'The economy isn't just about money, it's about livelihoods and wellbeing.' Tory MP Sir Iain Duncan Smith says he 'hopes' the two-metre social distancing rule will be relaxed as it will help businesses, including the hospitality sector, to function.
Organisations such as the British Beer & Pub Association have been urging ministers to reduce the two-metre distance rule to one metre, adding that only a third of the UK's pubs will be able to reopen later on this year.
The five tests involve making sure the NHS can cope with the demand, to see a sustained and consistent fall in daily death rates, having reliable data from SAGE which shows the rate of infection is decreasing to manageable levels, being"confident" that challenges such as testing capacity and PPE are in hand, and making sure that the adjustment will not lead to a second peak of the virus.
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