Plan to counter ‘pingdemic’ disruption flounders amid lukewarm reception from supermarket chains
The government has set up only 200 of a planned 2,000 Covid testing sites intended to counter “pingdemic” disruption by helping key workers in the food sector avoid the need to self-isolate.
Fully vaccinated staff in food manufacturing, processing plants and distribution depots are now able to avoid quarantine if they are tested daily and found to be negative, even if they have been notified that they have come into contact with a Covid case by the NHS app.
