COVID19: Those who are fully vaccinated will be able to forgo self-isolation from 16 August - but this could be brought forward for NHS staff to help tackle a backlog in non-COVID cases
The number of exposure alerts sent to users of the app in England soared by more than 60% in a week, according to the latest contact tracing figures.The Number 10 spokesman said the app had been an"important tool" in breaking the chain of transmission of coronavirus.
The government's certification review release earlier in the week said although the so-called vaccine passports would not be mandated now, it did not rule out the prospect if England faces"a difficult situation in autumn or winter".'Epidemic is rising and we should behave accordingly'As of 9am on Friday, there had been a further, the government said, the highest daily increase since 22 January.
Elsewhere, the latest figures from Public Health England show cases of the dominant Delta variant rose by a third in the past week. Of these, 180,643 have been in England, 28,559 in Scotland, 3,666 in Wales and 3,381 in Northern Ireland.
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