COVID-19: Frontline health workers to be spared from isolation rules to tackle NHS ‘pingdemic’ crisis as England lockdown lifts

AndronETalksNews
Sky News
By Jon Craig
July 19, 2021
Frontline health workers in England are to be spared self-isolation rules in an emergency move to tackle the “pingdemic” that has triggered an NHS staffing crisis.
Coinciding with the lifting of most mandatory lockdown restrictions in England, fully vaccinated NHS and social care staff may not have to isolate if they are pinged by the COVID-19 app.
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