Prime Minister confirms Covid restrictions will be eased as Plan B measures dropped

Plan B measures aimed at tackling the spread of Covid-19 are to be dropped across England, the Prime Minister has announced.

Boris Johnson told MPs in the House of Commons more than 90% of over-60s across the UK had now had booster vaccines to protect them, and scientists believed the Omicron wave had peaked.

The Government will make an announcement about easing Covid travel restrictions “in the next few days”, the Prime Minister has said.

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