Ministers are expected to announce new Covid restrictions across England later on Wednesday. Below is a guide to what might happen, and how.
Assuming ministers intend to use plan B, this is an autumn/winter contingency plan for fast-rising Covid cases set out when restrictions were lifted over the summer. It set out three mitigations: a requirement to wear a mask in some settings; advice to work from home for a period; and so-called Covid status certificates, or vaccine passports. Advice on mask use has already changed, meaning people are required to use them on public transport and in shops.
Under plan B, this would involve people having to prove their vaccination status in order to enter “a limited number of settings, with specific
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