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  • Thu. Nov 21st, 2024

Coronavirus update: UK brushes aside criticism it is reopening too early

Coronavirus update: UK brushes aside criticism it is reopening too early

The UK Government has insisted it is taking “the right step at the right time” after its own scientific advisers cast doubts on its plan to ease lockdown before its contact-tracing program has been fully rolled out.

And job losses have hit Emirates, with the Dubai-based airline making an undisclosed number of staff redundant, despite promised “equity injections” from Dubai’s Government.

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UK Government responds to criticism it is lifting lockdown too early

A crowd of people sit on beach on sunny day with water and a pier behind them.

The UK Government’s own scientific advisers have criticised the move to ease the lockdown.(AP: Frank Augstein)

British Foreign Minister Dominic Raab has defended the Government’s “careful” loosening of the coronavirus lockdown, saying it was the “right step to be taking at this moment in time”.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has come under fire from some scientists for easing a lockdown put in place 10 weeks ago, with several saying it was a premature and risky move in the absence of a fully functioning system to track new outbreaks.

With Britain experiencing one of the world’s highest death rates from COVID-19, the Governme

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