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British Prime minister Boris Johnson announces all pandemic legal curbs in England will end later this week, urging a shift from government intervention to personal responsibility. Johnson, who has been mired in scandals that have threatened his hold on power, says the legal need for people to self-isolate when infected with Covid-19 would stop from Thursday 24 February 2022. SOUNDBITE
British Prime minister Boris Johnson announces that all legal requirements for wearing facemasks and social distancing are likely to end in England on July 19. SOUNDBITE N°9DY6TX
British Prime minister Boris Johnson gives Captain Sir Tom Moore, the 100-year-old British war veteran who became a national hero for his extraordinary fundraising efforts during the pandemic, a round of applause in recognition of his record-breaking achievements. Moore raised nearly £33 million ($45 million, 37 million euros) for UK health service charities by completing 100 lengths of his garden before his 100th birthday last April. Moore died in hospital in Bedford, southern England, after receiving treatment for pneumonia and testing positive for coronavirus. IMAGES
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces new stricter lockdown measures aimed at fighting the rising Covid-19 case numbers in the country. Britain -- one of the worst-affected countries by the global health crisis, with over 75,000 deaths -- has been pinning its hopes on a mass vaccination drive to halt the resurgent virus. SOUNDBITE
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says that the UK will remain on lockdown until at least the 1st of June when there could be a phased reopening. SOUNDBITE