Yahoo News Covid lockdown news - live: Exit plan for England set by Boris Johnson as families to be reunited in gardens
Families will be allowed to meet up in gardens and outdoor sports will resume before Easter under the lockdown exit plan set out by Boris Johnson.
Restrictions on socialising will be gradually relaxed from 8 March, initially allowing people to sit down for a drink or picnic with one other person, instead of just meeting them for exercise.
On the same date all schools will reopen under the prime minister’s controversial “big bang” approach. Further loosening to allow families to meet up together is scheduled for 29 March.
It comes after new data suggested the Pfizervaccine is “highly effective” in preventing transmission of coronavirus, providing a boost to the government’s plans to ease lockdown.
The prime minister has vowed to offer all adults in the UK a first dose by the end of July. He will give further details of his four-step plan in parliament on Monday afternoon.
