UK premier plans to end all COVID-19 restrictions a month early

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told parliament on Wednesday that he plans to end all remaining COVID-19 restrictions this month.

"It is my intention to return on the first day after the half-term recess to present our strategy for living with COVID," he told lawmakers.

"Providing the current encouraging trends in the data continue, it is my expectation that we will be able to end the last domestic restrictions, including the legal requirement to self-isolate if you test positive, a full month early."

The restrictions were due to end on March 24, but Johnson now wants to end them on Feb. 21.