UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid has admitted that daily COVID infections are likely to hit 100,000 once restrictions are fully lifted on 19 July. However, he is not concerned as he believes the UK’s high vaccination rate has broken the link between COVID infections, hospitalisation and deaths:
Mr Javid insisted opening “was not a gamble” because high rates of vaccination meant the link between becoming infectious with the coronavirus and hospitalisation was broken
Mr Javid also announced that from August 16, adults in England who have received both doses of a coronavirus vaccine will no longer need to self-isolate if they are in close contact with a positive case.
