Pm announcement today - Leeds Covid recap as first weekend before Plan B restrictions are dropped

And there were a further 54,073 Covid-19 infections reported, bringing the total to 10,771,444.

But from Tuesday, this will be scrapped and double-jabbed people identified as a contact of someone with Covid will be told to take a daily rapid test for seven days instead.

Despite being, initial studies indicate the new strain does not often lead to serious disease like the Delta variant.

However, all packs of Covid tests have been stripped clean from the official site, as people rushed to order in stocks ahead of Christmas.

Addressing the nation on the occasion of Guru Nanak Jayanti on Friday morning, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the government has decided to repeal the three farm laws, which were at the centre of protests by farmers for the past year, and appealed to the protesting farmers to return home.

In the name of God, go.