Boris Johnson <br />Announces , Phased End to <br />England Lockdown.<br />The U.K. Prime Minister laid out his <br />four-step plan to open England on Monday.<br />The discovery of a more contagious<br />U.K. variant of the coronavirus led to a <br />severe lockdown in the nation beginning on Jan. 4.<br />Johnson's plan would <br />allow for England's economy <br />to reopen in large part by the <br />beginning of the summer.<br />However, Johnson was adamant that <br />reopening will be dictated by "data not dates.".<br />There is ... no credible route to a<br /> Zero Covid Britain or indeed a <br />Zero Covid World ... , Boris Johnson, UK Prime Minister, via CNN.<br />... and we cannot persist indefinitely with restrictions that debilitate our economy, our physical and mental well-being, and the life chances of <br />our children, Boris Johnson, UK Prime Minister, via CNN.<br />Johnson referred to his four-step plan as a <br />"roadmap" that should be <br />"cautious but also irreversible.".<br />Step one, which is set to begin on March 8, <br />will implement the reopening of schools and <br />limited social interactions that occur outdoors
