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UK to ease restrictions from 17 May: Here’s what you can and can’t do

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that the country can now look forward to unlocking

By Justin Cash
Customers can return to eating indoors from 17 May, like patrons at this Colombian food restaurant inside the Seven Sisters indoors market in north London
Customers can return to eating indoors from 17 May, like patrons at this Colombian food restaurant inside the Seven Sisters indoors market in north London Photo: Getty Images

The government has confirmed that it plans to ease Covid restrictions on 17 May.

In a press conference on Monday afternoon, Prime Minister Boris Johnson will outline the latest data showing the infection rate is at its lowest level since September, meaning we can now enter "Step 3" of the scheduled reopening in a week's time.

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