Public health expert says social distancing and mask guidance should stay in place for foreseeable future
Boris Johnson has been urged to pull the plug on the final easing of coronavirus restrictions across England later this month, as he prepares to consider the latest data this weekend.
With just 10 days until the final stage of his roadmap, when all legal limits on social contact could be removed, the prime minister is under growing pressure to err on the side of caution given a surge in cases of the Delta variant, first discovered in India.