably</i>” fewer than one in 1,000 people now had the virus, meaning the chances of coming in contact with someone who was infected were increasingly remote.</p>
<p>Earlier Britain&#8217;s Chancellor Rishi Sunak said the review would look at the issue “<i>in the round</i>”, drawing on advice from economists as well as the Government’s scientific and medical advisers.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Today I visited Westfield shopping centre in east London, to meet some of the people who work there. They&#39;ve been working very hard to get ready to reopen tomorrow when we&#39;re hoping people will return to the shops. <a href="https://t.co/yx7QDKFm08">pic.twitter.com/yx7QDKFm08</a></p>
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<p>He said it would be ministers, not the scientists, who would take the decisions on any relaxation of the two-metre requirement.</p>
<p>The move comes as non-essential shops in England prepare to open their doors to customers on Monday for the first time since the lockdown was imposed in March.</p>
<p>Speaking during a visit to the Westfield shopping centre in east London to highlight the re-openings, Mr Johnson said people should be able to “<i>shop with confidence</i>” as they returned to the high street.</p>
<p>With official figures showing the economy shrank by a fifth in April, ministers are desperate to get economic activity going again amid warnings of further large scale job losses to come.</p>
<p>British Ministers are under intense pressure from Conservative MPs who see the easing of the two-metre rule as crucial to the next phase of the reopening, including pubs and restaurants, slated for early July.</p>
<p>Mr Johnson said they were constantly looking at the evidence to see when it would be safe to do so.</p>
<p>“<i>As we get the numbers down, so it becomes one in a thousand, one in 1600, maybe fewer, your chances of being, two metres, one metre or even a foot away from somebody who has the virus are obviously going down statistically, so you start to build some more margin for manoeuvre and we’ll be looking at that,</i>” he said.</p>
<p>During a round of broadcast interviews, Mr Sunak, who is among the ministers pressing for a relaxation of the two-metre rule, said countries such as Denmark and Norway had already adopted shorter measures.</p>
<p>He said that moving to a lesser distance could be the difference to between “<i>maybe three-quarters and a third</i>” of pubs being able to re-open sustainably next month.</p>
<p>Scientists advising the Government, including chief medical officer for England Professor Chris Whitty, have previously signalled their reluctance to see any easing while the Covid-19 epidemic continues.</p>
<p>Mr Sunak, however, made clear that it was for elected politicians to make the final decisions.</p>
<p>“<i>Chris Whitty and Patrick Vallance (the Government’s chief scientific adviser) throughout all of this have provided advice to ministers</i>,” he told BBC1’s The Andrew Marr Show.</p>
<p>“<i>Ultimately it is for ministers. We are the people who are elected to make decisions in this country. People should hold us responsible and accountable for making those decisions.</i>”</p>
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