They have been closed since lockdown began in March, but unlike so much of the economy were not given a date to reopen. But fitness fanatics were shown some light at the end of the tunnel on Friday as Boris Johnson said gyms would be able to reopen in a "couple of weeks", and vowed to try to get theatres going "as fast as we possibly can". The Prime Minister told LBC: "The best way forward for the country is to get the economy moving again ... We want to get every part of our industry, including theatres, that are so vital." On gyms, he added: "We are going to reopen gyms as soon as we can do it in a Covid-secure way and I think that the date for reopening gyms at the moment if we can do it, is in just a couple of weeks' time." You're appreciably less likely now to be in close proximity to someone who has it than you were even a couple of weeks ago.

Source: Daily Mirror July 03, 2020 09:11 UTC