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The sage papers yesterday, mr speaker, make clear that with high infection rates there is a greater chance of new variants emerging, greater pressure on the nhs, more people will get long covid, and test and trace will be less effective. we will continue with a balanced and reasonable approach. i have given the reasons that this country has rolled out the fastest vaccination programme anywhere in europe, the vaccines provide more than 90% protection against hospitalisation, both of them, mr spea...

Pinged to isolate is, in turn, going up. nhs trusts so they are struggling to cope with too many staff taking time off to isolate. i think the situation is becoming unsustainable, so we are told that under consideration, serious consideration in government, is the idea of allowing nhs staff to continue to work if they are pinged by the app or contacted by nhs test and trace if they have had both their vaccinations. thats the plan for all adults after august the 16th in england, which the health ...

A fair amount of scrutiny recently? because of the sheer numbers of people that are now being told to isolate because of being contact with someone who has covid—19. you probably know somebody who has been pinged, if you havent yourself. this is hard for the economy itself and for the government as it strikes and for the government as it strikes a balance with lifting all the remaining restrictions in england but also containing the virus enough so that the nhs does not become overwhelmed and ...

App alerts. 360,000 people received one in the last week ofjune. this climbing centre in surrey had to close after nearly all its staff were pinged. i dont even know whats going to happen for the future, but obviously theres an immediate impact on the basis that were losing income, again. and its going to hurt. the latest survey from the office for national statistics suggests that around 400,000 people in the uk in the uk had covid last week, up nearly 60% on the previous week. in england, its ...

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On the 19th ofjuly, might well lead to a review of the way the app itself needs to function. but labour says the sensitivity of the app shouldnt be weakened. this feels like taking the batteries out of the smoke detector, and that is never a good idea. that is an important protection. im equally worried by the stories of people deleting the app altogether. as covid cases have risen, so have the number of app alerts. 360,000 people received one in the last week ofjune. this climbing centre in sur...

Health bosses have been pressing ministers to act amid fears of staff shortages. joining us now to discuss this is gp, doctor sarahjarvis, who joins us from buckinghamshire. good morning to you. you wont be surprised to hear the frustrations among nhs providers which is pushing on nhs staff who are, lets face it, tired, concerned about each other, mentally exhausted and the fear of being pinged, as we now refer to it, and having to take time off or isolate and leave their colleagues with more pr...

Of the app shouldnt be weakened. this feels like taking the batteries out of the smoke detector, and that is never a good idea. that is an important protection. i am equally worried by the stories of people deleting the app altogether. as covid cases have risen, so have the number of app alerts. 360,000 people received one in the last week ofjune. this climbing centre in surrey had to close after nearly all its staff were pinged. i dont even know whats going to happen for the future, but obvious...

Covid, and test and trace will be less effective. we will continue with a balanced and reasonable approach. i have given the reasons that this country has rolled out the fastest vaccination programme anywhere in europe, the vaccines provide more than 90% protection against hospitalisation, both of them, mr speaker, by the 19th ofjuly we will have vaccinated every adult will have been offered one vaccination. everybody over 40, mr speaker, will have been offered to vaccinations. that is an extrao...

Of course the app needs to change in line. things like the relaxing of the one metre plus rule, for example, on the 19th ofjuly, might well lead to a review of the way the app itself needs to function. but labour says the sensitivity of the app shouldnt be weakened. this feels like taking the batteries out of the smoke detector, and that is never a good idea. that is an important protection. i am equally worried by the stories of people deleting the app altogether. as covid cases have risen, so ...