Government adviser says easing two-metre rule to one metre will have 'NO significant impact' on risk of spreading coronavirus as ministers say pubs with gardens could be first hospitality businesses to reopen in July Prof Robert Dingwall said it could allow four times as many people into a space
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Easing the social distancing rule from two metres to one will have 'no significant impact' on the risk of spreading coronavirus, a government adviser claims.
Professor Robert Dingwall said a change in policy could allow four times as many people into a space as is currently allowed, signalling a huge boost for the hospitality industry, with a cabinet minister insisting this morning that pubs with beer gardens will be the first to reopen when lockdown is eased again in July.
It comes after the Government's main coronavirus experts appeared to mix messages at last night's Downing Street briefing, with chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance admitting 'it's not an absolute' that a distance of less than two metres is unsafe, before chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty insisted it was 'really important' the rule was maintained.
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