Covid: Self-isolation ends for double-jabbed and under-18s

Covid: Self-isolation ends for double-jabbed and under-18s People in England and Northern Ireland who have had two Covid vaccine doses will no longer have to isolate if they come into contact with someone who has tested positive for the virus.

Instead of having to quarantine for 10 days, they are now advised to take a PCR test - but this is not compulsory.

They are also advised to wear a face covering in enclosed spaces and to limit contact with others, especially the clinically vulnerable. BBC News

See also:

• Covid: 16 and 17-year-olds in England to be offered jab by 23 August BBC News
• Covid: Carrie Johnson urges pregnant women to get vaccinated BBC News
• Covid vaccine: Parents upset at jabs wait for high-risk children BBC News
• Covid: Record your cough to help improve detection, says government BBC News
• New Covid variants ‘will set us back a year’, experts warn UK government The Guardian
• Is long Covid real? And if so, could it be a bigger public-health problem than excess deaths from Covid-19 The Independent
• Covid: People pinged by NHS app 'four times more likely' to have coronavirus, study finds ITV News