NEWS
NHS staff deleting Covid app as calls grow for doctors to be exempt from self-isolation
Healthcare workers are advised to ‘pause’ contact tracing on the app while working in clinical settings, with personal protective equipment worn when required. But NHS managers said some staff were privately leaving the app off at all times or deleting it because they feared being forced to self-isolate. One said: ‘I had Covid in the first wave, I’ve been double jabbed – I can’t keep isolating every time the app pings. I switched it off ages ago, and I think a lot of staff who are double vaccinated have done the same’ – Telegraph
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Vaccination rates plummet as the young hesitate over Covid jabs – Times
Vaccinated travellers still face costly Covid tests on return from amber list countries after July 19 – Telegraph
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COMMENT
I back Priti Patel’s crackdown on migrants. There’s just one problem – we’ve heard it all before – Alp Mehmet, Mail
The mask row is in danger of descending into a very British culture war – Ella Whelan, Telegraph
