'I want to dance': London clubbers cheer end of COVID restrictions


  • World
  • Monday, 19 Jul 2021

FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators gather at Piccadilly Circus calling for nightclubs to reopen during a Save Our Scene protest, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in London, Britain June 27, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

LONDON (Reuters) -London clubbers on Monday flocked to one of the first rule-free live music events since the pandemic began last year, dancing through the night and rejoicing in human interaction as England lifted most COVID restrictions at midnight.

Britain, which has one of the world's highest death tolls from COVID, is facing a new wave of cases, but Prime Minister Boris Johnson is lifting most restrictions in England in what some have dubbed "Freedom Day".

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