Non-essential stores reopen as U.K. eases lockdown restrictions
After almost three months of closures due to the Coronavirus pandemic, churches, stores, and outdoor attractions in England deemed "nonessential" reopen with social distancing measures in place. A new rule requiring people to wear face masks on London public transit also came into effect on Monday June 15 as the UK eases lockdown restrictions.
A member of staff arranges a window display at a Rolex store on Regent Street as it reopens following closure due to the coronavirus outbreak in London, UK.Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
The Very Reverend Nicholas Papadopulos, Dean of Salisbury, welcomes visitors to the Cathedral in Salisbury, UK.Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images
People queue to enter London Zoo as UK Zoos reopen to the public in London, UK.Chris Jackson/Getty Images
A vendor with a visor and gloves stands outside his store at Shepherd's Bush Market in west London, UK.NIKLAS HALLE'N/AFP/Getty Images
Sue Stamp, manager of the ladies department at W.J. French and Son, fits a young girl with a new pair of shoes from under a perspex screen after opening on the first day of business since the coronavirus lockdown in Southampton, UK.ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Images
Security take the temperature of customers as they arrive to queue to enter the Apple store at Covent Garden in London, UK.TOLGA AKMEN/AFP/Getty Images
A member of staff working behind a perspex shield on the fish counter wears a protective face mask while serving customers inside Selfridges department store on Oxford Street in London, UK.GLYN KIRK/AFP/Getty Images
Visitors wearing PPE view artworks inside a Sotheby's auctioneers, re-opened after it was forced to close due to COVID-19, in London, UK.NIKLAS HALLE'N/AFP/Getty Images
People use floor markers to observe social distancing while looking at an enclosure at Chester Zoo, in England.Peter Byrne/The Associated Press
A customer wearing protective gloves tries on sunglasses as a member of staff looks on inside Selfridges department store on Oxford Street in London, UK.GLYN KIRK/AFP/Getty Images
People wearing protective masks board a bus near Leicester Square in London, UK.JOHN SIBLEY/Reuters
A passenger wearing a face mask travels on the Central Line tube in London, UK.HANNAH MCKAY/Reuters
Customers wearing face masks queue to enter Nike Town as it is reopening following restrictions due to the coronavirus disease outbreak, on Oxford Street in London, UK.MATTHEW CHILDS/Reuters
An employee wearing a face covering walks through the concourse at Waterloo Station in London, UK.NIKLAS HALLE'N/AFP/Getty Images
People practice social distancing on the first day of reopening for places of worship at Westminster Cathedral in London, UK.TOBY MELVILLE/Reuters