Monday morning UK news briefing: PM urged to end pingdemic
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19 July 2021 • 7:44am
Today was dubbed Freedom Day when Boris Johnson announced it would spell the end of all legal Covid restrictions.
But it will be overshadowed by the so-called pingdemic , with hundreds of thousands of people in self-isolation, causing chaos for businesses.
The Prime Minister is under pressure to end the mad system as both he and Chancellor Rishi Sunak are in quarantine as close contacts of Health Secretary Sajid Javid, who tested positive for coronavirus on Saturday.
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