Government Announces End of Pandemic Restrictions – Including Mask Mandate From January 26th: This is testament to the magnificent and ceaseless work of pushbackers of all kinds but it’s not over. Far from it

 As Boris Johnson’s premiership unravels following the backlash from the ‘partygate’ revelations of illicit Downing Street lockdown shindigs, the Prime Minister has announced not only the end of Plan B measures from January 26th – including vaccine passports, work-from-home guidance and face masks – but his intention to end the remaining measures as well. He told the Commons:

 鮑里斯·約翰遜 (Boris Johnson) 的首相職位在唐寧街非法封鎖狂歡的“派對之門”揭露引發強烈反對後，首相宣布不僅從 1 月 26 日起結束 B 計劃措施，包括疫苗護照、在家工作指導和麵子 面具——但他也打算結束剩餘的措施。 他告訴下議院：

Today’s latest ONS data show clearly that infection levels are falling in England and while there are some places where cases are likely to continue rising, including in primary schools, our scientists believe it is likely that the omicron wave has now peaked nationally.

There remain, of course, significant pressures on the NHS across our country, and especially in the North East and North West, but hospital admissions which were doubling every nine days just two weeks ago have now stabilised, with admissions in London even falling. The numbers in intensive care not only remain low but are actually also falling.

So, this morning, the Cabinet concluded that because of the extraordinary booster campaign, together with the way the public have responded to the Plan B measures, we can return to Plan A in England and allow Plan B regulations to expire.

As a result, from the start of Thursday next week mandatory certification will end. Organisations can, of course, choose to use the NHS Covid pass voluntarily but we will end the compulsory use of Covid status certification in England.

今天最新的 ONS 數據清楚地表明，英格蘭的感染水平正在下降，雖然有些地方的病例可能會繼續上升，包括小學，但我們的科學家認為，歐姆波現在很可能在全國范圍內達到頂峰。

當然，我們國家的 NHS 仍然面臨著巨大的壓力，特別是在東北部和西北部，但兩週前每 9 天翻一番的住院人數現在已經穩定下來，倫敦的住院人數甚至下降了。重症監護的人數不僅仍然很低，而且實際上也在下降。

因此，今天上午，內閣得出結論，由於非同尋常的助推器運動，以及公眾對 B 計劃措施的反應方式，我們可以在英格蘭重返 A 計劃，讓 B 計劃法規到期。

因此，從下週四開始，強制性認證將結束。當然，組織可以自願選擇使用 NHS Covid 通行證，但我們將終止在英格蘭強制使用 Covid 身份認證。

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