March 28, 2024

Rail services grind to a halt amid Covid staffing crisis – Daily Mail

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Isolation for positive Covid cases is cut from 10 to seven days releasing up to 280,000 to enjoy Christmas and easing the crippling absentee burden on the NHS – but unvaccinated contacts must still quarantine for the full 10 days 

Health chiefs have today announced those who test positive for Covid can be released after seven days, rather than 10, providing they take two lateral flow tests at the end of that period.

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Isolation for positive Covid cases is cut from 10 to seven days releasing up to 280,000 to enjoy Christmas and easing the crippling absentee burden on the NHS – but unvaccinated contacts must still quarantine for the full 10 days 

Health chiefs have today announced those who test positive for Covid can be released after seven days, rather than 10, providing they take two lateral flow tests at the end of that period.

More than 280,000 people infected with coronavirus and facing Christmas alone can now safely enjoy festivities with their families after a change in isolation rules.

Health chiefs have today announced those who test positive for Covid can be released after seven days, rather than 10, providing they take two lateral flow tests at the end of that period.

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said infected patients can take the tests 24 hours apart on day six and seven of their isolation period, which if negative means they can stop quarantining.

This means the 102,875 people who tested positive on December 15, the 95,058 positive cases the following day, and a further 82,945 people who contracted the virus on December 17, will be free to enjoy Christmas together with loved ones under the new rules.

It has also been hailed as a major boost to the NHS, with Health Secretary Sajid Javid reportedly among those concerned at the number of staff who’ve been off work with the virus under the 10-day rule. 

However, unvaccinated adults who have come into contact with someone infected with Covid must still self-isolate until 10 days after their estimated date of exposure to the virus. 

 

Christmas train travel is already being badly disrupted by Omicron – and is only going to get worse – with almost one in ten railway staff now off sick or isolating as the Government slashed the isolation period for the fully vaccinated from ten days to seven days. 

Britons now being told to travel as soon as possible over the festive period because of growing cancellations, it was revealed today.

The UK Rail Delivery Group has said that around one in 20 services were cancelled in the past week – up from an average of one in 40 – with passengers urged to check their train is running before they leave home.

Passengers face being crammed into carriages in the coming days because of reduced timetables caused by staff shortages, raising concerns of an increase in transmission of the virus. 

Almost ten per cent of railway staff are off sick or isolating, up one per cent in a month, while …….

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10335321/Rail-services-grind-halt-amid-Covid-staffing-crisis.html

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