Plan B measures will continue for another three weeks if they are reviewed, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said as he told MPs that PCR and pre-travel testing will be phased out.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson made his latest statement in the House of Commons on Wednesday afternoon (January 5th).
He asked questions from fellow MPs during the first PMQ of the year at 3 p.m., and a statement followed shortly after at around 3:45 p.m.
During his statement, Boris Johnson said that PCR tests were done to confirm a positive Covid case after the 11th test.
From Friday at 4 a.m. (January 7th), the pre-departure tests for travelers abroad will no longer be required, and return travelers will no longer have to take a PCR test.
However, you must record the results of a lateral flow test within two days of your return home.
Mr Johnson said, “I know some (MPs) may therefore be wondering if this means we can now get rid of all measures, but I am sorry to announce that hospital admissions are rising rapidly and changing every nine days with already more than double 15,000 Covid patients are in hospital in England alone.
“We are seeing the fastest growth in Covid cases we have ever known, with over 218,000 reported cases, although that included some delayed reports and, perhaps of the greatest concern, the numbers of the elderly and more vulnerable are now rising rapidly including doubling every “week in the 60 and over, with the obvious risk that this will continue to put pressure on our NHS.”
He added that the current Plan B measures will last at least three weeks when they are reviewed on Jan. 26.
He also referred to the county’s large lateral flow manufacturing facility at Sherwood Business Park in Annesley when interviewed by MPs during his last speech to the nation.
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