Plan to end covid restrictions welcomed by Ludlow MP
A former health minister has welcomed the Governnment's intention to let covid restrictions expire.
By David Tooley
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Philip Dunne, the Ludlow MP who was a minister of state for health in Theresa May's administration says he looks "towards a future where we live with covid risk".
The House of Commons learned on Wednesday that case numbers have reduced significantly from their mid-December peak.
That and evidence that Omicron is a milder infection than previous variants of the virus, the government has announced that England will revert to Plan A measures from Thursday next week (January 27).
Mandatory certification of covid-status for large scale events will end, though individual businesses can choose voluntarily to use the scheme if they wish.
