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Covid-19: PM 'optimistic' restrictions can end by 21 June Covid-19: PM 'optimistic' restrictions can end by 21 June
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Boris Johnson said he is "very optimistic" Covid restrictions in England can be lifted on 21 June, but warned "nothing can be guaranteed". PM Boris Johnson 'hopeful' of 21 June lockdown easing
Boris Johnson has said he is "very optimistic" Covid restrictions in England can be lifted on 21 June, but warned "nothing can be guaranteed".
The government will carry out a review into Covid status certificates or vaccine passports.
Speaking on a visit to a London school, the prime minister said there were "deep and complex issues" to consider.
He said his roadmap for easing lockdown measures, laid out on Monday, was "a cautious but irreversible approach".He said his roadmap for easing lockdown measures, laid out on Monday, was "a cautious but irreversible approach".
The government will carry out a review into the idea of Covid status certificates or vaccine passports. Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove will lead the vaccine passport review.
Speaking on a visit to a London school, he said there were "deep and complex and ethical issues" to consider.
Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove will lead the review.
Earlier Health Secretary Matt Hancock said everyone "has to play their part" in leaving coronavirus rules.Earlier Health Secretary Matt Hancock said everyone "has to play their part" in leaving coronavirus rules.
Mr Johnson said the idea of vaccine certificates were a "novelty" for this country, saying that they had never before thought in terms of having to show something to go to a pub or the theatre. Kuenssberg: PM steers country towards the exit
In turn this meant that there were "ethical issues about what the role is for government in mandating… or banning people from doing such a thing. Will I need to be vaccinated to get a job or go to the pub?
"We can't be discriminatory against people who can't have the vaccine, there might be a medical reason, or some people may genuinely refuse to have one - I think that's a mistake. " What's the roadmap for lifting lockdown?
But the prime minister said there was time to consider the issue at the same time as the vaccine rollout continued. Mr Johnson said the idea of vaccine certificates - having to show something to go to a pub or the theatre for example - was a "novelty" for the UK.
He said there were "ethical issues about the role... for government in mandating… or banning people from doing such a thing.
"We can't be discriminatory against people who can't have the vaccine, there might be a medical reason, or some people may genuinely refuse to have one - I think that's a mistake."
But the prime minister said there was time to consider the issue at the same time as the rollout of the vaccine.
Mr Johnson said, because of the vaccine programme, the country could "look at that 21 June date with some optimism".
He said while "some people will say that we're going to be going too fast, some people will say we're going too slow" but he thought the balance of the reopening was right.
Mr Johnson said each unlocking, such as children going back to school, would be "adding to the budget of risk", so time was needed between measures to "observe" the impact.
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