The United Kingdom has reported a deferral in moving back coronavirus lockdown limitations in England.

Head administrator Boris Johnson was set to keep facilitating the measures occupants have lived with for as long as barely any months, however worries over an expansion in cases constrained him to delay any such plans, the BBC announced.

“On Saturday 1 August we had hoped to reopen in England a number of the higher-risk settings that had remained closed … Today I am afraid we are postponing those changes for at least a fortnight,” Johnson said at a news conference, according to Reuters.

“I know that the steps we are taking will be a real blow to many people … I am really, really sorry about that but we simply cannot take the risk.”

In the following stage, gambling clubs and bowling alleys were scheduled to revive, and limit with respect to weddings was set to increment to 30 individuals.

Experimental runs programs permitting restricted limit with respect to sports scenes and meeting focuses additionally are postponed. Face covers would be required for indoor settings, for example, spots of love and films.

The choice follows reports of an expansion in positive tests across parts of the nation.

Wellbeing Secretary Matt Hancock additionally declared in a tweet on Thursday that the administration intended to expand lockdown measures in parts of northern England, including Blackburn, Burnley, Hyndburn, Pendle and Rossendale.

“The spread is largely due to households meeting and not abiding to social distancing,” Hancock said. “So from midnight tonight, people from different households will not be allowed to meet each other indoors in these areas.”

Friday morning, he added, “We take this step with a heavy heart, but it is so important that people follow the social distancing rules so that we can control the virus & save lives.”

Johnson said the legislature would begin implementing rules for face covers beginning Aug. 8.