{"id":1071673,"date":"2021-12-01T09:13:44","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T14:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1071673"},"modified":"2021-12-01T09:13:47","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T14:13:47","slug":"two-years-of-control-new-uk-covid-rules-set-in-law-until-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-years-of-control-new-uk-covid-rules-set-in-law-until-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Years of Control: New UK COVID Rules Set in Law Until March"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftwo-years-of-control-new-uk-covid-rules-set-in-law-until-march%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1071673&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1355274431-e1638357783822-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Britain\u2019s new rules regarding self-isolation have been extended to March 2022, when the UK will mark over two years of COVID restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>The UK\u2019s recently enacted restrictions regarding close contacts of confirmed Omicron cases of the Chinese coronavirus have officially been extended into law until March of next year, despite the fact the government had promised to review the measure by December 20th.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The legal expiration date of March 24th 2022 will almost exactly coincide with the second anniversary of the UK\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2020\/03\/23\/uk-coronavirus-lockdown\/\">first lockdown<\/a>, with the date marking two years and a day since Brits were told to remain in their homes bar for activities deemed \u201cessential\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>British newspaper&nbsp;<em>The Telegraph&nbsp;<\/em>reports&nbsp;even asymptomatic contacts who test negative for the virus <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/politics\/2021\/11\/30\/new-covid-restrictions-last-march-next-year\/\">will<\/a> be obliged to self-isolate under the legislation, or face a fine of up to \u00a310,000.<\/p>\n<p>Fears have also been aired over whether the measures would kick off another \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/08\/02\/nhs-pingdemic-scares-almost-half-britons-socialising-poll\/\">pingdemic<\/a>\u201c, with a similar measure implemented earlier in the year resulting in healthy people being forced to self-isolate for long periods of time as a result of coming in close contact with an infected person, keeping people away from their jobs, education, and other activities.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe are not just looking at a pingdemic in our economy and in our businesses. We are looking at a pingdemic that will devastate education again,\u201d warned&nbsp;Steve Brine, a Conservative MP and former health minister.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.0266666666667\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NHS Pingdemic Scares Almost Half of Britons Away from Socialising: Poll <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OdfC8PxFNw\">https:\/\/t.co\/OdfC8PxFNw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1422187930349568000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Others questioned why the law would be staying on the books for so long, considering that the government has promised to review measures in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe self-isolation statutory instrument has no expiry day, which means it will run all the way until the main statutory instrument expires on March 24 2022. Why is that?\u201d asked the head of the Lockdown-sceptic COVID Recovery Group in the Parliament,&nbsp;Mark Harper MP.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Vaccines Minister Maggie Throup promised that the regulations would not remain law \u201cany longer\u201d than needed, but admitted that Harper had made a \u201cgood point\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Even some within the government reportedly have doubts over why the legislation will take so long to expire<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI haven\u2019t found a good reason for it, I was slightly surprised by that. It seems another sign of the Department for Health unnecessarily losing trust and goodwill with backbenchers,\u201d one government insider is alleged to have told <em>The Telegraph<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Boris Johnson\u2019s government has also implemented a number of other measures, ostensibly to limit the spread of the Omicron variant. After two cases of the new variant were discovered on Saturday, the government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/27\/boris-johnson-covid-omicron-return-mask-mandates-shops-transport\/\">reimposed<\/a> mask-wearing requirements for shops and public transport, with those caught maskless facing fines of \u00a3200, increasing to a maximum of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/29\/uk-to-impose-maximum-fine-of-6400-for-not-wearing-a-mask-report\/\">\u00a36,400<\/a> for repeated violations.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.021978021978\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Return of Mandatory Masks: Boris Johnson Announces \u2018Tighter Rules\u2019 in Response to Omicron Variant<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/96VgFOnOZS\">https:\/\/t.co\/96VgFOnOZS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1464659372580220931?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Britain\u2019s new rules regarding self-isolation have been extended to March 2022, when the UK will mark over two years of COVID restrictions. 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