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‘World leaders’: Daily Mail reacts as Boris tears up Covid rules

The newspaper declared February 24th 'Freedom Day' as people will no longer be required to isolate - even if they test positive for Covid.

Jack Peat by Jack Peat
2022-02-10 07:59
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The Daily Mail dubbed Britain ‘World leaders’ after Boris Johnson unveiled his ‘living with Covid’ plans.

The final domestic coronavirus restrictions in England will be lifted within weeks, with people no longer required to isolate even if they test positive for Covid-19.

Johnson announced his intention to scrap the legal duty later this month, as long as “encouraging trends” in the data continue.

Downing Street said the move “shows that the hard work of the British people is paying off” but scientists and campaigners raised fears about the impact the change could have on clinically vulnerable groups.

Reacting to the news the Daily Mail said England “leads the World” in tearing up Covid rules, despite large numbers of people dying from the disease every week since Christmas.

1,802 people died in the last week from covid. It's been over 1,800 almost every week since Christmas. Yeah, we lead the world. #JohnsonOut16 https://t.co/tJImWPMW9B

— Louise Houghton 💚 (@houghton_louise) February 9, 2022

Concern

Phillip Anderson, head of policy at the MS Society, was one of several experts to express concern at the prospect removing the remaining restrictions.

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He said ending the restrictions will “heap yet more worry and confusion on thousands of immunocompromised people”.

“In the face of callous silence from a Government that should be focused on protecting them, they could feel forced to further isolate themselves from others, putting their wider health, wellbeing and livelihoods in danger.”

Daily Mail fantasy. Reality pic.twitter.com/e9nBimHACj

— Simon Gosden. Esq. #fbpe 3.5% 🕷🇪🇺🇬🇧🏴‍☠️🦠💙 (@g_gosden) February 10, 2022

James Taylor from disability equality charity Scope, said:  “Scrapping self-isolation will mean that some disabled people will be feeling very anxious and could potentially be placed in situations that could prove deadly.

“Nobody should be forced to gamble with their lives, and we need the Government to explain to disabled people how they’ll be safe when this decision is introduced.”

Death and hospital admissions

Paul Hunter, professor of medicine at the University of East Anglia, said while there were grounds for optimism in the overall data on deaths and hospital admissions, he had concerns about the vulnerable and people who may not have responded as well to the vaccines.

“There needs to be robust procedures in place to ensure infections in this group are diagnosed early and antivirals are provided within hours of any positive result,” he said.

The #COVID19 Dashboard has been updated: https://t.co/XhspoyTG79

On 9 February 68,214 new cases and 276 deaths in 28 days of a positive test were reported in the UK.

Our data includes the number of people receiving a first, second and booster dose of the #vaccine pic.twitter.com/7MFIMjQ82H

— UK Health Security Agency (@UKHSA) February 9, 2022

Telegraph

Last month the Telegraph slammed Jacinda Ardern and her ‘failed Covid strategy’ after she announced she had postponed her wedding due to the surge in Omicron cases.

Since the start of the pandemic, 53 people have died from Covid in New Zealand.

Conversely, 159,000 have perished from the virus in the United Kingdom.

Related: PMQs – Lone shark PM makes nation indebted to Sunak the slender payday lender 

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