Business leaders are calling on the government to cut the self-isolation period for people in England who contract Covid-19 from seven days to five, in an effort to curb labour shortages across industry.
The Federation of Small Businesses said Sir Chris Whitty, the government’s chief medical adviser, and Sir Patrick Vallance, chief scientific adviser, should review the case for a five-day self-isolation time as recently recommended by US authorities.
The UK government last month cut the self-isolation period after a positive Covid test for double- and triple-vaccinated people in England from 10 to seven days, to try to ease staff pressures for businesses and public services as the Omicron coronavirus variant spread through the population.
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