Update after England publishes its plan for living with Covid

From 24 February, the guidance in England was updated to remove the remaining restrictions:

This means that businesses no longer need to (although they are still voluntarily able to) do things such as:

• asking people to show proof of negative testing or asking them to check-in
• keeping records of customers, visitors, and staff for 21 days to support NHS Test and Trace

As such, they can remove any NHS COVID-19 QR code posters or any systems that they use to collect contact details. 

Businesses that have records of customers, visitors, and staff that they have collected to support NHS Test and Trace are being asked to delete this data in a secure way (eg., permanently deleting electronic files and shredding paper documents) in order to comply with GDPR obligations.

In addition you will not:

• be legally required to self-isolate if you test positive for COVID-19. The recommendation is to stay at home if you can and avoid contact with other people.
• have to take daily tests or be legally required to self-isolate following contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19.

Test and Trace Support Payment Scheme will end. (For those told to self-isolate before 24 February a claim can still be made up to 6 April.)

After 11 February, those fully-vaccinated no longer need to take a COVID-19 test either before or after arriving in the UK.