News Round-Up
26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
More than half a million people in England alone were told to self-isolate last week after coming into contact with a person who tested positive for Covid. It's no wonder so many people are deleting the NHS Covid app.
A Manchester mother is demanding an apology from the police for sending officers in a riot van to check that her 12 year-old daughter – who believed "she was going to get arrested at any moment" – was self-isolating.
Fully vaccinated Brits will not have to self-isolate after coming into contact with someone who has tested positive for Covid from August 16th. The Government has not granted the same change to unvaccinated Brits.
The Government will end the requirement for fully vaccinated Brits to quarantine after coming into contact with a person who has tested positive for Covid within weeks, despite concerns that some could "game" the system.
UEFA officials have been handed a free pass to avoid quarantining when watching Euro 2020 games in the U.K., but England fans hoping to watch the match against Ukraine this weekend will be awarded no such treatment.
Gavin Williams says he expects the scrapping of the school bubble system to be announced as part of the end of lockdown on July 19th. A minister has admitted that her postbag has been full with complaints from parents.
The Government could announce within days that pupils will no longer be required to automatically isolate after contact with a peer who has tested positive for Covid when schools return in September.
The gap between vaccinated and unvaccinated Brits is set to grow under new plans to exempt people who have received both doses from having to quarantine after coming into contact with Covid carriers.
People who have had two doses of a Covid vaccine will still have to self-isolate for 10 days if they come into contact with someone infected with Covid after the "end" of lockdown.
Travellers entering the U.K. from "red list" countries have complained of a deterioration in their mental and physical health due to "prison-like" conditions in £1,750-per-adult quarantine hotels.
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