england trail 3 0 in the series, with one test to play. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. england s education secretary, nadhim zahawi, has backed cutting the covid isolation period in england from seven to five days. he said if there s evidence it s safe, the change could reduce staffing pressures on schools, hospitals and other important sectors. the uk health security agency is reviewing the length of the isolation period. mr zahawi said ministers are doing all they can to make sure the health service can operate during what he called a rocky few weeks . our political correspondent jonathan blake is with me. tell us more about what he said. there is a couple of main points to
the health service can operate during what he called a rocky few weeks . jonathan blake is our political correspondent. as the education secretary, nadhim zahawi puts it, the uk moves from being in a position of a pandemic to coronavirus being endemic, and that in itself will do something to appease pressure from backbenchers on borisjohnson who are keen to see an exit strategy from the restrictions we have been living underfrom one extent to another for the last two years or $0. but particularly on this period of isolation, which was reduced recently from ten to seven days, he is the first cabinet minister to really talk openly about the possibility of it coming down further to five days. and it is not a decision ministers take on a whim or on their own. certainly, up to this point in the pandemic, they have relied on advice from the uk health and security agency to make any change there. but in the context of huge staff absences in schools, in hospitals and other sectors of the econ
england and australia in the fourth ashes test. england trail three nil in the series, with one test to play. the education secretary, nadhim zahawi, has backed cutting the covid isolation period in england from seven to five days. he said if there s evidence it s safe, the change could reduce staffing pressures on schools, hospitals and other important sectors. the uk health security agency is reviewing thelength of the isolation period. mr zahawi said ministers are doing all they can to make sure the health service can operate during what he called a rocky few weeks . our political correspondent jonathan blake is with me. tell us what nadhim zahawi he is not saying we should do this and do it now but he has illustrated