U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday announced a plan for a “significant return to normality” in the U.K. as soon as Christmas -- as the government looks to roll back the restrictions that were implemented in response to the coronavirus. “It is my strong and sincere hope that we will be able to review the outstanding restrictions and allow a more significant return to normality from November at the earliest, possibly in time for Christmas,” Johnson said. BRITONS FACE $125 FINE FOR FAILING TO WEARING MASKS AMID CORONAVIRUS RESURGENCEJohnson said that the plan was conditional on numbers continuing to stay low and avoid a second wave. But he said that for three weeks, the number of cases identified through testing each day has been below 1,000. Johnson announced that $3.8 billion would be put into the NHS to help it cope with any second wave, and specially made “Nightingale hospitals” which went largely unused will be kept open until March.

Source: Fox News July 17, 2020 19:30 UTC