Most remaining curbs on social contact will continue - but the cap on wedding guests will be lifted.
Mr Johnson said two-thirds of adults would have been offered two coronavirus jabs by 19 July, including all vulnerable groups.And the target to offer all adults a first dose will be brought forward to 19 July.
The Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling said a third wave could range from "considerably smaller than January 2021 to considerably higher". Labour's shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth said the public had been "let down by ministerial incompetence and indecision". That is the same number that the NHS would normally see for all types of respiratory illness in the depths of a bad winter.
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