Boris Johnson takes charge on the two-metre rule: PM paves the way for abolition of the social distancing measure as top restaurant boss warns of two million job losses if it is not changed

[Daily Mail]: Boris Johnson will tomorrow pave the way for the abolition of the two-metre separation rule by taking personal control of the decision to axe it.

His crucial intervention comes as one of the country’s leading restaurateurs warns that if it is not scrapped, the hospitality sector will be hit by millions of job losses.

The Mail on Sunday can reveal that the Prime Minister has commissioned a comprehensive No 10 review which will effectively wrest control of Covid-19 social distancing guidance from Government scientists – and, critically, allow the devastating economic impact of the measure to be taken into account for the first time.

One Government source said the move was recognition that ‘there is more to life than the R number’ – the term for the rate at which the infection spreads.

Last night, Tory MPs predicted that the review – to be run by Downing Street’s newly appointed Permanent Secretary, Simon Case – would provide a road map for the two-metre rule to be relaxed in time for the reopening of pubs on July 4...<<<Read The Full Article Here>>>...