UK Lowers COVID-19 Alert Level as Case Numbers Fall

UK Lowers COVID-19 Alert Level as Case Numbers Fall
Children are rowed across the lake in the spring sunshine in Victoria Park, east London, on April 22, 2021. Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP via Getty Images
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The chief medical officers of the UK’s four nations have agreed to lower the country’s COVID-19 alert level from level four to level three, paving the way for further easing of lockdown restrictions.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is scheduled to give a press conference on Monday afternoon, at which he is expected to set out the next steps in the lockdown exit.