re: #133 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

In COVID news out of the UK, looks like England (at least) is going to ditch their remaining restrictions by the beginning of March.

Boris Johnson is drawing up plans to ditch all Covid laws from as early as March as the under-fire PM tries to win over his backbenchers, it was reported today.

A senior source claimed the Government was seriously considering abandoning all legally-binding curbs in England and moving to a guidance-based system as it pivots towards living with the virus like flu.

The official claimed even the most basic rules could go, such as compulsory self-isolation of cases and the requirement to co-operate with Test and Trace.

Emergency Covid laws brought in at the start of the pandemic are due to expire in March if they are not renewed as part of a timetable set out before Omicron hit.

Ministers are already planning to ditch Plan B curbs brought in last month to fight the highly-transmissible variant, with Covid passports and WFH guidance expected to be scrapped later this month.

dailymail.co.uk

Looks like the beginning of the end of vaccine passports, at least in England. Germany seems to be waffling on the idea of mandatory vaccination as well. Here in Czech Republic, the government here will probably follow the lead of the UK.