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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Telemachus" data-source="post: 2322145" data-attributes="member: 81578">Some further good news to note. The UK Plan B measures announced by Boris at his presser on 8 Dec include the replacement of 10 days’ isolation for Omicron close contacts with a requirement instead to take daily LFD tests. I missed this in initial media reports about the Plan B stuff but it’s now getting more attention e.g. <a href="https://inews.co.uk/news/new-self-isolation-rules-explained-how-daily-rapid-covid-testing-will-stop-you-having-to-isolate-under-plan-b-1343587" target="_blank">New self-isolation rules explained: how daily Covid testing will stop isolating under Plan B</a>.This is the HMG intent and is not yet law. Unlike other recent amendments to the relevant SI the proposed Plan B changes have to be passed by Parliament and may be debated on Tue 14 Dec. They seem likely to become law quickly as no-one wants to see another ‘pingdemic’ with a large part of the population directed to isolate.This is excellent news for me and for other AFF members booked to fly to the UK within the next couple of weeks; and of course for everyone else over there. High up on my personal risk register has been the risk of someone on my flight testing positive for Omicron, resulting in me becoming a close contact and sentenced after arrival in the UK to 10 days in the cooler from Christmas until New Year.</blockquote>