Controversial Covid passes will be scrapped in England this month as the country's Omicron wave continues to collapse, it was claimed today. Health Secretary Sajid Javid is said to have told MPs that he shared their 'instinctive discomfort' at the certificates, which 100 Tories voted against. Britain's Covid cases have fallen week-on-week for the past eight days in a row, with 109,000 new positive tests on Thursday. Yesterday he slammed the 'Covid theatre' of masks and passes, and called lockdown a 'serious mistake'. Earlier on Thursday, Mr Javid cut the number of days people have to self-isolate if they test positive for Covid in England to five.

Source: The Times January 14, 2022 10:58 UTC