with Restaurant Workers will not be allowed to escape Self-isolation A minister said on Friday that if they were tested as contacts of people who tested positive for the coronavirus before August 16.
The pilot program launched on Friday allows key staff to skip the quarantine if they are quarantined. National Health Service App and own both Coronavirus vaccine And the virus test was negative.
When asked if hotel staff could also benefit from the pilot, Mr. Eustis said they would not.
“For everyone in mid-August, we intend to switch to a different system,” he told Sky News. “Now I think no, no. But we are obviously reviewing everything.”
He added: “The reason for our special exceptions to food is obvious-we need to ensure that our food supply is maintained, and we will never take a risk on our food supply.
“Of course, when it comes to other departments, their absenteeism is also high, which puts some pressure on them and makes it more difficult.
“You must also remember why we are doing this. We are still trying to slow down the spread and speed of this infection because we must pay close attention to these hospitalizations.”
Between July 8 and 15, more than 600,000 people were ordered to self-quarantine by the NHS testing and tracking application.
The “epidemic” has caused supermarkets and other companies to warn of insufficient inventory supply and shortage of employees, as more and more workers are forced to quarantine.
From August 16, the self-quarantine of all fully vaccinated people detected by the app due to contact with people who tested positive for Covid will be cancelled.
However, there are calls to advance this deadline. Unlike calls from the testing and tracking team, app alerts are only advisory and cannot be enforced by law.
Mr. Eustis stated that the government has no plans to advance the deadline and added that about 10,000 food industry workers will benefit from the plan.
“We have identified nearly 500 key locations, including approximately 170 supermarket warehouses, and hundreds of other key manufacturers, such as our bread manufacturers, dairy companies, etc.,” he said.
“All people working in these key strategic locations, distribution warehouses, and those manufacturing facilities will be able to use the program, and there may be more than 10,000 people.”
