Covid-19 UK self-isolation CUT to five full days to get more Brits back to work

Coronavirus latest - COVID-19 isolation will be slashed to FIVE full days - in a push to get more Brits back to work.

The Health Secretary today revealed the major rule change will come in next Monday.

He told ministers people who test positive in England will be allowed to leave isolation after five full days, with negative tests on days five and six.

The major change follows weeks of calls to slash isolation, after the NHS has struggled with mass staff absences.

Health chiefs had resisted doing this sooner, after already reducing isolation from ten to seven days just before Christmas.

But as fresh research suggested the change would only result in an extra two in 100 people leaving quarantine while still infectious, ministers changed their minds.

Key UK Health Security Agency modelling probed the risk of a positive case spreading the virus after two negative lateral flow tests.

It found eight per cent would still be infectious on day five, compared to 6.2 per cent on day seven.

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[QANews]

_"At first, people were afraid of the coronavirus, but now the only concern is a lack of money. When there's no money there's no way to afford a pandemic, that's how the pandemic ends; in austerity & poverty."_ - *Unvaccinated* 2022

[dcasteaux]

Patient : Does it give immunity?
Doctor : Only to the manufacturer.

[acidphaze]

I think Savage Jabbit needs to do one. You can fearmonger all you want, the people won't listen to you anymore. You went around having parties while you interfered with everyone's life. It is over for you.

[paulhoskin]

Its not about peoples health and safety .its about the economy

[ItsasifHitlerneverhappened]

*SHOW YOUR CONTEMPT FOR GOVERNMENT - DON'T WEAR A MASK IN PUBLIC.*

[israeldiegoriverageniusth]

We have a moral duty not to comply. No to discriminatory vaccine passports and mandates, it is an utter disgrace. This must not happen England. Will never vote Labour or Tory again. Disgrace

[lostinpa-dadenduro]

The great Bamboozle is coming to light. People are going to be upset they were played.

[alipratt]

'The welfare of humanity has always been the alibi of tyrants.' - Albert Camus

"If you have to be persuaded, pressured, reminded, lied to, incentivized, coerced, bullied, socially shamed, guilt-tripped, threatened, punished and if all of this is considered necessary to gain your compliance - you can be absolutely certain that what is being promoted is not in your best interest." - Ian Watson

[philwhitelaw]

No mention of vaxxed only so I assume it applies to everyone.

[seaskimmer]

They want more Brits back at work yet they've just announced they are limiting the number of coaches on the trains. How does that work?

[marcj]

For some reason, I feel like eating a box of malteasers.

[davidgray]

You want to get me back to work so you can fire me due to mandates 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[jabbadabbajew]

Still not as good as my isolation period, which is 0 days. 👍

[rayrowland]

yeah they hate doing it so much thats why its been going on over two years.

[teamupleft]

The PM only has their power at the decision of whichever party has a majority in Parliament and that's it.
Why hasn't anybody asked MPs in interviews what they think about a change to the law to have recall elections?

[craigo]

Wow that makes perfect sense 👌. Keep up the good work 👏

[mariuszhope]

Jesus Christ is the Way, the Truth, the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Him. There is no other intermediary. May Jesus Bless you, trust Him, give your life - and He will take care of it :pray Convert yourself and believe in the Gospel;

I recommend checking the meaning of pharmacy from the Greek FARMAKEIA - literally the operation of medicine during the time of ancient Egypt or Assyria, Biblical translation as the full meaning of this term

[mandismith]

not gonna stop nhs staff swinging the lead