The government is set to publish a document called living safely with covid outlining the changes. Hannah devlin, your guardian science correspondent, shares her thoughts on the decision. Will we still isolate when there's no longer a legal requirement to do so? We want to know. Is there any science that backs up this decision?
Last week Boris Johnson announced that all Covid regulations in England, including the requirement to isolate after testing positive, were due to be abolished on 24 February. Whilst the Omicron variant has caused fewer hospitalisations and deaths than many predicted, some scientists say the changes may be going too far, too soon. Madeleine Finlay gets the Guardian science correspondent Hannah Devlin’s view on whether there’s scientific evidence backing up this decision and what the changes could look like. Help support our independent journalism at
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