{"id":13313,"date":"2022-01-27T08:04:11","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T08:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=13313"},"modified":"2022-01-27T08:05:32","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T08:05:32","slug":"england-lifts-omicron-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2022\/01\/27\/england-lifts-omicron-restrictions\/","title":{"rendered":"England lifts Omicron restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LONDON: England on Thursday lifted coronavirus restrictions imposed to tackle the&nbsp;Omicron&nbsp;variant, with masks no longer required in enclosed places and vaccine passports shelved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The number of positive Covid-19 cases has fallen sharply over the past two weeks, and although still at high levels, have plateaued in recent days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3242863103090386\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<!-- Between post ad -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3242863103090386\" data-ad-slot=\"4402460118\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UK government introduced the so-called \u201cPlan B\u201d restrictions on December 8, after Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned of a looming \u201ctidal wave\u201d of&nbsp;Omicron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Face masks were required in all enclosed spaces and, controversially, vaccine documentation also was to enter places such as nightclubs, football grounds and large-scale events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the streets of London around St Paul\u2019s Cathedral, there was general support for the lifting of restrictions, which comes after more than 37 million people had booster jabs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: England on Thursday lifted coronavirus restrictions imposed to tackle the&nbsp;Omicron&nbsp;variant, with masks no longer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories","category-world"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - 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