Mr.Talha Posted July 2, 2021 Posted July 2, 2021 Boris Johnson said he would set out in the next few days what step four of the roadmap out of lockdown - due in just over two weeks - will look like. But he added some "extra precautions" may still be needed and urged patience over the possibility of scrapping isolation for whole bubbles in schools. The PM also said double jabs would be "a liberator" for foreign travel. On Thursday, the UK recorded 27,989 new Covid cases, the highest daily figure reported since 29 January, and a further 22 deaths within 28 days of a positive test. During a visit to a new Nissan plant in Sunderland, Mr Johnson was asked whether measures such as social distancing and masks would be removed on 19 July. "I know how impatient people are to get back to total normality, as indeed am I," he said. "But I think I've said it before, we'll be wanting to go back to a world that is as close to the status quo, ante-Covid, as possible. Try to get back to life as close to it was before Covid. "But there may be some things we have to do, extra precautions that we have to take, but I'll be setting them out." Asked about reports that fully-vaccinated people may be able to travel from amber-list countries without quarantining by 26 July, the prime minister told reporters: "Everybody who is frustrated about travel over the summer - double jabs will be a liberator. "I want travel to be possible but I've got to stress that this year will not be like every other year, because of the difficulties with Covid. People shouldn't expect it will be completely hassle-free." The government has previously said it wants to scrap quarantine for fully-vaccinated travellers returning from amber-list countries "later in the summer". Most po[CENSORED]r holiday destinations are currently on the amber list, meaning people must isolate for up to 10 days on their return to the UK.
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