on the extent of disruption. this is affecting nine companies around the country as you say, it s train drivers walking out for one day on saturday the 13th. on some of those affected networks, there will be no trains at all, for example, on south eastern services and cross country and where there are trains on great western and lner, there will be an extremely limited service. so, people are being told basically not to travel and to check before they set off if they do need to travel, and the rail delivery group which represents train companies says people can use advance tickets the day before or on subsequent days up until the 16th of august. just to be clear, because there s been disruption already as i mentioned, that was with the rmt union, this is a separate industrial action? that s right. in this case it is nine train companies, it does not in this case, it s nine train companies, it doesn t sound like much maybe,
england next month. we re already seeing businesses unable to function, hospitality businesses having to close. if i take nurseries for example, they have to maintain legal ratios of staff to children in order to stay open, and the early years sector has a young workforce, many of whom are not double vaccinated. so cases are skyrocketing and nurseries are being put in the position of having to turn families away in orderto maintain legal ratios. which families do you think they should be prioritising? we have to make sure that we use the tools we have to, in the form of isolation, to get through this particular phase. it won t last long. is it the case that until we get to that point on the 16th of august, people who have been jabbed twice will have to isolate even if they ve had a negative covid test? we re asking people to isolate. i know how frustrating it is, but. why?
of holyrood on tuesday. the welsh government is also expected to say more about its thinking in the coming days. there are new covid rules for schools in england too. on one day, more than 6a1,000 children missed school because of covid restrictions. the education secretary told mps that whole bubbles, or classes, of children will no longer be sent home to isolate after one person tests positive. we recognise that the system of bubbles and isolation is causing disruption to many children s education. that is why we ll be ending bubbles and transferring contact tracing to the nhs test and trace system for early years settings, schools and colleges. from the 16th of august, children will only need to isolate if they have tested positive for covid 19. labour said ministers couldn t wish away the challenges of the pandemic.
lives on hold forever. he said rules and regulations would be replaced by guidance and good sense. we will revoke all social distancing guidance including the two metre rule. hallelujah! except. laughter. ..for in specific settings such as ports of entry and medical settings where of course it will continue to make sense. it will no longer be a legal requirement to wearface coverings in any setting including public transport. sajid javid was back 2a hours later to announce changes to the self isolation rules. from the 16th of august, when even more people will have the protection of both doses and when modelling suggests the risks from the virus will be even lower, anyone who is a close contact of a positive case will no longer have to self isolate if they have been fully vaccinated.
not this time. ministers are taking the opposite approach in england, confident vaccines will protect more of us from the worst of this third wave. will hospitals cope with rising covid cases, prime minister? more infections mean more people with long covid and the risk of new variants. the labour leader says we re heading for a summer of chaos and confusion. let s be clear why the number of cases will surge so quickly, because he is taking all protections off in one go. that is reckless. is the prime minister really comfortable with a plan that means 100,000 people catching this virus every day and everything that entails? we will continue with a balanced and reasonable approach, and i have given the reasons. this country has rolled out the fastest vaccination programme anywhere in europe. the vaccines provide more than 90% protection against hospitalisation. but the owners of this teashop in grantchester are facing another problem. they re closed because so many staff are at home aft