{"id":574,"date":"2022-01-28T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/centreforjournalismprojects.co.uk\/kentconnect\/?p=574"},"modified":"2022-01-28T16:43:19","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T16:43:19","slug":"are-people-in-kent-concerned-about-the-easing-of-covid-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/centreforjournalismprojects.co.uk\/kentconnect\/2022\/01\/28\/are-people-in-kent-concerned-about-the-easing-of-covid-restrictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Are people in Kent concerned about the easing of Covid restrictions?\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the 27<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;of January Covid-19 restrictions were eased in the UK, meaning face-masks are no longer mandatory in indoor spaces, Coronavirus passports are not a necessity and rules on isolation have changed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kent Connect News readers responded in our latest Twitter poll, where we asked whether they would feel safe with the lack of rules in place. 59% of those who responded said they wouldn\u2019t feel safe, with 41% saying they wouldn\u2019t feel worried.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So quite a close call as we move out of Plan B back to Plan A, however some shops will still ask customers to wear face coverings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People in the UK are also no longer advised to work from home, however they are required to still wear face coverings on public transport.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There will be some further lifting of restrictions from Monday 31<sup>st<\/sup>&nbsp;of January.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the 27th&nbsp;of January Covid-19 restrictions were eased in the UK, meaning face-masks are no longer mandatory in indoor spaces, Coronavirus passports are not a necessity and rules on isolation have changed.&nbsp; Kent Connect News readers responded in our latest Twitter poll, where we asked whether they would feel safe with the lack of rules [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[66,2,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-local-stories-around-the-county","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/centreforjournalismprojects.co.uk\/kentconnect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/centreforjournalismprojects.co.uk\/kentconnect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/centreforjournalismprojects.co.uk\/kentconnect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/centreforjournalismprojects.co.uk\/kentconnect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/centreforjournalismprojects.co.uk\/kentconnect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=574"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/centreforjournalismprojects.co.uk\/kentconnect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":577,"href":"http:\/\/centreforjournalismprojects.co.uk\/kentconnect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574\/revisions\/577"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/centreforjournalismprojects.co.uk\/kentconnect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/centreforjournalismprojects.co.uk\/kentconnect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/centreforjournalismprojects.co.uk\/kentconnect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/centreforjournalismprojects.co.uk\/kentconnect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}