We don't think COVID Plan B is required - UK's Raab

FILE PHOTO: A person wearing a protective face mask walks past seasonal illuminations on the South Bank, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in London, Britain, December 4, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

Britain will not require stricter domestic COVID restrictions in the run-up to Christmas because vaccines had put the country into a more resilient position than a year ago, Justice Secretary Dominic Raab said on Tuesday.

"We don't think Plan B is required," he told BBC radio. "Why? Because of the success of the vaccine programme."

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Justice Secretary Dominic Raab arrives at the BBC headquarters to appear on The Andrew Marr Show, in London, Britain December 5, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

(Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge and Paul Sandle)