Tackling Covid-19: A case for better financial support to self-isolate

Tackling Covid-19: A case for better financial support to self-isolate Asking people with Covid-19 to self-isolate is vital to keep the pandemic under control as lockdown measures ease, yet only 52% of people who have symptoms isolate. This briefing by the Nuffield Trust and the Resolution Foundation argues that financial support through schemes similar to furlough should be expanded so that workers isolating can continue to receive their full wages.

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• Increase self-isolation support or risk undermining exit from lockdown, think tanks warn Nuffield Trust
• Boost self-isolation payments or risk Covid resurgence, experts say The Guardian