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Delay to lift lockdown means government’s advice to work from home remains

Boris Johnson: 'We cannot simply eliminate Covid, we must learn to live with it'

Boris Johnson said that more time was needed to get vaccinations rolled out
Boris Johnson said that more time was needed to get vaccinations rolled out Photo: Olivier Hoslet/Getty Images

The final stage of lockdown will be pushed back by a month to 19 July in England amid the spread of the Delta variant, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has confirmed.

Johnson told a press conference on 14 June that more time was needed to get vaccinations rolled out to combat the strain of the virus on the NHS.

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