Experts have said a universal payment offered to everyone told to self-isolate would improve compliance with the rules, and as a result help bring down coronavirus transmission.
Professor Susan Michie, who sits on the Scientific Pandemic Insights Group on Behaviours (Spi-B), said the UK s Covid-19 containment strategy could be so much better , as she blamed it for a lack of compliance with the rules.
Professor Stephen Reicher, also on Spi-B, said universal payments to self-isolate must form an “essential element of our pandemic response”.
Number 10, asked about reports of Government polling suggesting that compliance with self-isolation rules is low, said the vast majority of the public continue to abide by the rules and do isolate when they are asked .
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Forbiddingly high infection rate may prolong lockdown, warns PM
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The UK s forbiddingly high infection rate may keep the country in lockdown for longer than planned, Boris Johnson has suggested, as he faced calls from his party to set out a road map to freedom.
The Prime Minister sounded downbeat at a press conference on Friday afternoon, as he promised restrictions would only be eased when it was safe to do so.
As a caucus of frustrated Tories called for restrictions to be eased as more people are vaccinated, Mr Johnson warned: We want to do everything we can to open up, but only safely, only cautiously.