Why ministers stuck to 19 July for lifting England’s Covid rules

Analysis: a further delay in a bid to contain the rapid rise in the infection rate would present its own problemsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage“Freedom is in our sights once again!” Sajid Javid told Conservative MPs on Tuesday, as he announced that double-jabbed people will not be required to quarantine from 16 August if they come in contact with a Covid sufferer.That mid-August date was the one concession to caution in a package of measures for &l