{"id":165105,"date":"2021-06-14T08:09:35","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T08:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/prime-minister-boris-johnson-to-delay-covid-19-lockdown-lifting-to-july\/"},"modified":"2021-08-12T11:42:25","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T11:42:25","slug":"prime-minister-boris-johnson-to-delay-covid-19-lockdown-lifting-to-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/prime-minister-boris-johnson-to-delay-covid-19-lockdown-lifting-to-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Prime Minister Boris Johnson to delay COVID-19 lockdown lifting to July"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Prime Minister Boris Johnson is due to announce the delay of easing COVID-19 lockdown restrictions, seeing the current rules remain in place for up to a further four weeks after the planned 21 June unlocking.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Stage four of the Government's roadmap out of lockdown would have seen all legal limits on social contact removed.<\/p>\n<p>Senior Government ministers have signed off on the decision to delay the lifting of restrictions on social contact, according to reports from the BBC and The Times.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister will use a press conference in Downing Street this evening to set out the delay, <strong>pleading to the public for one \u201cfinal stretch\u201d as he seeks to ensure that as many people as possible are vaccinated<\/strong> before lockdown rules are eased completely.<\/p>\n<p>The delay in restrictions will mean <strong>capacity limits remain for larger events, pubs and cinemas.<\/strong> Night clubs will stay closed. 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