During a visit to Hartlepool on Monday (3 May), Johnson reiterated the need for caution when it came to restarting travel. "We do want to do some opening up on 17 May, but I don’t think the people of this country want to see an influx of disease from anywhere else," said the prime minister.
Pressed on people’s prospects of a summer holiday, Johnson said the government would "say more as soon as we can". "I think that there will be some openings up on the 17 May, but we have got to be cautious, we have got to be sensible, we have got to make sure we don’t see the virus coming back in."
