Boris Johnson ‘to scrap two-metre distancing rule in bid to reopen schools’

Reports come as prime minister faces pressure from Tory MPs to axe current rules in bid to boost economy

Mr Johnson has told ministers he wants to change the rule within weeks, possibly to bring the UK into line with World Health Organisation guidelines advising people keep a distance of one metre, according toThe news comes after the government’s chief scientific officer, Sir Patrick Vallance, suggested the two-metre social distancing measures were not a hard and fast “scientific rule”.Download now

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