BRITAIN TO EASE LOCKDOWN TOMORROW BUT NEW COVID-19 CASES STILL APPEARING: Britain is going to further reduce restrictions tomorrow with restaurants, cinemas and museums reopening but worryingly, it recorded another 2,027 positive COVID-19 tests. The total number of coronavirus cases now stands at 4,448,851 in the country. It also registered seven coronavirus-related deaths bringing that total to 127,675. Clearly, we are not out of the woods yet and the next stage of easing the lockdown will need to be treated very cautiously if we are to avoid another spike in cases. The concern is that most youngsters, who are very socially mobile, have still to be vaccinated and they could spread the new Indian variant which is more infectious. Hopefully, they will all be inoculated soon enough and by maintaining social distancing, washing hands and wearing masks, we will see the end of this dreaded virus once and for all. [COMMENT BY: Imran Malik, Assistant Editor]
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