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British economy calls for the abolition of self-isolation

2021-07-31T10:01:11.034Z


More than a million people are currently in quarantine in the UK because they were located as a contact person for corona infected people. The economy is now calling for a rethink.


More than a million people are currently in quarantine in the UK because they were located as a contact person for corona infected people.

The economy is now calling for a rethink.

London - In view of hundreds of thousands of employees in mandatory corona quarantine, the British economy is urgently calling for a rapid change in the rules on self-isolation.

The head of the industrial association CBI, Tony Danker, told the Daily Telegraph newspaper (Saturday) that Prime Minister Boris Johnson must end the regulations on self-isolation for fully vaccinated corona contacts "tomorrow". "Mass isolation" must be replaced by mass tests, said Danker. The opposition also called for the provisions to be changed earlier than planned.

Well over a million people are currently quarantined at home in Great Britain because they were "pinged" by the British Corona app as contact persons for infected people. Even fully vaccinated people have to be in self-isolation. Because of this “pingedemic”, as the British media call the phenomenon, numerous supermarket shelves have recently remained empty, pubs closed and garbage cans full. Production lines stood still. The rules will not change until August 16, when fully vaccinated people will be allowed to leave the house with a negative test despite "pings".

Danker suggested that despite the legal relaxation of the corona rules in England, some measures should be reintroduced and that fully vaccinated employees should also be tested regularly. The economy can also help to stimulate the vaccination campaign, which has stalled especially among young people, with organized mass vaccinations. dpa

Source: merkur

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