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England will stop using mouth masks and corona pass next week | Abroad

Johnson also plans to scrap the isolation requirement after a corona infection. The government still encourages citizens to go into isolation after an infection, but can no longer legally enforce this. The law regulating this expires in March, so Johnson does not want to extend it and may even suspend it earlier. The measures were put in place to combat the omikron variant of the corona virus.

“As Covid becomes endemic, we must replace legal obligations with advice and recommendations,” the prime minister explained to parliament. According to him, the British must learn to live with the corona virus. Johnson also said the release of the corona rules is in large part due to the British booster campaign.

After the more contagious omikron variant of the coronavirus appeared in Britain at the end of last year, the number of corona infections reached a record high of 200,000 in one day in early January. In recent days, those numbers have steadily fallen below 100,000. According to Johnson, it appears that the “omnikron wave has reached its peak nationally.”

However, the prime minister warned that pressure on the national health service NHS remains high and he reiterated his earlier calls to Britons to get a booster shot. “We know that 90 percent of people in intensive care are not boosted,” Johnson said.

’Partygate’

The prime minister is under fire in the United Kingdom and within his own Conservative Party for ‘party gate’. This scandal revolves around get-togethers and parties that Johnson and his staff held while the British were dealing with lockdown rules. This includes a garden party at Johnson’s official residence in May 2020. The relaxations are also seen as a concession to his critics.

The British government only determines the corona rules for England. Scotland and Wales also recently decided to relax their measures. In Northern Ireland, the government is under pressure to do the same.

Leave it B, headlines The Sun, referring to the fact that the measures from Plan B will not be extended.

Leave it B, headlines The Sun, referring to the fact that the measures from Plan B will not be extended.

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