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• Reduced isolation creates more confusion and sick pay needs fixing

  06-07-2021 17:16
  
  Responding to the health secretary’s announcement today (Tuesday) about reducing the need to self-isolate for people who​’ve had two vaccinations, UNISON assistant general secretary Jon Richards said:
  “There’s a woeful lack of detail about how this will operate and how it affects health and care workers. Infections can still be passed on by those who’ve been jabbed ​but show no symptoms.
  “There are now more questions than answers​. This
  
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• Government’s “alarming” approach abandons children to the risks of Covid

  06-07-2021 15:36
  
  Responding to the announcement from the education secretary today (Tuesday) that school bubbles and self-isolation are to be scrapped from 19 July, UNISON assistant general secretary Jon Richards said:
  “The government’s alarming approach abandons children to a highly transmissible virus spreading at a record pace through schools.
  “Safety measures like bubbles and self-isolation are proven to reduce the spread of the virus.
  “With around one in ten pupils reportin
  
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