People With COVID-19 Won't Need To Self-Isolate From Thursday, Says UK PM Boris Johnson
In January the Conservative government had lifted most virus restrictions which included scrapping vaccine passports for venues and ending mask mandates in most settings apart from hospitals in England
People with COVID-19 won't be legally required to self-isolate in England starting Thursday as the U.K. government as part of a plan for "living with COVID" is also likely to see testing for the coronavirus scaled back. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said ending all of the legal restrictions brought in to curb the spread of the virus will let people in the U.K. "protect ourselves without restricting our freedoms."
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