Is There Still a Recommendation Period of Isolation?

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It's unclear whether there will be a recommended period of isolation. It seems particularly pertinent for people who work with sick and vunerable people, like nurses and carers. But it does feel quite strange to have gone from last week, health care workers who weren't fully vaccinated were facing being sacked if they didn't get their full vaxcines.

Last week Boris Johnson announced that all Covid regulations in England, including the requirement to isolate after testing positive, were due to be abolished on 24 February. Whilst the Omicron variant has caused fewer hospitalisations and deaths than many predicted, some scientists say the changes may be going too far, too soon. Madeleine Finlay gets the Guardian science correspondent Hannah Devlin’s view on whether there’s scientific evidence backing up this decision and what the changes could look like. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod