Businesses will still be compelled to keep people at least a metre apartBoris Johnson has shelved a planned announcement of an end to social distancing rules as the faster-spreading Indian variant forces a rethink. The prime minister will no longer announce next week that fines for not wearing face masks will end next month, or that businesses will no longer be compelled to keep people at least a metre apart. SponsoredHis spokesman said that there was no “set time” for any announcement as scientists attempt to assess the danger posed by the variant. Public Health England expects to conclude tests on the effectiveness of vaccines against the variant by the end of this month. Other scientific advisers believe that by early next month it will be evident how much more transmissible the Indian variant is than the

Source: The Times May 17, 2021 15:56 UTC