UK Health Minister Hails Responsible Behavior After English Pubs Reopen

UK Health Minister Hails Responsible Behavior After English Pubs Reopen
A member of bar staff helps a customer to carry drinks out to the garden as the Plough Inn in Ford, central England reopens on July 4, 2020. Geoff Caddick/AFP via Getty Images
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LONDON—People in England appear to have broadly behaved themselves as pubs reopened this weekend, Britain’s health minister Matt Hancock said on Sunday after the latest step towards a return to normality from the coronavirus lockdown.

Thousands of people flocked to pubs, restaurants, and bars around England on Saturday as large parts of the hospitality sector reopened for the first time since March.