LONDON, Feb 22 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris
Johnson on Monday said there was no credible route to
eliminating COVID-19 from the world and so lockdown restrictions
would be cautiously lifted in England as they cannot be
maintained indefinitely.
"There is therefore no credible route to a zero COVID
Britain or indeed a zero COVID world. And we cannot persist
indefinitely with restrictions that debilitate our economy, our
physical and mental well-being, and the life chances of our
children," Johnson told parliament as he outlined the plan to
exit restrictions.
"And that is why it is so crucial that this roadmap is
cautious but also irreversible. We’re setting out on what I hope
and believe is a one-way road to freedom."
(Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge, William James and David
Milliken, writing by Alistair Smout, editing by James Davey)
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