Prime Minister Boris Johnson made a dramatic speech to parliament during PM's Questions, declaring that he expects all remaining coronavirus restrictions will come to an end by the end of February, almost a month ahead of shcedule.
As part of the governments approach on living with the virus, the legal requirement to self isolate for as many as ten days or five with two negative tests, is expected to also come to an end.
This development comes as data shows a consistent daily drop in cases partly due to both the over 138 million vaccines having already been administered across the UK, as well as because the more easily spreadable Omnicron variant of the virus has been shown to be much milder, resulting in less hospitalisations and in turn fewer deaths.
Plan B requirements to work from home were dropped last month, along with most facemask rules and the much maligned covid passports, as predicted doomsday forecasts of thousands of deaths per day due to the new variant failed to materialise.
However, the government has stressed that infected people should still refrain from entering places of work until they are no longer contagious.
Mr Johnson, said:
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'Mr Speaker I can tell the house today, that it is my intention to return on the first day after the half term recess to present our strategy for living with Covid,' Mr Johnson told MPs.
'Provided the current encouraging trends in the data continue, it is my expectation that we will be able to end the last domestic restrictions, including the legal requirement to self isolate if you test positive, a full month early.'
The move has been widely welcomed by both parliament as well as businesses who have struggled to cope as restrictions impacted on their takings.
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