Well England is nearly normalcy from today when shops are open and masks needed on Public Transport. I guess we will have to watch how it goes.
Shoppers rush to the High Street as stores reopen
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Image captionThere were big queues outside the Nike store in Central London
Demand across England's high streets, retail parks and shopping centres surged on Monday morning as some shops reopened after a three month lockdown.
Research firm Springboard said that footfall, up until midday, was 42% higher than last week, and likely to be even higher by the end of the day.
It came as pent-up demand led to reports of long queues at shops such as Primark, Zara and Sports Direct.
However, the shopper numbers were still far below the same time last year.
All shops in England are now allowed to open, although retailers have had to introduce strict safety measures.
These include plastic screens at the tills and floor markings to keep shoppers two metres (6ft 5ins) apart - measures that are already a regular fixture in supermarkets.
Jaydee Darrock, from Warwickshire, was one of the first inside
Primark's Birmingham store after queuing from about 07:00. She described it as "surprisingly calm".
"We thought it would be chaotic, it's not, it's quite nice," she said.