England is just three days away from ending virtually all Covid restrictions as UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveils his Living With Covid plan to the nation.
04.02.2022 - 15:57 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Recent changes in Covid rules as England fully embraces the government's 'Plan B' means that certain people are not required to self-isolate if they've been in close contact with an infected person.
If you have been in close contact with someone who is infected with the coronavirus, you will likely be contacted by test and trace informing you that you may have to self-isolate.
Usually, the message will inform you whether you need to self-isolate or not and if you should order a PCR test as soon as possible to see if you have caught the virus.
Even if you do not have to self-isolate, you should still take extra care and practice personal health measures to help avoid catching or spreading Covid-19.
If you are caught avoiding self-isolation when you are legally required to do so, the police could fine you up to £1,000 for a first offence which can jump as high as £10,000 for repeated offences.
You do not need to self-isolate as long as you meet one of the following criteria:
Meanwhile, those aged five years and over who have been in contact with someone with Covid-19 but are not legally required to self isolate should follow some safety mesaures.
These include:
If an LFD test shows a positive result you should self-isolate immediately and report the results.
But, if your test is negative then you are most likely not infected at the time the test was taken.
In the case of a negative test, you are strongly advised to do the following:
The government states that this advice should be followed for 10 days after your most recent contact with a person who is confirmed to have Covid-19.
England is just three days away from ending virtually all Covid restrictions as UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveils his Living With Covid plan to the nation.
K.J. Yossman Prime Minister Boris Johnson has confirmed the U.K.
COVID.Downing Street has said that Prime Minister Boris Johnson will reveal details of his “living with COVID” plan on Monday (February 21) – outlining that factors such as vaccination, testing, and anti-viral drugs will be enough to keep people safe, rather than expecting infected people to stay at home.Self-isolation regulations for those who test positive and their close contacts are expected to cease by the end of this week.“COVID will not suddenly disappear, and we need to learn to live with this virus and continue to protect ourselves without restricting our freedoms,” said Johnson. “We’ve built up strong protections against this virus over the past two years through the vaccine rollouts, tests, new treatments and the best scientific understanding of what this virus can do.”He added: “Thanks to our successful vaccination programme and the sheer magnitude of people who have come forward to be jabbed, we are now in a position to set out our plan for living with COVID this week.”Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary told BBC‘s Sunday Morning today (February 20) this was “declaring victory before the war is over”, that ending mandatory self-isolation was “not the right thing to do” and that this was a distraction from the ongoing ‘partygate’ scandal.“At this stage the PM risks muddying the waters,” he said. “We want to see the government publish the scientific advice because at the moment this seems very premature.”“He continued: It seems like Boris Johnson is keen to declare victory before the war is over in the hope he gets some headlines about ‘victory day on COVID’ instead police officers asking questions about actions in Number 10.”Labour Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting tells #Raworth that dropping remaining
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