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Covid rules end - but is this the right time to do it?

Feb 24, 202220 min
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Episode description

Is this the right time to relax Covid restrictions? Will a lack of testing weaken our attempts to track new variants? And how much will a lateral flow cost you come April?

Health Editor Emily Morgan and our new Science Editor Deborah Cohen deliver the answers as they join ITV News presenter Faye Barker to analyse the government’s Living With Covid plan for England.

So how much of a gamble is dropping restrictions? Why are health care staff concerned by the end of free mass testing? And does it matter that the four home nations are still not united when it comes to Covid rules?

Listen to this speedy briefing to find out what you need to know.
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