Many of these measures have been in place for the best part of two years in what has been the longest sustained curb on personal freedoms imposed by any government since the Second World War, with international travel bearing the brunt of them.
Johnson, though, said most of these rules would end in England on Thursday (24 February) marking a "transition back towards normality". However, he cautioned it was by no means a declaration of victory over Covid, adding the virus would not be going away.
