Public health messaging in Bolton, UK Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
A “LIVING with covid” plan for England announced this week by UK prime minister Boris Johnson will see the country rely on guidance rather than legal rules backed with enforcement, almost two years after Johnson first ordered the nation into lockdown as the pandemic surged. It is about “moving from government restrictions to personal responsibility”, he told the UK’s parliament on Monday.
Self-isolation of people who test positive for the coronavirus became guidance rather than a legal requirement on 24 February, and routine contact tracing ceased. Testing will be scaled back,…
