No vaccine passports: UK PM to set out winter COVID-19 plan

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LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will set out on Tuesday (Sep 14) his plans to manage the COVID-19 pandemic in the winter months, announcing a decision to scrap the introduction of vaccine passports and steps to end some emergency powers. Johnson, under fire from some in his governing

Javid added the government would remain"cautious", but"the vaccine programme, our testing programme, our surveillance programme, the new treatments ... this is all our wall of defence and whilst there's a lot of virus around, it is working".

The government also said it expected Britain's Joint Committee for Vaccination and Immunisation to confirm the details of a vaccination booster programme to begin this month. The government was handed sweeping emergency powers in March 2020 with the introduction of the Coronavirus Act, which included measures to shut down businesses, to close down sectors of the economy and the right to detain infectious people.

 

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