Starmer Demands August 7 End to England’s Self-Isolation Rule After Wales Move

Starmer Demands August 7 End to England’s Self-Isolation Rule After Wales Move
A steam train runs past the north-west Wales slate landscape, in Wales, on July 28, 2021. Peter Byrne/PA
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Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has challenged the Government to match Wales by bringing forward the date on which fully vaccinated people in England can avoid isolation.

Wales’s Labour First Minister Mark Drakeford has confirmed August 7 as the day when double-jabbed adults can escape isolation if they come into contact with a positive coronavirus case.