UK's Boris Johnson faces pressure to ease restrictions as he returns to work after recovering from coronavirus
Johnson has returned to his office and residence in Downing Street, central London after spending two weeks at his country residence Chequers following a serious coronavirus infection that saw him admitted to intensive care.
It comes amid increasing calls from lawmakers within the ruling Conservative Party that the ongoing restrictions need to be lifted sooner rather than later because of the damage it is doing to the economy; the U.K.'s economy is expected to contract 6.5% in 2020, according toLockdown measures were imposed on the British public and majority of businesses on March 23, but there is a growing sense that the public are tiring of the measures.
Still, Italy, Spain and Germany have slowly started to lift coronavirus restrictions; Italy and Germany have allowed smaller retail stores to re-open and Spain has allowed manufacturing and construction businesses to reopen. For the first time in six weeks, children in Spain were allowed to exercise outside this weekend.
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