Health Secretary Matt Hancock said it was "too soon to say" if England would go ahead with its proposed unlocking on June 21. UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock said it was “too early” to determine whether the British Government would lift all coronavirus restrictions on June 21. “That’s in terms of the number of cases, and cases are rising slightly, the number of hospitalisations, which are much more flat. Speaking to Sky News, the Health Secretary said: “That means that it is more difficult to manage this virus with the new Delta variant. “We haven’t yet set out the approach to social distancing after Step 4 and that is something we are working on with our scientific advisers.

Source: Irish Independent June 06, 2021 09:19 UTC