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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 there is 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 had covid last week, up nearly 60% on the previous week. in england, its estimated that one in 160 people were infected. in scotland, one in 100 h...

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 have the number of app alerts. 360,000 peop...

And they do call it that. it is interesting, isnt it, picking up on what you were saying, laura, about how businesses and individuals might interpret or decide to manage their own risks once the legal framework is more liberal. because i guess the flip side to your point, adam, about an employer that is more careful than they legally have to be, is then thinking about the prospect of staff getting pinged on the nhs app. weve seen these figures. last week of last month, a third of! million people...

How long can the current arrangements last? well, if you think back to when the 3pp well, if you think back to when the app was introduced, it was at a time when the government needed to limit the spread of coronavirus, get people to isolate if they had come into contact with someone who tested positive, to stop the nhs being overwhelmed and limit the number of people who could die. things are different now, with more people being vaccinated, the restrictions will be lifted in england and cases ...

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 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 we...

That is reckless. 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, bot...

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Who were not available recently because they had been pinged, they had come into contact not surprisingly with somebody with covid. not because they found there were infected but because they had to go and quarantine for that ten day period. the announcement that i have made today will clearly make a huge difference to everyone that is pinged in such a way, including all those fantastic people that work in our health service. as i have said it will come into force from august the 16th. i know he...

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To under—18s even if they havent had a jab. the opposition labour party questioned what the lifting of restrictions, amid rising cases, will mean for the most vulnerable. heres our health editor, hugh pym. getting pinged. the nhs covid app alerting people theyve been in contact with someone who tested positive and telling them to self—isolate for up to ten days. that will come to an end in england in mid—august for those who are double jabbed. whether alerted by the app or test and trace o...