U.K. Weighs Cutting Covid-19 Isolation Period to Five Days
- Premier Boris Johnson vows to ‘act according to the science’
- ‘Early signs’ of cases and hospitalizations starting to fall
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The U.K. government is weighing up plans to cut the Covid-19 self-isolation period from seven days to five, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said, as he prepares for coronavirus to become endemic in Britain.
In a pooled clip with broadcasters Monday, Johnson also paved the way for the end of free rapid Covid-19 tests, after senior minister Michael Gove told Sky News the U.K. was moving to a stage where it can “live with Covid.”