COVID19: Britain could follow the US, which changed its quarantine guidance for those who had received both coronavirus doses
She made her comments as it was warned that a third wave of coronavirus infections"is definitely under way" and the"race is firmly on" between the vaccine rollout and the highly transmissible Delta or Indian variant.It comes asOn the likelihood of a change in the quarantine rules for those fully vaccinated, Prof Bauld told Times Radio:"It's already in place in the US.
"We're going to have to live alongside it, means we are going to have infections in future, so being a contact of someone infected will always be a possibility."Professor Adam Finn, who advises the government on the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation , described as"interesting" the idea of scrapping 10-day self-isolation for double-jabbed people.
Highlighting the rising number of cases, the University of Bristol academic told the BBC:"It's going up, perhaps we can be a little bit optimistic it's not going up any faster, but nevertheless it's going up, so this third wave is definitely under way. Highlighting the move to start vaccinating the over-18s, he said:"There's no doubt if we can get that first dose in we will reduce the number of infections."
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