U.K.’s Top Scientist Warns Virus Death Toll Isn’t Falling Fast Enough
- U.K. prime minister wants to reduce 2-meter distance rule
- But top scientist urges caution as government relaxes lockdown
A worker pressure washes a table at Camden Market, as it re opens, in London on June 1, 2020.
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Boris Johnson held out hope that the U.K. will be able to reduce its two-meter social distancing rule, even as the top government scientist warned the death toll from coronavirus is not falling as quickly as the authorities would like.