In his latest appearance in the House of Commons, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the lifting of all the remaining Covid-related restrictions in the UK by the end of February. 

“Providing 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,” Boris Johnson told MPs.

Boris Johnson announces the government will "end the last domestic [COVID] restrictions, including the legal requirement to self-isolate if you test positive, a full month early." pic.twitter.com/4KAGd52JTs

— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) February 9, 2022

In the meantime, the Prime Minister’s spokesman emphasised that it is not recommended for someone who has the coronavirus to go to work.

“What we would simply be doing is removing the domestic regulations which relate to isolation,” he explained.

“But obviously in the same way that someone with flu, we wouldn’t recommend they go to work, we would never recommend anyone goes to work when they have an infectious disease,” he added.

Former Brexit minister Lord Frost, welcomed the announcement by stating that “the [PM’s] plan to end all COVID restrictions a month early is the right thing to do and is extremely welcome.”

“I hope the government will also make clear we will not go down the road of coercive lockdowns ever again,” he added.

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Author: Sébastien Meuwissen