U.K. Firms Grapple With ‘Impossible’ Numbers of Covid Absences

  • Bars, hospitals, trains run low on workers as Covid spreads
  • Businesses call on government to relax self-isolation rules

Empty outdoor bar seating in the City financial district in London. 

Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg
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Much of the U.K. economy is starting the new year on sick leave.