Sajid Javid has announced a consultation on scrapping the requirement that all NHS and social care staff in England are fully vaccinated against Covid.
Frontline health workers had been given until April 1 to get both jabs - but there are concerns it would cause serious staffing shortages.
The decision is the result of the Omicron variant - which is generally much milder than previous ones - as well as warnings that the workforce could lose 80,000 members, a potentially crippling loss for an already strained health service.
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