Embattled British PM Boris Johnson Signals Early End to England's COVID Self-Isolation Laws

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that laws requiring people in England with COVID-19 to self-isolate could be lifted by the end of the month amid a fall in infection rates, bringing an end to all domestic coronavirus restrictions.

“Provided the current encouraging trends in the data continue, it is my expectation that we will be able to end the last domestic restrictions – including the legal requirement to self-isolate if you test positive – a full month early,” Johnson told the United Kingdom Parliament on Wednesday.

Under the current rules, people who test positive now have to isolate for five full days. That rule is to expire on March 24.