Covid: Self-isolation rule changes on 16 August 'nailed on' - PM

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Covid: Self-isolation rule changes on 16 August 'nailed on' - PM
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Recent falls in cases are encouraging but it is too early to draw conclusions, Boris Johnson says.

However, experts have warned that it is still too early to see the impact - if any - of the ending of England's lockdown on 19 July.

Currently, everyone has to self-isolate if contacted by NHS Test and Trace, unless they're on a list of critical workers. Anyone "pinged" by the app and told to self-isolate is advised - but not legally obliged - to self-isolate. "I'm very pleased that this is a country that now has the highest proportion of vaccinated adults of any country in the world - that is enabling us to make the economic progress we are."

"No, I think that I would put it the other way round and say that if you get one you are doing something massively positive for yourself, for your family," he told LBC.

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