Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeBoris Johnson has indicated Covid rules could return this year after his top advisor warned a “very difficult” winter looms for the NHS. A dark cloud loomed tonight as the Prime Minister announced an end to almost all Covid laws in England from July 19. Yet Mr Johnson admitted daily cases could hit 50,000 a day by then - and the link with deaths, while weakened, is not entirely severed. And he made a point of saying he was deliberately going with a big bang approach now - to avoid having to reopen things during the more difficult winter months. Boris Johnson described summer as a "firebreak" allowing a reopening now, rather than in winter which would be a more "difficult time" or delaying until next year.

Source: Daily Mirror July 05, 2021 17:15 UTC