• UK Health Security Agency data shows cases in the North East have dropped day-on-day for the last two days
  • It is the last region to see cases drop, after the others quickly followed in London’s wake as cases dropped
  • Ministers are currently debating what Covid guidance to lift with vaccine passports to go this month 

England is now preparing to ease the restrictions that were brought in to fight Omicron. The Health Secretary told MPs yesterday that vaccine passports could be scrapped by the end of this month, and ministers are considering ditching work from home guidance. Both are set to be reviewed on January 26.

Self-isolation will be cut to five days on Monday for vaccinated people who test positive, with Sajid Javid saying the move will make the UK the ‘freest in Europe’.

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