Wed Jan 19, 2022 – 2:39 pm EST
LONDON (LifeSiteNews) — U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that his country is to move into mitigated COVID restrictions from January 27, dropping the legal requirement for face masks and COVID passports for entry into certain venues while leaving open the possibility for individual businesses to “voluntarily” require COVID jab certification.
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In a Wednesday address to Parliament, Johnson said that the country would move into an eased lockdown phase known as “Plan A,” declaring that the transition — scheduled for January 27 — marks the end of a requirement to wear face coverings in any setting, including schools.
“Having looked at the data carefully, the cabinet concluded that once regulations lapse, the government will no longer mandate the wearing of face masks anywhere,” he said to a rapturous chamber.
Turning to Lindsay Hoyle, the Speaker of the House of Commons, Johnson added that “from tomorrow [Thursday] we will no longer require face masks in classrooms.”
Although seeming to abolish the legal requirement for
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