The new Omicron variant of Covid-19 has spread rapidly across the UK over the last two months but the infection rate has suddenly begun to fall, prompting Boris Johnson to drop the “Plan B” restrictions brought in to stop the spread.
Speaking in the House of Commons, the prime minister said that, from Thursday 27 January, guidance on mask-wearing in public places and presenting Covid passes to enter crowded venues will be scrapped as the New Year rise in infections continues to wane without having resulted in the mass hospitalisations experts had feared.
