Covid-19: Few people with symptoms are self-isolating, study finds

Covid-19: Few people with symptoms are self-isolating, study finds Fewer than one in five people request a Covid-19 test if they have symptoms, while the number who follow full self-isolation rules is low, a large study of the test-and-trace system has found.

The report, published in the British Medical Journal, also found only half of people knew the main Covid symptoms. BBC News

See also:

• Adherence to the test, trace, and isolate system in the UK: results from 37 nationally representative surveys (open access) The BMJ
• Covid: Children 'well protected by Pfizer vaccine' BBC News
• Covid 19: Inside the BioNTech vaccine factory in Germany BBC News
• Coronavirus: Germany's brain blood clots after AstraZeneca vaccination not seen in other nations The Daily Mail
• Covid UK: Cases fall 28% in week to 4,052 while deaths halve to 43 The Daily Mail
• Kent coronavirus variant is NOT deadlier than the original strain, PHE study finds The Daily Mail
• European Medicines Agency backs AstraZeneca vaccine but blood clot investigation ongoing The Daily Telegraph
• More than a fifth of Covid deaths at some hospitals after patients caught virus on wards The Daily Telegraph
• Almost third of UK Covid hospital patients readmitted within four months The Guardian
• Clear face mask that makes lip-reading possible approved for NHS use iNews