POLL: Will you go into work even if you are positive for coronavirus?

People with coronavirus will no longer be forced into isolation as England begins a new route on the road to living with the virus.

In setting outs its 'living with covid' plans the government says the country will begin to treat covid like other infectious diseases such as flu.

Alongside doing away with the legal requirement to remain at home while infected, routine contact tracing and self-isolation support payments are also among the features of the last two years that will cease to exist.

Jonathan Gribbin, director of Pubic Health for Nottinghamshire, said the changes had flagged up a potential vulnerability in the workplace that arises with all kinds of illnesses.

"There is a need for us as a nation to recalibrate and support people differently in workplaces when they are unwell," he said.

"This applies not just to coronavirus and the testing of it, but to how we think about people who are unwell and want to stay away from work.

"It can play out very differently for different people depending on what kind of support they get.

"In adjusting our behaviours as we move into the next phase of the pandemic, we do need to be aware that different people will live with a different degree of risk."

While the law will no longer tell you to isolate with coronavirus, and you'll no longer face a £1,000 fine if you're found to have left the house while infected, Boris Johnson has been quick to point out we must not suddenly throw caution to the wind.

Until April 1 anyone who has tested positive is being advised to stay at home and avoid contact with others for at least five full days and continue to follow that guidance until they have received two negative test results on two consecutive days as per the rules which were in place up until this morning.

While people will still be asked to self isolate if they are infected until April 1, previous financial support that had been available for people stuck at home with covid - or caring for a child with coronavirus - came to a halt on Thursday.

The £500 self isolation support payment, which was paid as a lump sum to people off work and was set up to help encourage people to follow previous self-isolation rules, is being scrapped.

Those who aren't able to get any money from their workplace if they're at home with Covid 19 can still apply for Statutory Sick Pay.