but in england, the government has said they will no longer be compulsory in shops and on public transport. the prime minister said masks would still be advisable in some settings, but it was now down to personal choice. we will trust the judgment of the british people. and no longer criminalise anyone who chooses not to wear one. so, what is the trend now for covid cases? one of the most authoritative sources is the community infections survey by the office for national statistics, which picks up those without symptoms. and the head of the 0ns thinks this is a significant moment. we are certainly seeing a major turning point, and we are certainly seeing a real reduction. the question i ask is we are not sure yet whether that will continue to go down. ministers want to end self isolation rules in march, or even before if possible, and say they will be reviewed.
towards the end of january, even though they were still thousands of new infections every day, that life might be getting back to normal. masks on and off, the rules have changed at various times over the last two years, but in england, the government has said they will no longer be compulsory in shops and on public transport. the prime minister said masks would still be advisable in some settings, but it was now down to personal choice. we will trust the judgment of the british people. and no longer criminalise anyone who chooses not to wear one. so, what is the trend now for covid cases? one of the most authoritative sources is the community infections survey by the office for national statistics, which picks up those without symptoms. and the head of the 0ns thinks this is a significant moment. we are certainly seeing a major turning point, and we are certainly seeing
the prime minister said masks would still be advisable in some settings, but it was now down to personal choice. we will trust the judgment of the british people. criminalise anyone who chooses not to wear one. so, what is the trend now for covid cases? one of the most authoritative sources is the community infections survey by the office for national statistics, which picks up those without symptoms. and the head of the 0ns thinks this is a significant moment. we re certainly seeing a major turning point, and we are certainly seeing a real reduction. the question i ask is we re not sure yet whether that will continue to go down. ministers want to end self isolation rules in march, or even before if possible, and say they will be reviewed. it is reasonable to think, just as we are living with flu, for example, we don t require people to legally self isolate but to remain cautious,
over the last two years, but in england, the government has said they will no longer be compulsory in shops and on public transport. the prime minister said masks would still be advisable in some settings, but it was now down to personal choice. we will trust the judgment of the british people and no longer criminalise anyone who chooses not to wear one. so, what is the trend now for covid cases? one of the most authoritative sources is the community infections survey by the office for national statistics, which picks up those without symptoms. and the head of the 0ns thinks this is a significant moment. we re certainly seeing a major turning point, and we are certainly seeing a real reduction. the question i ask is that we re not sure yet whether that will continue to go down. ministers want to end self isolation rules in march, or even before if possible, and say they will be reviewed. it is reasonable to think, just as we are living with flu, for example, we don t require people to
of the british people. and no longer criminalise anyone who chooses not to wear one. so what is the trend now for covid cases? one of the most authoritative sources is the community infection survey by the office for national statistics, which picks up those without symptoms. and the head of the 0ns thanks this is a significant moment. we re certainly seeing a major turning point and we re certainly seeing a real reduction. the question i ask is that we re not sure yet whether that s going to continue to go down. ministers want to end self isolation rules in march or even before if possible and say they will be reviewed. it is reasonable to think, just as we re living with the flu for example, we don t require people to legally self isolate but to remain cautious, to be sensible if they are infected. we will eventually have to find a way to live with covid in a similar fashion.