Hugs And Pubs Back On Menu After Latest Lockdown Easing

SOUTHEND, ENGLAND - MAY 17: A waitress carries a tray of shots at the post lockdown party at Coco bar on May 17, 2021 in Southend, England. From today, pandemic-inspired restrictions on indoor activities and household mixing ease across most of the UK, with indoor food and entertainment venues allowed to reopen across England and Wales, and small in-home meetings permitted once again in England and Scotland. Hugging is also once again allowed between close family and friends across the UK, except in Northern Ireland, whose residents will have to keep their hands to themselves until at least May 24. (Photo by John Keeble/Getty Images)