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UK Prime Minister to sign off end of all Covid restrictions
The UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson on Monday will laud the lifting of all remaining Covid restrictions in the country as a…
The UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson on Monday will laud the lifting of all remaining Covid restrictions in the country as a “moment of pride” as he sets out the government’s long-term plan for living with the virus.
His plan is due to be published at around 4.30 pm, which could take an hour or so.
The move will see the legal requirement to self-isolate for up to 10 days after testing positive dropped a month earlier than planned. The government is also controversially expected to scale back access to free Covid tests.
This is coming a day after Britain’s Queen Elizabeth tested positive for Covid. The 95-year-old monarch is experiencing mild symptoms, according to Buckingham Palace. The queen is widely believed to have had three shots of coronavirus vaccine, but only the first was formally acknowledged.
Physicians have expressed concern over the government’s “living with Covid” plan, with the opposition Labour Party questioning the decision to phase out free lateral flow tests.
Speaking ahead of the announcement, the UK Prime Minister said the rule change will mark a “moment of pride after one of the most difficult periods in our country’s history.”
“The pandemic is not over but thanks to the incredible vaccine rollout we are now one step closer towards a return to normality and finally giving people back their freedoms while continuing to protect ourselves and others,” Johnson said.
In other news, the United Kingdom’s nuclear military bases are being threatened by climate change, according to a recent report from the Nuclear Consulting Group.
Paul Dorfman, the report’s author, said that the U.K.’s coastal nuclear infrastructure is vulnerable to flooding, due to rising sea levels and more frequent and severe storms.
“All of the models or predictions, all of the analysis, all of the data has really begun to run hot,” Dorfman told CNBC. “It’s good that people are taking notice, but it’s bad that this new data is showing us that we really do need to get our act together.”
The report also found that coastal flooding frequency is estimated to increase by between 10 and more than 100 in several European locations.
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