The UK will reopen places of worship “for private individual prayer” on June 15 but services and worship groups will remain banned due to concern that the virus spreads more quickly in enclosed spaces. Church Mosque Religion Temples
The UK government said Sunday it will reopen places of worship “for private individual prayer” on June 15 as it continues to progressively ease coronavirus restrictions.
“People of all faiths have shown enormous patience and forbearance, unable to mark Easter, Passover, Ramadan or Vaisakhi with friends and family in the traditional way,” Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick said in a statement.Britain’s official COVID-19 death toll of 40,465 is second only to that of the United States.
Johnson’s government also intends to reopen all stores on June 15. Restaurants and pubs will be allowed to seat a limited number of customers in a week.Critics say Britain had ample time to take the appropriate precautions — such as shutting down retail and closing schools — after seeing the disease spread from China to Italy and other parts of Europe at the start of the year.The average reinfection rate in some northwestern and southwestern parts of Britain is still perilously close to the 1.
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