Yesterday the prime minister announced England's Plan B measures are to end from next Thursday, with mandatory face coverings in public places and Covid passports both dropped. Work from home guidance ended immediately as well. Boris Johnson told MPs scientists believed the Omicron wave had peaked nationally so measures could be relaxed.

Matthew Trainer, Chief Executive of Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust speaks to Today’s Martha Kearney about the change. Also on the programme speaking to Mishal Husain was the Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid.

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