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British Prime minister Boris Johnson announces all pandemic legal curbs in England will end later this week, urging a shift from government intervention to personal responsibility. Johnson, who has been mired in scandals that have threatened his hold on power, says the legal need for people to self-isolate when infected with Covid-19 would stop from Thursday 24 February 2022. SOUNDBITE
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says the government has decided to "to move the country from coronavirus alert level three to alert level one." SOUNDBITE
French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announces that the country's healthcare workers who are managing the Covid-19 crisis will receive a tax-free bonus of €1,500. (COMPLETE VID1QM0X6_EN) SOUNDBITE
New Zealand's former Covid-19 response minister Chris Hipkins emerges as the sole nominee to replace Jacinda Ardern as the country's new prime minister. Speaking to reporters outside parliament in the capital Wellington, Hipkins said he will strive to "reach a consensus about who was best to lead Labour and therefore New Zealand forward." SOUNDBITE
Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne holds a meeting on Covid-19 via videoconference with the prefects and directors of regional health agencies, as Europe currently experiences a seventh wave of the epidemic. IMAGES
Police direct traffic as vehicles partaking in a 'Freedom Convoy' against Covid-19 restrictions arrive in Jerusalem from 40 cities across Israel. The demonstration is inspired by the Canadian protest movement which is entering its third week. IMAGES