{"id":149762,"date":"2022-01-17T13:10:53","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T13:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=149762"},"modified":"2022-01-17T13:10:53","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T13:10:53","slug":"boris-johnson-set-to-make-major-announcement-this-week-to-confirm-new-plan-b-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/boris-johnson-set-to-make-major-announcement-this-week-to-confirm-new-plan-b-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Boris Johnson set to make major announcement THIS WEEK to confirm new Plan B rules"},"content":{"rendered":"

BORIS Johnson will announce THIS WEEK whether he is ditching Plan B restrictions, Downing Street hinted today.<\/p>\n

Working from home, mandatory indoor mask-wearing and vaccine passports are set to expire next Wednesday. <\/p>\n


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No10 this morning vowed to reveal whether they intend to extend the measures beyond January 26 in plenty of time. <\/p>\n

The PM's official spokesman said: "I think you'd expect us, as we've always sought to do is give the maximum amount of time possible.\u00a0<\/p>\n

"I don't have a specific date for you. But certainly we will\u00a0look to announce our position in advance to those changes coming into effect."<\/p>\n

The spokesman pointed to "encouraging" signs Britain is over the hump of Omicron.<\/p>\n

The PM is expected to ditch working from home guidance and controversial Covid passports that would spark fresh rebellion from lockdown-hating MPs.<\/p>\n

But the requirement to wear face coverings in many public places like trains, buses, and shops is set to remain until Omicron cases dip further. <\/p>\n

Two senior Cabinet ministers have dropped the strongest hints yet that the PM is preparing to end the Plan B restrictions next week. <\/p>\n

Today the Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi said "the numbers are looking positive" in the UK's fight against Covid. <\/p>\n

He added: "I'm confident that when we review this on January 26 then we'll be in a much better place to lift some of these restrictions.<\/p>\n

"I think we are witnessing the transition of this virus from pandemic to endemic.<\/p>\n

"I hope we'll be one of the first major economies to demonstrate to the world how you transition this from pandemic to endemic."<\/p>\n

He also suggested that the requirement for masks in classrooms could be dropped as part of the easing of restrictions. <\/p>\n

Instead, from next Wednesday face coverings may only be required in communal areas of schools like hallways and canteens. <\/p>\n

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