UK Covid-19 vaccinations: Latest figures
It is understood that issues with a shortage of HGV drivers and staff members self-isolating are contributing to delivery problems, which have affected supermarkets such as Sainsbury’s, Co-op and Iceland.
On Thursday, business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said ministers were “very concerned” about the so-called “pingdemic” which has seen more than 600,000 people asked to self-isolate due to close contact with a coronavirus case in the past week alone.
Vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi laid out plans for a UK-wide NHS Covid pass which will allow people to show their Covid status, such as vaccination status or test results.
It came as an epidemiologist behind the ZOE Covid symptoms study suggested that the NHS Covid app may no longer be useful and should potentially be stopped.
Professor Tim Spector told Sky News that employers should still tell staff to stay at home if they have cold-like symptoms, but added: “I don’t think the app saying that someone might have passed them by in a supermarket is actually that useful anymore in the current…
