The health secretary told the Commons on Wednesday (8 December) that if the Omicron variant of Covid-19, "as is expected", becomes the dominant strain of Covid, "there will be less need to have any kind of travel restrictions at all".
Javid’s comments came in response to a question tabled by Birmingham Hall Green MP Tahir Ali in a Commons debate that coincided with a briefing hosted by prime minister Boris Johnson setting out the government’s Covid "Plan B".
New rules include a wider face-mask mandate that will extend to more public settings, including theatres and cinemas, and advice urging people to work from home where possible.
