Positive coronavirus cases in the United Kingdom may no longer be required to self-isolate with close contacts and mask rules to be relaxed in certain settings, under the government's plans to learn to live with the virus.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to scrap legal requirements including self isolation, close contact rules and wearing face masks in certain settings in the coming weeks,Ministers and public health officials will still provide guidance on how the public can behave while navigating daily life but fines or legal punishment will likely not be enforced.Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to scrap legal requirements including self isolation, close contact rules and face masks in certain settings.
"Lots of legal requirements were put in place during the pandemic," a senior government source told the newspaper. "As we come into a stage where things are more manageable and those legal restrictions may no longer be necessary, we will look to remove them promptly from the statute book.Mr Johnson is set to ease Plan B coronavirus restrictions including the guidance to work from home and vaccination passports or negative tests to enter nightclubs and large events, however some face mask rules may remain.
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