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January 20, 2022

UK lifts COVID restrictions, says omicron wave ‘peaked'

By SYLVIA HUI
Associated Press

LONDON — Face masks will no longer be mandatory in public places and COVID-19 passports will be dropped for large events as infections level off in most parts of the country, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Wednesday.

Johnson told lawmakers that the restrictions were being eased because government scientists think it is likely that the surge of infections prompted by the highly contagious omicron variant “has now peaked nationally.”


 
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