{"id":999589,"date":"2022-02-22T04:57:58","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T04:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/22\/boris-johnson-announces-end-of-almost-all-covid-19-restrictions-in-england\/"},"modified":"2022-02-22T04:57:58","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T04:57:58","slug":"boris-johnson-announces-end-of-almost-all-covid-19-restrictions-in-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/22\/boris-johnson-announces-end-of-almost-all-covid-19-restrictions-in-england\/","title":{"rendered":"Boris Johnson announces end of almost all COVID-19 restrictions in England"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<article>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(15, 20, 25);\">The prime minister announced that \u201call remaining domestic restrictions will be removed\u201d in England. Free asymptomatic testing for the public is set to end on April 1, but those with symptoms from the most vulnerable populations will still receive free tests. Requirements to self-isolate after a positive test will also be removed, but the infection survey will remain and the ability to ramp up testing through NHS will be possible. Johnson cited the cost of widespread testing and said the country needs to \u201clearn to live with this virus and continue protecting ourselves and others without restrictions on our freedoms.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(15, 20, 25);\">NB: This Moment has been updated to reflect that the most vulnerable populations will still receive free tests after April 1 if they are symptomatic. Optimistically, South Africa is soon to follow with lifting the remaining restriction, everything is about to go back to its normal state. i can\u2019t wait for the new South Africa where we\u2019ll be able to get in everywhere without being asked for face masks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(15, 20, 25);\">Source : <\/span>https:\/\/twitter.com\/i\/events\/1495756549435785219?t=bO7eHHYbu5kqiUWvOAfI2A&amp;s=09<\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: Solly_bombe (via  Opera<br \/>News )<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"copyright hide\">\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       () , , , , , , , , .      \/ ,  and\/or  .     ,  , and\/or  ,      and\/or     <\/span><br \/><span class=\"see-more\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<section class=\"tags\">\nBoris Johnson<br \/>England<br \/>Johnson<br \/>South Africa<br \/><\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The prime minister announced that \u201call remaining domestic restrictions will be removed\u201d in England. Free asymptomatic testing for the public is set to end on April 1, but those with symptoms from the most vulnerable populations will still receive free tests. Requirements to self-isolate after a positive test will also be removed, but the infection [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":999590,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3894],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-999589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-south-africa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/999589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=999589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/999589\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=999589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=999589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=999589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}