Visit Cornwall’s chief is asking visitors to see this holiday season as a ‘summer of understanding’, while the region’s council is asking visitors to ‘respect local communities in holiday hotspots’.
There has been concern about the unlocking later this month because Covid cases are still climbing. But UK-wide admissions are a tenth of their level when cases were last this high in February.
The PM struck an optimistic note on the prospects for the roadmap going ahead, despite insisting that people must ‘wait a little longer’ for a final decision.
The latest figures bring the total Covid death figure to 125,464 and the continued drop in infections act as further proof of Britain’s successful vaccine roll-out. So far, more than 24million doses have been given.
The leaked guidance handed to NHS trusts in London last month warns that they will be asked to ‘begin to plan for a possible wave 3 Covid surge’. But cases are falling across the capital.