Sajid Javid, the UK health secretary, said the Covid self-isolation period will be cut from 10 days to 7 for people in England who get a negative lateral flow test result two days in a row. With the Omicron variant spreading rapidly in Britain and record levels of cases over the past week, many industries are struggling with staff shortages, including hospitals who have warned of the risk of an impact on patient safety.
'We want to reduce the disruption from Covid-19 to people’s everyday lives,' Javid said

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