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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Stephen Topping

Covid rules being scrapped is a 'very high risk' gamble, warn Greater Manchester business leaders

Business and trade union leaders in Greater Manchester are ushering in a new Covid era with caution amid a 'very high risk' move from government.

Self-isolation rules have this morning (February 24) been scrapped following an announcement by Boris Johnson on Monday, which brought the end of pandemic rules in England forward by a month.

The legal requirement to self-isolate following a positive Covid test has today been replaced by guidance to do so, along with the rules requiring vaccinated close contacts to test for seven days and unvaccinated contacts to self-isolate.

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