May 24, 2021
The initiative is one of several being trialed by the government in nine areas across England with higher coronavirus (COVID-19) rates. Courtesy photo
LONDON UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock has unveiled pilot schemes aimed at supporting people required to self-isolate.
The initiative is one of several being trialed by the government in nine areas across England with higher coronavirus (COVID-19) rates.
In partnership with local authorities, the government is backing the pilots with 12 million pounds (nearly $17 million), which will be used for a range of initiatives including providing alternative accommodation for people in overcrowded households, social care support such as increasing existing social care support for vulnerable adults and providing ‘buddying’ services for people whose mental health has been affected by lockdown and the variant outbreaks, and language communications support for individuals where English isn’t their fir
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ANALYSIS
Politicians have faced accusations of victim blaming after linking surges in Covid rates in parts of Britain to vaccine hesitancy WHAT do you do if you’ve left your country’s borders open to variants, squandered £37 billion on a test and trace system with “no clear evidence” that it has cut infections, and consistently failed to ensure that vulnerable people have the financial support to self-isolate? You could hold your hands up, accept the criticism, and rectify the situation. Or you could tell the public it is up to them to exert “common sense” judgements, urge them against (but not ban) holidays in amber list countries, and pass the buck for outbreaks of Indian and other variants to “vaccine hesitancy” among deprived neighbourhoods and ethnic minorities.