Covid Gb, isolation reduced to 5 days

Great Britain is the freest country in Europe and ” is teaching the world how to live with the coronavirus ”. This was stated by the British Minister of Health Sajid Javid referring to the House of Commons and announcing a reduction in the period of self-isolation for those who contract the infection. From Monday, Covid-19 positive people will have to respect a five-day isolation period, up from the previous seven. They will be able to terminate isolation after a test fails. Javid defended the decision to reduce the period of self-isolation because “the limitations on our freedoms should be the absolute last resort”. It will also bring ” benefits to the economy ”, he added. 17,000 people are currently hospitalized in UK hospitals for complications attributable to Covid-19 and ” a significant number ” of people could still be hospitalized ” due to of Omicron ”. But according to Minister Javid, there are “encouraging signs”. Because if it is true that in the coming weeks the National Health Service will remain “under pressure” it is also true that admissions to intensive care are not increasing. This is an “encouraging” sign and there are “early indications” that hospitalizations in general are decreasing, said Javid. However, it is still necessary to “proceed with caution”. Furthermore ” only a small minority ” of health personnel are not vaccinated against Covid-19, the minister added, inviting them to ” choose to act responsibly ” if we want to ” maintain this collective protection we have achieved ” ‘. The British government’s goal, he explained, is to vaccinate all health workers by April 1.