The U.K. government has taken its first tentative steps to ease some strict coronavirus lockdown measures and slowly begin to reopen its economy.
From Monday, citizens who cannot work from home are being "actively encouraged" to go back to work, but avoid using public transport if possible.U.K. leader Boris Johnson added that "some hospitality places" could be open in July, also stating it will "soon be time" to impose quarantine on people traveling to the country by air.
In a televised addressed Sunday evening, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that very young children could be back at school by June 1 at the earliest, with older children having some time back with their teachers before the summer break. "This is not the time simply to end the lockdown this week," Johnson told the British public. "Instead we are taking the first careful steps to modify our measures."
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