‘UK wants to see irreversible progress in easing restrictions’

London, Feb 15 : British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday said that his government will be “very prudent” in easing coronavirus restrictions to ensure a “cautious but irreversible” progress.
“We’ve got to be very prudent and what we want to see is progress that is cautious but irreversible,” Johnson said on his plan for easing the current lockdown, which is expected to be announced on February 22, Xinhua reported.
“I think that’s what the public and people up and down the country will want to see,” he told the media.
Johnson said that “too many people are dying” due to the pandemic and while rates of infections are “coming down” they remain “comparatively high”.
The road-map exiting the lockdown is expected to include the earliest possible dates for reopening schools and different sectors of the economy, he added.
“If we possibly can, we’ll be setting out dates,” Johnson said.