Coronavirus: UK lawmaker says ‘worst of Omicron’ could soon be over
- Amid a decreasing number of cases, Conservative Party chairman Oliver Dowden says ‘signs are encouraging’ that restrictions in England can be lifted in weeks
- PM Boris Johnson is set to review the Plan B rules on mandatory mask-wearing, working from home and Covid-19 passes on January 26
The “signs are encouraging” for lifting Covid-19 restrictions in England at the end of the month, a British Cabinet minister has said.
Conservative Party chairman Oliver Dowden made the comment as Prime Minister Boris Johnson prepares to review the Plan B rules on mandatory mask-wearing, working from home and Covid-19 passes on January 26.
“It has always been my hope that we would have the Plan B restrictions for the shortest period possible,” Dowden told Sky News’ Trevor Phillips On Sunday programme.
“I’m under no doubt the kind of burdens this puts hospitality, wider business, schools and so on under, and I want us to get rid of those if we possibly can,” he said. “The signs are encouraging, but clearly, we will wait to see the data ahead of that final decision.”
Dowden also said there had been “some very promising data” on infections and hospital admissions from the Omicron variant.