Top UK health officials call for stricter isolation and testing rules
Senior health officials have drawn up advice saying the UK should bring back stricter isolation and testing rules for contacts of Covid cases, amid concerns that triggering plan B involving working from home and vaccine passports is not enough to stop the spread of Omicron.
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