COVID UK restrictions 

About 60,000 football fans will gather at Wembley stadium in London for the European Championship semifinal game between England and Denmark on Wednesday night. On Monday, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that almost all COVID-19 restrictions are to be lifted in England come July 19. But with the Delta variant spreading rapidly in the UK, many scientists say the situation is a “recipe for disaster.” The World’s Europe correspondent Orla Barry reports.

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