Johnson warns against complacency as England prepares for next step out of lockdown

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a media briefing in Downing Street, London, on coronavirus (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Shops, hairdressers and pub beer gardens will reopen from April 12 in England but people must not be complacent about the risks still posed by coronavirus, Boris Johnson said.

Confirming the next step on the road map out of lockdown, the British Prime Minister told a Downing Street press conference he was looking forward to a pint of beer in a week’s time.