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Workers to stay at home. those sectors most affected are those where there were already existing labour shortages. for example, drivers of lorries, where there are tens of thousands of vacancies as a result of the combination of the impact of the covid pandemic and post—brexit employment issues. one of the biggest suppliers of meals to hospitals, schools and prisons is keeping pinged workers who test negative at work. it's understandable that - employers who are under a lot of pressure to continue - to produce will try and find ways to make the system work and work legally, and under the cur...

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The breeze strengthening. highest temperatures in the west. 29, maybe 30 degrees, but it turns unsettled and cooler for the weekend. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... supermarkets urge the government to make food workers exempt from self—isolation rules, as more than 600,000 are pinged in a week in england and wales. health unions say they may consider industrial action, after the government's offer of a 3% payrise for nhs staff in england and wales. we follow covid workers through a remote part of eastern india to find out how they've vaccinated 80% of adults — way above the natio...

Thousand drivers down. there have been delays with covid because of driver tests and driving tests, and to have this pingdemic with the nhs up on top of it, it really is causing a bit of an issue for our industry. some 600,000 people a week are currently being asked to isolate. the government says it's prepared to offer exemptions for some fully vaccinated key workers. a list is expected later today, but everyone else, it insists, must stay at home. it's not a universal picture. i think people can shop and we're obviously reviewing the situation all the time. but what we can't do is get into a...