UK announces COVID restrictions are over
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Learn English with Boris Johnson. Boris Johnson is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and is a leading voice in the anti-extremism campaign. He is also the chairman of the Conservative Party and has served as an adviser to the Labour Party and the Lib Dems.
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We can return to Plan A in England and allow Plan B regulations to expire.
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As a result, from the start of Thursday next week, mandatory certification will end.
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Organisations can, of course, choose to use the NHS COVID pass voluntarily,
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but we will end the compulsory use of COVID status certification in England.
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From now on, the Government is no longer asking people to work from home.
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And people should now speak to their employers about arrangements for returning to the office.
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And having looked at the data carefully, the Cabinet concluded that once regulations lapse,
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the Government will no longer mandate the wearing of face masks anyway.
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Mr Speaker, from tomorrow, from tomorrow, we will no longer require face masks in classrooms.
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And the Department for Education will shortly remove national guidance on their use in communal areas.
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In the country at large, we will continue to suggest the use of face coverings in enclosed or crowded spaces,
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particularly when you come into contact with people you don't normally meet.
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But we will trust the judgment of the British people and no longer criminalise anyone who chooses not to wear one.
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The Government will also ease restrictions further on visits to care homes.
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And my right honourable friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care,
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the House will know that some measures still remain, including those on self-isolation.