By End of self-isolation rules in England
All remaining legal Covid restrictions have been removed in England, nearly two years after the first rules were introduced.
People are no longer legally required to self-isolate if they test positive for Covid but government advice will ask them to do so.
The changes are part of the prime minister’s Living with Covid plan to “transition back to normality”.
All legal restrictions have already been lifted in Northern Ireland, but Wales and Scotland are easing measures more gradually.
The first Covid regulations were introduced in March 2020, and have ranged from stay at home orders, to bans on travel, to the closures of schools, shops, and restaurants.
The end of restrictions also means an end to the £500 self-isolation support payments for those on low incomes and the end of routine contact tracing.
Free testing will continue until April 1 but after that date people will have to pay for both lateral flow and PCR tests.
Government guidance on Covid passports will also end on April 1, and it will no longer recommend venues to use the NHS Covid app.
It was also announced on Monday that additional booster doses would be offered to all adults over-75 and the most vulnerable over-12s in the UK this spring to help top up their protection against severe Covid-19.
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