array:21 [ "title" => "UK PM launches review into 2-metre social distancing rule - Daijiworld.com" "autoRefresh" => "" "newsWideBanner" => "newsIndiaWorldWideBanner" "articleDetails" => {#473 +"n_tit": "UK PM launches review into 2-metre social distancing rule" +"n_date": "2020-06-14 15:38:48.623" +"n_desc": """ <p><strong>London, Jun 14 (IANS):</strong> UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has commissioned a review into the incumbent 2-metre social distancing rule imposed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, following calls to scrap it, it was reported on Sunday.</p>\r\n <p>The review will aim to be completed by July 4, when pubs and restaurants could open at the earliest in England, the BBC reported.</p>\r\n <p>Currently, the UK government advises people to stay 2-metre apart from others to avoid spreading the coronavirus.</p>\r\n <p>This is further than the World Health Organization's recommendation of at least 1 metre, and some other countries like France and Denmark.</p>\r\n <p>However, there are widespread concerns about the impact of the rule on the UK economy, which is already suffering from the pandemic.</p>\r\n <p>Businesses and some of Johnson's own MPs have also warned that large parts of the hospitality industry will not be viable with the 2-metre coronavirus rule in place.</p>\r\n <p>ome bars, restaurants and pubs say they will be unable to make a profit if the 2m guidance is still in place when they reopen. Tourism firms have also warned of tens of thousands of job losses unless the distance is shortened.</p>\r\n <p>Kate Nicholls, chief executive of the industry body UK Hospitality, has said that with a 2-metre rule, outlets would be only able to make about 30% of normal revenues, whereas 1m would increase that to 60-75 per cent.</p>\r\n <p>Richard Caring, chairman of Caprice Holdings which runs the Ivy, told the Mail on Sunday the government was "killing the country".</p>\r\n <p>"There are estimates saying we could have up to five million unemployed," the BBC quoted Caring as saying to the newspaper "It's not going to be five million - it's going to be more. I don't think we've seen anything yet."</p>\r\n <p>Graham Brady, chairman of the 1922 committee made up of backbench Conservative MPs, welcomed the review and said a move to 1-metre would be "essential".</p>\r\n <p>The review announcement comes as the COVID-19 cases in the UK has increased to 295,828, with 41,747 deaths, the highest in Europe.</p> """ +"n_loc": "others " +"activecomments": "0" +"showLikeDislike": "1" +"showGoogleAd": "1" +"showThumbsUp": "0" +"showERelgoInlineImage": "0" } "newsId" => "719487" "strNsectionName" => "National / World" "strNsection" => "others" "ipRightAdvtplacementCode" => "newsIndiaWorldRightAdvt" "ogTitle" => "UK PM launches review into 2-metre social distancing rule" "ogURL" => "https://daijifrontend.pacifyca.com/news/newsDisplay?newsID=719487" "whatsAppImg" => "http://daijiworld.com/images/daijiSquareLogo.png" "ogDescription" => """ London, Jun 14 (IANS): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has commissioned a review into the incumbent 2-metre social distancing rule imposed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, following calls to scrap it, it was reported on Sunday.\r\n The review will aim to be completed by July 4, when pubs and restaurants could open at..... """ "ogTime" => "14/06/2020 15:38:48" "ogImgAlt" => "UK PM launches review into 2-metre social distancing rule - Daijiworld.com" "ogType" => "article" "articlePublishedTime" => "14/06/2020 15:38:48" "articleModifiedTime" => "14/06/2020 15:38:48" "authorName" => "Daijiworld Media Network" "newsKeywords" => "National / World, Daijiworld, latest news, breaking news" "publisherName" => "Daijiworld Media Network" "publisherLogo" => "https://daijiworld.com/images/daijiSquareLogo.png" ]