Boris Johnson announced this lunchtime, that the law requiring people to wear face-coverings in shops will be removed next week and that mandatory covid certification will end. He also said that children will no longer be required to wear masks in school.
The Prime Minister told the House of Commons that so-called Plan B restrictions will end on January 26th. Plan B was triggered to deal with the omicron variant. Johnson said that it was now up to individuals to decide whether or not to wear a face covering.
However, he did say that if venues preferred to retain covid certification or vaccine passports, then the government would support that.
Responding to the PM’s statement, Labour Party leader Keir Starmer asked Johnson to provide the scientific evidence for removing the Plan B measures.
The Prime Minister said he “would be happy” to provide Starmer with the scientific advise on which he based his decision, but that it was already in the public domain.
