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Boris Johnson hints weddings could be back to normal by Easter
This is amazing news!
Like many things, the Covid-19 pandemic put a halt to many people’s wedding plans for the year but now there is some light at the end of the tunnel!
Currently, those areas in tier 1 and 2 can have weddings with 15 people at the reception whereas those in tier 3 cannot have a reception at all.
Talking in the People’s Prime Minister’s Questions yesterday a wedding venue owner and bride-to-be herself, Lara asked when the wedding industry would be able to start to record.
Boris – who is due to be wed soon himself – responded with some good news!
He promised that things could be back to normal for those getting married as soon as Easter next year.
He explained: “As we roll out community testing, and get better at understand how people respond to it and how it works, [normality] is very much is on the cards,”
He went on to add that with the news that the coronavirus vaccine is scheduled to be rolled out as early as next week it is a promising aid for large events.
He added: “Mass testing, combined with the growth of the number of people being vaccinated before Easter, and lateral flow testing…will allow events like wedding to go ahead,”
“If you’re thinking about the summer, I think you’ll be alright. It’s my strong hope and belief, by the summer, whether by one way or the other, whether by vaccination which I hope and believe we would have delivered by Easter, or by lateral flow testing, we’ll be in a different world.
“My hope is by summer, it really will be a different world for the weddings and events industry. And I hope that your potential customers will be full of confidence and optimism as well, and will be getting hitched in the normal well.
He added: “I think mass testing will help before Easter, hopefully well before Easter, but I think you should be able to plan for a really more active summer, and lots of happy nuptial events all over the UK.”
It’s promising news for those planning their big day next year or who have had to push back their nuptials due to the pandemic!