George Eustice says new rule for 10,000 food workers will not be extended to areas such as hospitality
Exemptions that will enable more than 10,000 people in the food sector in England to avoid self-isolation if they are notified by the NHS Covid-19 app will not be extended to other sectors such as hospitality, the environment secretary has said.
The current wave of the pandemic sweeping across Britain was also likely to get worse before it gets better, according to George Eustice, who added the government was “most worried” about when the two- to three-week lag in hospitalisations kicked in after infections.
