Pubs won't have to check the Covid-19 vaccine status of their customers until 'immediately before 1am' in a policy that is being ridiculed online.Government guidance laying out the new rules amid the Omicron variant sets out the discretion that landlords and staff have in the coming weeks.It states that a venue may choose to either 'check all visitors for the entire it is open, both before and after 1am' or 'check all visitors who remain in the venue immediately before 1am, and begin to use door checks on new entrants from this time onwards'.The news comes after Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday confirmed that one person has died with the new variant in the UK, though it is not clear what actually killed him.Johnson said: “Sadly yes.
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