Impact on daily life

UK News  12^th April
Prince Philip had some connection to deaf people.
Prince Philip was an active patron of the RNID. In 1988, he was at RNID to remember the founding of RNID in 1911 by Leo Bonn, a deaf banker.  Prince Philip himself had hearing aids.  In 1972, Prince Philip opened the new Leeds Deaf Club. They did not have a licence for alcohol.  The Duke contacted the licence people and the club got the licence. His mother, Princess Alice was born deaf. She learned to lip-read and to speak English, German and Greek. She had 10 children and her life was difficult and had a mental illness. During WW2, in Athens, she helped some Jewish people who were hiding from the Nazis. She came to live in London and died in 1969. She is buried in Jerusalem.
On 12^th April, shops, hairdressers and gyms open again
You will need to book your haircut.  Pubs with gardens can serve food outside and people can have a drink if sitting down.  Some big shops have closed down and many pubs are not opening as they don’t have a garden. They expect 4 million people to go to pubs.  Many shops will have long queues.  Health experts are worried as they say there are some areas of the UK with too many cases.  There may be another wave of covid.
The Government is testing the idea of vaccine passports.
The idea is that you have two jabs and have the passport,  you can go to pubs and to sports event and even travel abroad.  Many people do not like the idea.  They say for example, that pub staff could not check and refuse people.  There would be fights.
In UK, new Covid cases are reducing.
Over 32 million people had their first vaccine and 7 million have the second dose. The Government says UK will give vaccine to all adults by 31^st July. But the government wants to continue the 2 metre distance and other Covid rules.