Enough Green Pass and masks everywhere: the announcement of the British government

England loosens the restrictive measures implemented to contain the new wave of Covid infections driven by the Omicron variant.

The announcement was made by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, whose government will formalize the decision tomorrow to revoke the recommendation of work from home, the mini Green Pass vaccination and the obligation of masks everywhere.

Johnson motivated the choice by pointing out the decline in new positive cases thanks to a record of administration of doses of "booster" vaccine in recent days.

For many, however, it is a move to try to regain support after the bitter controversy over the so-called "Partygate".

That is the heap of criticisms aroused by the revelations on the participation, by him and by men of his staff, in a series of aperitifs and parties in the midst of the pandemic.

A fuss that made him end up in the crosshairs of the tabloids and that caused discontent within the conservative party, to the point that dozens of Tory deputies would be ready to discourage him to change leadership.

Johnson instead explained that "the return to plan A" is appropriate, as the Covid emergency is "entering an endemic phase" in the United Kingdom after more than a year and a half of pandemic.

The premier also stressed that, according to his government's scientific consultants, Britain has now passed the "peak" of infections caused by Omicron.

(Unioneonline / lf)