Senior public health officials have made a last minute plea for ministers to scrap the easing of the lockdown tomorrow. Officials have warned that the country is not prepared to deal with any surge in infection.
They also warned that public resolve to take steps to limit the transmission of COVID-19 has been eroded, the Guardian reports.
The Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) said new rules, including allowing groups of up to six people to meet outdoors and in private gardens, were 'not supported by the science'.
They said pictures of crowded beaches, parks and beauty spots over the weekend showed 'the public is not keeping to social distancing as it was'.