Mr Johnson said: “The disease is increasingly under control and I just want people to reflect on that important fact. A spokeswoman said: “The more we open up, the more ­important it is everyone follows the social distancing rules. Mr Hancock said screens, facemasks and back-to-back seating are measures that could help minimise the risks if the two-metre rule is changed. Director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Professor Peter Piot, called for face coverings to be compulsory in public places as social distancing is relaxed. Prof Calum Semple, of the Scientific Advisory Group for ­Emergencies, believed “it is now a reasonable ­political decision to relax these rules” on two-metre distancing.

Source: Daily Mirror June 21, 2020 21:30 UTC