Work from home, Covid passports and the obligatory wearing of face masks are being abolished in England, as Boris Johnson announced the abolition of measures under Plan B, informs Sky News.
The prime minister said that people will no longer be forced to work from home "from now on", and from Thursday next week the mandatory wearing of masks and Covid certificates will be abolished.
He reaffirmed his intention to end the rules on self-isolation of people with coronavirus in the coming weeks. The legal requirement will be dropped when the ordinances expire on March 24th, he said, and that date could be changed.
The prime minister told parliament that cases were declining and that the wave of the Omicron strain had probably peaked nationwide, meaning the rules could now be eased.
The prime minister said it was time to "trust the public's judgment" on the use of masks in enclosed and crowded places, and they will be removed from classrooms tomorrow.
Restrictions on visits to nursing homes will also be further eased, with Health Minister Sajid Javid outlining plans for the coming days.
Coronavirus levels in three of the four British nations - England, Scotland and Wales - have fallen for the first time since Christmas.
Approximately one in 20 people in private households in England was probably infected with the virus in the week to 15 January - about three million people - less than the record 3.7 million in the previous week, according to the latest National Statistics Service (ONS).
For Northern Ireland, the last figure is also one in 20, but the number of people with a positive test has increased slightly from 99,200 to 104,300, with the ONS describing the trend as "uncertain".
In Scotland the figure is about one in 20, or 236,600 people, less than 297,400 - and in Wales one in 25, or 112,100 people, compared to 169,100.
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