vaccinated will no longer have to automatically self isolate. similar rules are already in place in scotland and wales. for more on this, let s speak to our regular gp, dr nighat arif. good morning, lovely to speak to you as ever. these are quite big changes, aren t they?- as ever. these are quite big changes, aren t they? yes, in encland changes, aren t they? yes, in england today changes, aren t they? yes, in england today from changes, aren t they? yes, in england today from the - changes, aren t they? yes, in england today from the 16th i changes, aren t they? yes, in| england today from the 16th of august, it comes into effect that if you have been in contact with someone who has tested positive for covid 19 and you are double vaccinated, then you don t have to self isolate for ten days which will mean fantastic news for lots of businesses and if i m completely honest, a lot of my patients were getting frustrated, they would say, i have been double vaccinated, and i am asympto
i ve had disabled it by turning the bluetooth off. also the department of health admitted that injuly by the end ofjuly about 10% fewer people were using it to check into venues. so i guess we can see this move as a bit of a grand bargain by the government, they are saying to the government, they are saying to the public stick with the app because we think it is really useful. but in return will make sure you only get told to self isolate if you only get told to self isolate if you really are at high risk of having caught covid. one more thing to bear in mind is that after the 16th of august in england if you do get notified by the app you lljust be encouraged to take a laboratory assessed test, it won t actually be told to self isolate because that rule crucially is about to go. that all changes rule crucially is about to go. that all changes in rule crucially is about to go. that all changes in two rule crucially is about to go. that all changes in two weeks time. thank you ve
bargain by the government. they are saying to the public stick with the app because we think it s really useful, but in return we will make sure you only get told to self isolate if you really are at high risk of having caught covid. one more thing to bear in mind, which is that after the 16th of august in england, if you do get notified by the app you willjust be encouraged to take a laboratory assessed test, you won t actually be told to self isolate, because that rule, crucially, is about to go. in afghanistan, heavy fighting continues as the taliban push hard to gain control of three key cities. they ve made rapid gains since the united states started to withdraw its forces from the country. the militants are now on the verge of overrunning the city of lashkar gar in the south, and there s fierce fighting in kandahar and herat in the west. on monday they pushed
wales, scotland has its own app. there will still be people who get pinged and after a salute. brute there will still be people who get pinged and after a salute. we are for now although pinged and after a salute. we are for now although the pinged and after a salute. we are for now although the rules - pinged and after a salute. we are for now although the rules in - for now although the rules in england are due to change on the 16th of august, from then on, if you are identified as a close case, close contact of that case you will be strongly encouraged to take a lab test, pcr test, rather than test, pcr test, ratherthan self isolating which so many of us have been doing throughout the pandemic. have been doing throughout the andemic. ~ . have been doing throughout the andemic. ~ , , pandemic. multiple times, in some cases! thank pandemic. multiple times, in some cases! thank you pandemic. multiple times, in some cases! thank you so pandemic. multiple times, in some cases!
nobody could expect this level of staff absences. 50 nobody could expect this level of staff absences. staff absences. so we have staff absences in staff absences. so we have staff absences in hospitality - staff absences. so we have staff absences in hospitality but - staff absences. so we have staff absences in hospitality but right| absences in hospitality but right across the board what for you looks like a workable policy so that you can get your industry back on track? our industry is slightly different from others. we have 60% of our workforce aged under 30. for those younger workers, through no fault of their own, they cannot be double vaccinated or fully vaccinated by the 16th of august so we need a workable cipher isolation policy for those who are not double vaccinated. we would like something that is similar to schools or travel, such as test to release. this keeps the economy moving and last people to carry on working and we have the pandemic testing trace happening ove