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Couples struggling to plan their big day should be able to have a wedding without too many interruptions starting in the summer of next year, suggested Boris Johnson.
When questioned by a wedding planner during a question and answer session on Facebook, the prime minister did not offer any more concrete support for the industry.
But under pressure, he revealed that he thinks it’s safe for couples to start making plans for their big day, as long as it’s in the summer of next year.
Insisting on what he could do to support wedding planners, who have seen their businesses collapse due to people not having the confidence to plan big events, Johnson said: “If you are thinking about summer, I think it will be fine. .
“I have the firm hope and conviction that by the summer, in one way or another, either through vaccination, which I hope and believe we will have fulfilled by Easter, as I say, or through lateral flow tests, we will be in a different world .
“So my hope is that the summer is really a different world for the wedding and events industry.”
While this is not a full cast iron guarantee, it is the strongest indication ministers have given so far that full wedding ceremonies and receptions will be able to begin.
When asked about her own wedding plans, Johnson said, “I didn’t want to drag that out, but I’m going to unplug it, as they say, anyway.
“I think the massive tryouts will help before Easter, hopefully well before Easter, but I think I should be able to plan for a much more active summer and lots of happy bridal events across the UK.”
In response to another suggested question, teachers would have to rely on testing rather than vaccinations to help control the coronavirus disruption.
The Prime Minister said the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunization (JCVI) had produced a “pretty sensible list” prioritizing the elderly and vulnerable, as well as health and care personnel.
When asked if teachers would take a hit to help minimize the need for ‘bubbles’ from school-age children being forced to self-isolate, Johnson said:’ We want, in the end, to vaccinate everyone who could. being at risk of dying from the disease or passing it on to those who are likely to be vulnerable.
“As far as teachers are concerned, of course, we will give priority to all those who are at risk of infecting it in this way or who may be vulnerable.
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“But right now teachers and schools already have access to lateral flow tests, rapid response tests, which should allow them to restrict the spread of the disease, identify asymptomatic carriers, people who are infectious without knowing it.”
That would help reduce the problem of large groups being sent home from school, he said.
Johnson’s event came as the UK death toll from Covid-19 has now surpassed 60,000, less than a month after passing the 50,000 milestone.
The government said Thursday that another 414 people had died with 28 days of positive tests for the virus.
The official death toll is now 60,113.
But the true figure could be significantly higher.
Separate figures released by UK statistical agencies for deaths where Covid-19 has been mentioned on the death certificate, along with additional data on deaths that occurred in recent days, show that there have now been 76,000 related deaths. with Covid-19 in the UK.
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