The British government says people with COVID-19 will not be legally required to self-isolate in England starting later this week. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said ending restrictions will let people “protect ourselves without restricting our freedoms.”
Wes Streeting, health spokesman for the main opposition Labour Party, accused Johnson of “declaring victory before the war is over.”scrapping vaccine passports for venues and ending mask mandates in most settings apart from hospitals in England. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, which set their own public health rules, also have opened up, although more slowly.
Now the Conservative government says it will remove “all remaining domestic COVID regulations that restrict public freedoms” as part of a “move away from government intervention to personal responsibility.” The announcement will please many Conservative Party lawmakers, who argue that the restrictions were inefficient and disproportionate. It could also shore up Johnson’s position among party lawmakers, who have been mulling an attempt to oust him over scandals includingBut scientists stressed that much remains unknown about the virus, and future variants that may be more severe than the currently dominant omicron strain.
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