Key workers still face Covid self-isolation when they are at home - The Times

Key workers who are exempt from quarantine will still have to adhere to the normal isolation rules when not at work, the government has said.

Ministers announced last night that emergency measures to protect food supplies will see thousands of workers in critical areas such as supermarket depots and food manufacturing avoid the need to self-isolate if pinged or contacted by a test and trace official.

George Eustice, the environment secretary, said ministers were “never going to take risks with our food supply”, following reports of empty shelves in supermarkets, and had decided the most important thing was to ensure “that those main arteries in our food supply chain keep working”.

George Eustice said it was vital to maintain “the main arteries” in the food supply chain

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The same exemptions were made for frontline NHS and social care staff earlier this

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2021-07-23 16:30:00Z
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