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What life will be like now England's covid-19 restrictions have lifted

By Michael Le Page, Clare Wilson, Graham Lawton and Adam Vaughan

21 July 2021

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A waiter in central London, before restrictions were lifted

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WITH more than half of adults in the UK having received two doses of vaccine against covid-19, the UK government has decided that the time has come to lift most restrictions in England and get on with life alongside the virus. Since 19 July, people in England have been free to meet up with whoever they want, wherever and whenever they like, for the first time since November 2020, and nightclubs have reopened for the first time since March 2020. Masks and social distancing are largely…

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