Johnson's new trick to get rid of the scandal? The UK will remove most of its restrictions

Source: China News Network

China News Network on January 20, comprehensive foreign media reports, British Prime Minister Johnson said on the 19th that as the number of confirmed cases of new crown in the United Kingdom continues to decline, and the peak of the epidemic in Omicron seems to have passed, the epidemic prevention restrictions re-implemented in response to Omicron will be cancelled from next week.

Infographic: British Prime Minister Johnson.

Johnson said that the guidance advising people to work from home will be cancelled immediately, the epidemic prevention "Plan B" will be cancelled one by one, and from the middle of next week (January 27), people in England will no longer be forced to wear masks in confined environments or use so-called health passes to enter places such as nightclubs. In addition, mandatory self-isolation for COVID-19 patients is also expected to be lifted on March 24.

Johnson attributed these changes to the success of the mass vaccine augmentation program. He added that scientists believe the Opmiqueron wave is likely to have peaked nationwide by now, while warning that the pandemic is not over yet.

As one of the most affected countries in Europe, the cumulative number of COVID-19 deaths in the UK reached 152,000, and during the rapid spread of Aomi Kerong, the number of confirmed cases in the UK lasted to 200,000 in a single day. However, the number of confirmed cases in the UK in a single day has continued to decline recently, with a daily increase of 108,000 confirmed cases announced on the 19th, and the number of hospitalizations remained stable.

Agence France-Presse said some claimed that the easing of epidemic restrictions was driven by the "embattled" Johnson, who wanted to please critics because Johnson was mired in a party scandal during the COVID-19 pandemic, which had sparked discontent among party lawmakers and raised voices within the party calling for his resignation.