People in Newcastle have had their say on the Government's decision to end all legal Covid-19 measures.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that the requirement to self-isolate if you test positive will be scrapped from Thursday, along with the payment for those on low incomes who test positive.
Free Covid lateral flow tests will also come to an end from April 1 with remaining symptomatic testing focused on the most vulnerable.
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It comes as the Prime Minister set out the strategy for “living with Covid” and said there are "sufficient levels of immunity to complete the transition” from laws to relying on vaccines and treatments and individuals making the right choices.
Following the announcement, we took to the streets of Newcastle to ask people in the city whether they felt it was the right time to end to end all restrictions.
Ann and Rob Walker from Throckley said they felt that ending the legal requirement to isolate if you have Covid was putting people at risk and said they did not feel safe as a result.
Rob, 62, said: "I think it is still a bit early to end restrictions.
"I think you should still isolate as you are still spreading the virus.
"I think it is wrong to end the free testing, it should still be free a lot of people can't afford to buy it.
"I don't feel safe as a result."
Ann, 63, added: "I would still stay in if I tested positive.
"I have known people who have said I don't test because I have got to go to work, so they'd rather not know they had it and then not break the law going into work."
Anna Short, 21, from North Shields, and Lauren Beesley, 23, from Harrogate, also said that they will continue to isolate if they tested positive and didn't agree with the scrapping of free tests.
"I think the restrictions have ended too soon," Anna said.
"I think I would still isolate personally if I got it but I think a lot less people are going to do tests now.
"I still think a lot of people would isolate, it's just whether they would be allowed the time off work [to do so] since it's not the law any more.
"I also think the tests should still be free and accessible if people wanted them."
She continued: "I still feel safe despite the restrictions coming to an end because I am not at risk, but I get that people who are at risk wouldn't feel safe."
Lexxi Smith, 16, also felt that people should continue to isolate if they have Covid.
"I would prefer to isolate and I would feel safer doing so," she said.
"I think people should continue to test if they have symptoms.
"I have been testing regularly throughout the pandemic as we had to for school."
However, Duncan Finnamore, 23, from Preston, doesn't think the ending of all legal Covid-19 measures will make too much of a difference.
"I think it is a bit overdue," he said.
"It has not been particularly harsh for that long, has it?
"The proper serious lockdowns ended ages ago.
"I will still continue to isolate if I test positive for Covid unless there is an emergency or something.
"It's not a big a deal, I don't think it's going to change things too much."
With regards to the ending of Covid testing, Duncan said he didn't test regularly unless he went to social functions or if he was asked to by friends.
"They were making an awful lot of tests so I can't really blame the Government for dropping it," he said.
"It would be nice if it was free but then they can't spend stupid money on it, can they?"
