All COVID-19 laws in England including the legal requirement for people who test positive to isolate have expired, nearly two years after the first restrictions were imposed. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his plan for “living with COVID” on Feb. 21. Under the plan, the legal requirement for those who test positive for the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus to self-isolate expired on Feb. 24. Routine contact tracing also ended on the same day, as did the £500 ($671) self-isolation payments and the legal obligation for individuals to tell their employers about their requirement to isolate. Changes to statutory sick pay and employment support allowance designed to help people through the pandemic will end on March 24. The use of voluntary COVID-19 status certification will no longer be recommended starting on April 1, though the National Health Service’s COVID-19 app will continue to allow people to indicate their vaccination …
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