Under new measures that could be announced next week, vulnerable people in areas with high infection rates could be told to stay indoors. The Department of Health and Social Care said shielding is currently paused but said all aspects of the response to the pandemic are "kept under review". Martin Marshall, head of the Royal College of GPs, said that widespread shielding should be introduced only if “absolutely necessary”. The bleak prediction was made in a briefing chaired by Chris Whitty and Minister of State for Health at the Department of Health and Social Care Ed Argar. A Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said: “Shielding advice for the clinically extremely vulnerable is now paused across the whole of the country.

Source: Daily Mirror October 08, 2020 23:19 UTC