{"id":1218684,"date":"2022-01-16T06:04:48","date_gmt":"2022-01-16T11:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1218684"},"modified":"2022-01-16T06:04:55","modified_gmt":"2022-01-16T11:04:55","slug":"uk-looks-to-scrap-coronavirus-passports-as-omicron-wave-fades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-looks-to-scrap-coronavirus-passports-as-omicron-wave-fades\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Looks to Scrap Coronavirus Passports as Omicron Wave Fades"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fuk-looks-to-scrap-coronavirus-passports-as-omicron-wave-fades%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=1218684&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\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237309432-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">COVID passports are reportedly set to be scrapped this month in Britain amid waning cases of the Chinese coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>At present, England is under \u2018Plan B\u2019 restrictions, meaning that masks are required for indoor public spaces and health passes are required to enter large events.<\/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>When the restrictions were put into place, Prime Minister Boris Johnson\u2019s government faced widespread rebellion within his own party in the House of Commons, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/14\/tory-rebels-crushed-by-combined-weight-of-government-and-opposition-in-uk-lockdown-vote\/\">nearly 100 Tory MPs<\/a> voting against their implementation.<\/p>\n<p>The Plan B restrictions will face a vote for their renewal on January 26th, however, Health Secretary Sajid Javid is reportedly prepared to scrap COVID passes in light of the steep decline of coronavirus cases in England after peaking in December.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/sajid-javid-to-abandon-covid-passes-as-the-omicron-surge-recedes-nq7cbvgj5\">report<\/a> from <em>The Times,<\/em> Mr Javid told MPs on Thursday that he shared their \u201cinstinctive discomfort\u201d with vaccine passports, and expressed his assurance that the government will not require health passes a \u201cmoment longer than absolutely necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The Health Secretary said that while the government will have to \u201cproceed with caution\u201d, he said that it was \u201cencouraging that during this wave we have seen no increase in the number of COVID-19 intensive care patients and there are early signs that the rate of hospitalisation is starting to slow\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>A source within the government told the paper of record that it is&nbsp;\u201ca fair assumption that [certification] is one that people want to get rid of in particular,\u201d but cautioned that it is still too early for the government to make a firm decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are still huge numbers tested positive every day. We do just need to see where we are in ten days,\u201d the government source added.<\/p>\n<p>According to government <a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.data.gov.uk\">data<\/a>, the number of cases recorded on Tuesday stood at 109,133, a significant drop from just ten days ago when&nbsp;218,724 were recorded on the 4th.<\/p>\n<p>The National Health Service (NHS) has still cautioned that it is under considerable strain, however.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>NHS chief Matthew Taylor said: \u201cThe national data on reported cases offers some hope but we should be under no illusions that this pressure has evaporated. Decisions about what living with Covid-19 will mean must be driven by realism and not by wishful thinking and impatience.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Vaccine Passports are \u2018Disguised\u2019 Mandates, Admits French Health Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eC3n7PTztb\">https:\/\/t.co\/eC3n7PTztb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1472886953574027269?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The news comes as Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing widespread political pressure over highly publicised parties held at Number 10 Downing Street while the rest of the nation was stuck under strict lockdowns. It is doubtful that the PM would seek to expend his limited political capital on another fight with his own party on extending the use of the unpopular COVID passes.<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/politics\/2022\/01\/13\/lord-frost-covid-lockdowns-serious-mistake-government-needs\/\">interview<\/a> with <em>The Telegraph\u2019s&nbsp;<\/em>Planet Normal podcast, Lord David Frost \u2014 who sensationally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/19\/brexit-minister-frost-resigns-over-bojos-lockdowns-green-agenda-high-taxes\/\">resigned<\/a> from his post as Brexit negotiator for the government last month \u2014 said that Boris Johnson\u2019s draconian coronavirus policies were the principal motivation for him leaving the government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was the reason I resigned. That\u2019s what took me out of the Government in December. I didn\u2019t agree with the Plan B measures, masks, vaccine passports \u2013 that\u2019s what forced me out,\u201d Lord Frost said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The former Brexit negotiator accused the government of performing \u201cCOVID theatre\u201d and said that the country should focus on \u201cstuff that works\u201d in combatting the Chinese virus, such as implementing ventilation systems and using antiviral drugs to prevent serious cases.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think, honestly, people are going to look back at the last couple of years globally and see lockdown as a pretty serious public policy mistake,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to see the Government ruling out lockdowns for the future; repealing the legislation; ending them. We can\u2019t afford it [and] it doesn\u2019t work. Stop doing Covid theatre \u2013 vaccine passports, masks, stuff that doesn\u2019t work \u2013 and focus on stuff that does work so that we\u2019re ready if the next one is worse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStuff like ventilation, antivirals, proper hospital capacity, managing it properly \u2013 that\u2019s what we need to be focusing on going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WATCH: Protesters Clash with Cops in London over Covid Restrictions <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tDY9W1lzDo\">https:\/\/t.co\/tDY9W1lzDo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1472504478817525760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Kurt Zindulka on Twitter here <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KurtZindulka\">@KurtZindulka<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COVID passports are reportedly set to be scrapped this month in Britain amid waning cases of the Chinese coronavirus. 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