Plan B: All restrictions to end, Boris Johnson announces

Boris Johnson has confirmed that Plan B measures to control the spread of coronavirus in England will be allowed to expire. Mr Johnson, speaking to the House of Commons after a tumultuous PMQS, said that working from guidance, a requirement to wear face masks and the use of Covid passports in some settings would be dropped. He said more than 90 per cent of over-60s across the UK had now had booster vaccines to protect them, and scientists believed the Omicron wave had peaked. He said the Government had taken a "different path" to much of Europe and the "data are showing that, time and again, this Government got the toughest decisions right". People will no longer be told to work from home and, from Thursday next week when Plan B measures lapse, mandatory Covid certification will end, Mr Johnson said. Subscribe to the Evening Standard on YouTube:    / @thelondonstandard