BBCNEWS Breakfast December 22, 2021 06:02:00
Stop self—isolating after a week, following two negative lateral flow tests. the health secretary says it's to ease disruption to people's lives, and comes after the prime minister ruled out imposing further covid restrictions in england before christmas. our political correspondent jonathan blake has the details. struggling under the strain. staff absences due to surging cases of the omicron variant are putting public services and parts of the economy under pressure. in an attempt to ease the burden, a change to self—isolation guidance. the period is being reduced from ten to seven days f...