Boris Johnson confirmed that England will end coronavirus restrictions, making the UK the first major Western economy to lift pandemic restrictions. Starting Thursday, people who have the virus will no longer be legally required to self-isolate, although they will still be advised to stay at home, Johnson said in the House of Commons.
As of April 1, the universal and free availability of coronavirus tests will end, he said. “We will remove all remaining internal restrictions in the law,” Johnson told the House of Commons on Monday. “We will tell people to exercise their personal responsibility.”
Johnson’s announcement of the government’s “Living with Covid” plan comes against a backdrop of declining daily infections, hospitalizations and deaths from the disease, though critics say the moves are too hasty.
The British leader wanted to change the focus of today with good news, since he is still in the middle of a police investigation into the ‘Partygate’ scandal, and easing the covid restrictions has been a key demand from the most conservative deputies in the It depends on your mandate.
Other changes taking effect Thursday include vaccinated contacts of infected people will no longer be required to be tested for seven days and the legal requirement to isolate unvaccinated close contacts will be removed.
The UK has suffered more than 161,000 deaths from covid, especially in the first year of the pandemic, registering the second highest death rate in Europe after Russia, despite having one of the most successful vaccination programs in the world.
Chaand Nagpaul, chairman of the British Medical Association Council, told the BBC on Sunday that the timing of the announcement “seems a bit strange”, adding that it is a “political ad that almost implies that covid is no more.” . “Living with covid does not mean denying the reality that there are still about a thousand people dying every week with covid,” he said.
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