First published at 16:47 UTC on January 22nd, 2022.
Britain is ending COVID-19 restrictions, including mask mandates, working from home and vaccine passports, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Wednesday.
The measures had been introduced to slow the spread of the highly transmissible omicron var…
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Britain is ending COVID-19 restrictions, including mask mandates, working from home and vaccine passports, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Wednesday.
The measures had been introduced to slow the spread of the highly transmissible omicron variant of the virus.
"Many nations across Europe have endured further winter lockdowns ... but this government took a different path," Johnson told lawmakers, citing a decreasing number of people being admitted to intensive care because of the virus.
"Our scientists believe it is likely that the omicron wave has now peaked nationally ... because of the extraordinary booster campaign," Johnson said, adding that restrictions also had slowed the spread.
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