COVID-19: Frontline health workers to be spared isolation rules to tackle NHS ‘pingemia’ crisis as England lockdown rules end | UK News

Frontline health workers in England must be spared self-isolation rules as part of an emergency measure to tackle the ‘pingemia’ that has sparked a crisis in NHS staff.

Coinciding with the lifting of most mandatory lockdown restrictions in England, fully vaccinated NHS and social care workers may not have to isolate themselves if they are nuts about COVID-19[female[feminine application.

The announcement by COVID-positive Health Secretary Sajid Javid comes less than 24 hours later Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak were accused of attempting to dodge self-isolation.

But after a humiliating U-turn following public outcry, the Prime Minister and the Chancellor find themselves isolated during what was originally dubbed “Freedom Day” in England after their contact with Mr Javid last Friday.

In a video message posted to Twitter by Checkers, Mr Johnson admitted that he and Mr Sunak “briefly considered” participating in a pilot program that allows people to test daily instead of isolating themselves.

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Yet at the same time, despite being forced into an embarrassing U-turn that took less than three hours, the PM also urged the public to remain cautious as restrictions are lifted.

“We have to remember that this virus is unfortunately still here,” he said. “The cases are multiplying, we see the extreme contagiousness of the Delta variant.“

Labor leader Sir Keir Starmer, in a letter to Mr Johnson asking a series of questions, asked how he and the Chancellor were “magically selected” for the self-isolation trial.

And business leaders and Tory MPs are now pressuring the Prime Minister to end what they claim to be a “pingdemic farce” bringing Britain to its knees.

The NHS opt-out is the government’s first major concession to demands for a major overhaul of Test And Trace, which last week saw …