The NHS Covid-19 tracking app was launched in September and has been downloaded by 26.5 million peopleNHS chiefs have warned that mass isolation of staff is harming patient care after half a million people in England were told to quarantine by the contact-tracing app. Factories are also said to be on the verge of shutting down. As the number of infections returns to January levels, ministers are considering exempting frontline NHS staff from isolation requirements, but have yet to make a decision. SponsoredChris Hopson of NHS Providers said hospital bosses were finding that staff isolations were “impacting on their ability to deliver care. They’re particularly worried about the growth in numbers of staff isolating as the rate of Covid community infections rises.”He called for a solution “as a matter of urgency”, saying that NHS attempts to deal with a huge

Source: The Times July 15, 2021 11:04 UTC