The Prime Minister said 'the sun is shining but we are keeping our umbrella' in the fight against COVID We still strongly encourage both colleagues & passengers to wear them, particularly when they come into close contact with others, but this will no longer be mandatory. They said in a statement: "Effective from Wednesday 16 March, we'll remove the requirement for wearing face coverings at the airport. Heathrow Airport added wearing face masks will not be a requirement from Wednesday. "We can remove these final restrictions thanks to the incredible success of our vaccination programme which has seen more than eight out of 10 adults across the UK boosted." "We will continue monitoring and tracking potential new variants, and keep a reserve of measures which can be rapidly deployed if needed to keep us safe. Sajid Javid also welcomed the news and said: "As we learn to live with COVID, we're taking further steps to open up international travel once again ahead of the Easter holidays. 'We will continue tracking potential new variants' "At least Zoe has agreed to fund us until we get more funding, it is going to keep going but we need some help longer term to do that." "Other surveillance tools have been given the axe, meaning we will have less eyes on the ground and radar on the next variant. "It is slightly ironic they've cancelled the Zoe app, it is like they just want to get rid of the data and move on. Image: Professor Tim Spector warned against rising levels of COVID
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