Ten thousand 'critical workers' to be exempt from pingdemic: Key staff in 16 sectors from transport to food suppliers WON'T have to isolate - but business pleas to end chaos are ignored as record 1.3M are pinged
The guidance lists 16 sectors: energy, civil nuclear, digital infrastructure, food production and supply, waste, water, veterinary medicines, essential chemicals, essential transport, medicines, medical devices, clinical consumable supplies, emergency services, border control, essential defence and local government The Government has announced 16 sectors from transport to police and food suppliers where double-vaccinated key staff will not have to isolate if pinged. Updated guidance said 'in the small number of situations where the self-isolation of close contacts would result in serious disruption to critical services, a limited number of named workers may be able to leave self-isolation under specific controls for the purpose of undertaking critical work only'. The policy only applies to named workers if their employer has received a letter from the relevant government department. 'This is not a blanket exemption for all workers in a sector,' the guidance said. But t