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The more easing of coronavirus limitations in England – owing to occur in this weekend – has been postponed for at the very least two months, amid fears about an increase in coronavirus instances.

Casinos and bowling alleys will remain shut, with Boris Johnson declaring it was time to “squeeze the brake pedal”.

Wedding ceremony receptions of up to 30 people were being intended to be allowed as section of the changes but cannot yet happen.

Face coverings will be necessary in extra indoor settings, such as cinemas.

And people attending destinations of worship will also be among the those people needed to wear confront coverings, in a improve that will be used from next weekend.

The rethink follows new limits for men and women in components of northern England, right after a spike in virus circumstances.

The primary minister mentioned progress against coronavirus continues, with the each day and weekly amount of fatalities slipping, but warned that some European nations are “having difficulties” to management it. The United kingdom need to be ready to “react”, he explained.

Highlighting the most recent figures from the Place of work for Nationwide Figures, he additional: “The prevalence of the virus in the group, in England, is probable to be growing for the very first time since May perhaps.”

Mr Johnson reported planned reopenings for 1 August would be delayed for at minimum a fortnight.

That indicates venues this kind of as casinos, bowling alleys, and skating rinks have to stay closed until 15 August.

Indoor performances will also not resume, pilots of larger sized gatherings in sporting activities venues and conference centres will not get position, and wedding ceremony receptions of up to 30 people today will not be permitted.

Independently, confront coverings will be obligatory in much more indoor configurations the place people today are probably to occur into get hold of with people today they do not know, this kind of as museums and destinations of worship, from subsequent weekend. They are presently demanded in retailers and indoor transport hubs.

The key minister stated the rules for encounter coverings would turn out to be enforceable in law from 8 August.

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The plan to pause shielding from Saturday will go ahead as planned, according to the prime minister. Some 2.2 million individuals have been self-isolating in England for the duration of the pandemic.

That implies they can return to get the job done, if they can’t work from residence, as very long as their office is Covid-protected.

Direction for businesses will also change as planned from the start out of August, providing employers “much more discretion over how staff can get the job done safely and securely, regardless of whether by continuing to function from household, or attending a Covid-secure workplace”, Mr Johnson mentioned.

In accordance to the ONS, there is “now proof to propose a slight improve in the number of individuals in England tests positive on a nose and throat swab in recent months”.

This is based mostly on the organisation’s an infection study – using swabs from persons selected at random in households in England.

Last 7 days, the ONS believed that there were 2,800 new bacterial infections every day and that one particular in 2,000 individuals – 28,000 in complete – were contaminated in residences in England.