the benefits of reducing the isolation period from seven days as it was recently reduced from ten days until five. it was recently reduced from ten days untilfive. he it was recently reduced from ten days until five. he said beware of comparisons with united states with the rules are slightly different and it begins with a positive test rather than symptoms but it says it would undoubtedly ease pressure on the nhs but other sectors of the economy where we are seeing huge issues with staff absences down to the sheer numbers of people isolating with covid. and another point of pressure on the government conservative ministers itching for an exit strategy from the pandemic and are sick of restrictions on our lives under looking forward to a stage of seeing coronavirus is endemic rather than a pandemic, something we deal with on an ongoing basis. but on isolation he outlined his thoughts.