People should “moderate” their behaviour and wear facemasks because of the high levels of Covid in the UK, the head of the UK Health Security Agency has suggested thetimes.co.uk/article/keep-w…
Dr Jenny Harries said that 3.5 million people in England had had coronavirus in the past week and there was significant pressure on some hospitals
She told #Today on BBC Radio 4 that people should be “very sensible and take precautions as periods of high prevalence as we have now”. She suggested that it should include MPs, who now rarely wear masks in the Commons
Masks are no longer compulsory although people are still advised to wear them in crowded and enclosed spaces
🗣 Harries: “In my own case I will always put on a face covering when I walk into a shop or if I’m on a train in those sorts of areas where we know we can help prevent transmission even if we’re not aware ourselves that we might have it"
🗣 “There is obviously a middle ground where some people will wear a face covering and others won’t. As we move into this living with Covid phase it is about balancing that risk and personal behaviours"
From tomorrow people with Covid-19 symptoms will no longer be told to take a test and instead should stay at home until they feel better
Ministers insist that Covid must be managed like flu, with free universal lateral flow tests ending in England tomorrow and the network of testing centres wound down
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