Britain to set out plans to scrap Covid-19 self-isolation laws

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LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson intends to set out plans next week to remove self-isolation requirements for people infected with Covid-19, his office said on Saturday .

Britain would become the first major European country to allow people who know they are infected with Covid-19 to freely use shops, public transport and go to work - a move many of his health advisors think is risky.

Mr Johnson will also give more details on how Britain will guard against future coronavirus variants through ongoing surveillance, amid reports that the government wants to end free testing and scale back public health studies. Some 85 per cent of Britain's population aged 12 or over have had at least two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine, and two thirds of the population - including the vast majority of those most at risk - have had three.

 

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