Mr Johnson said ahead of his announcement: “Covid will not suddenly disappear, and we need to learn to live with this virus and continue to protect ourselves without restricting our freedoms.
“We’ve built up strong protections against this virus over the past two years through the vaccine rollouts, tests, new treatments, and the best scientific understanding of what this virus can do.
“Thanks to our successful vaccination programme and the sheer magnitude of people who have come forward to be jabbed, we are now in a position to set out our plan for living with Covid this week.”
And speaking on BBC One’s Sunday Morning Programme, the PM said he wanted to encourage “personal responsibility” instead of state diktats.
CASE BY CASE
Mr Johnson said: “I’m not saying you can totally throw caution to the winds, Covid remains dangerous if you’re vulnerable and if you’re not vaccinated, but we need people to be much more confident and get back to work.
“We’ve reached a stage where we think you can shift the balance away from state mandate, away from banning certain courses of action, compelling certain courses of action, in favour of encouraging personal responsibility.
“I do want to see our country really getting back on its feet.”
Despite the change in restrictions, passenger locator forms for those arriving in the UK are set to stay, it’s been reported.
The forms could possibly be scrapped later in the spring.
Passenger locator forms were simplified earlier this month for fully vaccinated travellers, who now only need to confirm their jab status, travel history and contact details.
Travellers must fill the form in before they arrive in the UK. Unvaccinated travellers must also show proof of a negative test.