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Business leaders strengthen calls for overhaul of self-isolation rules amid pingdemic
The Confederation of British Industry has demanded those who have received two doses of a
COVID vaccine should not have to self-isolate for 10 days if they are a contact of an infected person.
And they want those who have not been double-jabbed to be able to take daily lateral flow tests instead of self-isolating.
Many industries are warning of disruption if a continuing rise in COVID cases in England leads to a significant worsening of what has been dubbed the pingdemic of people having to self-isolate.
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Up to a fifth of workers in companies are having to self-isolate after receiving a notification from the NHS Covid app, threatening cuts in production of goods. Business groups and unions told the PA news agency that the problem had escalated this week, leading to pleas for the Government to step in. There are calls to bring forward the August 16 date where the fully vaccinated will not have to self-isolate if they come into contact with someone with Covid-19. The number of people notified by the app in England and Wales recently passed 500,000 in a single week. Stephen Phipson, chief executive of manufacturing organisation Make UK, said: “This is a problem that has escalated significantly over the last week with more and more companies being affected by isolation, with not just an impact on production but a hit to actual shipments of goods going overseas.