Plan B measures are to continue for at least the next three weeks, Boris Johnson has confirmed as the Government unveiled a number of Covid rule changes.
Speaking in the Commons, the Prime Minister told MPs: “In response to the latest data the Cabinet agreed this morning that we should stick with Plan B for another three weeks with a further review before the regulations expire on January 26.
“I know some (MPs) might therefore ask whether this means we can now do away with measures altogether, but I’m sorry to report that hospital admissions are rising rapidly, doubling around every nine days, with already more than 15,000 Covid patients in hospital in England alone,” he said.
Mr Johnson said the UK was “experiencing the fastest growth in Covid cases we’ve ever known” but confirmed that no further Covid restrictions will be implemented and Britain will not face another lockdown in order to curb the wave of omicron.
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