Boris Johnson is due to hold a press conference this week on his plans for how coronavirus will be managed in the months to come.
Following the scrapping of Covid passports this past weekend, the travel traffic lights system is also expected to be scrapped and PCR tests will no longer be required for fully vaccinated travellers.
The prime minister is expected to take to the podium tomorrow to lay out his plans for managing the likely surge in coronavirus cases this autumn, a move confirmed by the work and pensions secretary Therese Coffey today whilst speaking with Sky News confirming ‘Boris Johnson would address the nation on Tuesday, September 14.’
She said: “When we had a variety of regulations we said we’d go back to Parliament every six months to see if those regulations were still necessary, but also some of the ideas that we wanted to consider, and are still part of the toolbox, like vaccine passports.
“Again we said we were considering bringing these items in but it’s important that we look at exactly what benefits that will bring, and right now the Health Secretary indicated – although we haven’t made a formal decision – that he does not think it is necessary for the vaccine passports to be introduced by the end of the month. But the Prime Minister will be setting out tomorrow a lot more of the detail of the road map ahead, preparing for winter.”
