The plan for England is expected to be announced next week as Britain emerges from the Omicron wave. The strategy should see freedoms expanded back towards pre-pandemic norms in an attempt to adjust people's attitudes towards coronaviruses.
The decisions taken this weekend will have a big impact on public health. Lifting further measures is unlikely to come without a cost, particularly for those in vulnerable groups, as vaccines have drastically blunted Covid hospitalisations and deaths.
We take a look at what could change.
The free home-delivered LFTs for all are likely to be scrapped soon. The tests for people who don't have Covid symptoms should be wound down, withhawks pushing for a reigning in of billions of pounds in public spending.
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