Boris Johnson announces winter COVID plan, with “plan B” for gig passports

nme.com:

Boris Johnson has laid out his winter COVID plan, including a potential ‘plan B’ for vaccine passports at large events.The Prime Minister revealed the plans in a press conference held at Downing Street yesterday (September 14).

In the speech, he said that while the government and its scientific advisers are “confident in the vaccines that have made such a difference to our lives,” they did not rule out new measures coming into place in the event of “unsustainable pressure” being put on the NHS.These potential measures include mask wearing becoming mandatory once again, staff being asked to work from home and vaccine passport certificates being required for events with over 500 people in attendance.The news comes after the government’s plans.