Boris Johnson says people can go to pubs, restaurants, hairdressers and meet friends and family indoors from July 4

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• The coronavirus lockdown in England will be dramatically loosened from July 4.
• Pubs, restaurants, hotels, cinemas, and other indoor venues will reopen.
• Households will be able to meet indoors with one other household at a time.
• The two-metre social-distancing restriction will also be relaxed and changed to "one metre plus."
• Schools will fully re-open in September.
• Restrictions on indoors performances and the opening of gyms will remain.
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Pubs, restaurants, hotels, and hairdressers will all be able to re-open in England from the first week in July, and people will have more freedom to meet friends and family indoors, in a move which effectively brings an end to strict lockdown measures in the country.

As of Saturday, July 4, England's hospitality sector will be able to re-open after spending several weeks in lockdown, Prime Minister Boris Johnson told the House of Commons on Tuesday, as will other leisure like cinemas, galleries, and theatres.

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