The changes to the isolation rules are in the head of many Friday papers, in hopes the move will put a stop to the so-called pingemia.
Time writes that employees at supermarket depots will be exempt from quarantine if reported as contact of a Covid case, as ministers seek to avoid food shortages.
TIMES of Friday: “The refueling staff released from the Covid quarantine” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/tpQzEV1kcb
– Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) July 22, 2021
the I and Daily Express carry a similar story, with the newspaper claiming that hundreds of thousands of people will be able to avoid isolation if they are fully vaccinated and test negative every day.
Friday front page: Ping rules change to end UK shutdown#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/gPd2nbDis0
– I journal (@theipaper) July 22, 2021
Tomorrow’s front page: Keep on working! Daily Covid test ends ‘pingemia’ crisis#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/iltNYPPQX5
– Daily Express (@Daily_Express) July 22, 2021
Subway leads with the headline “Ping in the Army” writes that a deputy suggested that the armed forces could be used to fill supermarket shelves.
Friday’s front page:
PING IN THE ARMY# tomorrowspaperstoday #BBCPaper #skypapers pic.twitter.com/862nGvJ9Gw
– Metro UK Journal (@MetroUKNews) July 22, 2021
And the Daily To post carries calls from business leaders seeking to “save the UK from the crippling effects of pingemia”.
Friday @DailyMailUK #MailFrontPages pic.twitter.com/QXklOxJlLb
– Daily Mail UK (@DailyMailUK) July 22, 2021
The Covid also leads The daily telegraph with a study suggesting that testing schoolchildren, rather than isolating school groups, is equally effective in stopping transmission.
Tomorrow’s Daily Telegraph front page:
“Forcing children to isolate themselves” unnecessarily “”#TomorrowsPapersToday
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– The Telegraph (@Telegraph) July 22, 2021
The independent writes that the infection rate among people between the ages of 20 and 29 is at record levels.
INDEPENDENT Digital of Friday: “Covid infections in young adults reach record” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/b1A3gMgIl8
– Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) July 22, 2021
While the Daily Star has a missing poster mockup for Education Secretary Gavin Williamson, claiming he “went missing early in the pandemic and has only been spotted a couple of times since.”
Friday STAR: âPlease help us! Gavin gone â #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/E4deboTBfR
– Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) July 22, 2021
The Guardian leads with the backlash to the 3% pay hike for NHS staff, with the health department expected to find around £ 500million off the total bill.
Guardian front page, Friday 23 July 2021: Anger mounts as ministers say NHS must find £ 500million for pay raise pic.twitter.com/XtJE63ro86
– The guardian (@gardien) July 22, 2021
A review of supply chain finance and the description of financier Lex Greensill’s relationship with government as “extraordinarily privileged” leads the Financial Time.
Just published: Financial Times front page, UK edition, Friday July 23 https://t.co/C4dYdwEEeZ pic.twitter.com/sB2bCXlJRB
– Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) July 22, 2021
And the Daily Mirror carries an interview with the mother of Ben Needham, who disappeared in Kos 30 years ago.
Tomorrow’s Front Page: Exclusive Kerry Needham – I Believe My Son Ben Is Still Alive https://t.co/VGZ4gY83Ns#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/FrBWQoFm1O
– The mirror (@DailyMirror) July 22, 2021
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