have announced plans to go even further. 0ur have announced plans to go even further. our plan was to use the time that plan b gave us to give ourselves extra power in our fight against omicron. this plan has worked and the data shows that omicron is in retreat. today's 0ns data shows a fall in infections, including an older age groups. hospitalisations have also fallen over the past week and the number of covid patients in intensive care bedsis covid patients in intensive care beds is now at the same level as it was back injuly. i have always said that we would open up the country as soon as the data supports it and earlier today that's why we announced three important changes as part of our return to plan a. first, starting immediately, the government