UK PM Johnson: don't get carried away with falling COVID-19 cases


  • World
  • Tuesday, 27 Jul 2021

FILE PHOTO People wearing protective face masks walk along a platform on the London Underground amid the coronavirus disease COVID-19 outbreak in London Britain July 25 2021. REUTERSHenry Nicholls

FILE PHOTO: People wearing protective face masks walk along a platform on the London Underground, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in London, Britain, July 25, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday that people should not get carried away by six days of better COVID-19 infection data, while one of the country's top epidemiologists said the end of the pandemic could be just months away.

Johnson has lifted restrictions in England and is betting he can get one of Europe's largest economies firing again because so many people are now vaccinated, a decision which marks a new chapter in the response to the novel coronavirus.

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