PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Coronavirus: Quarantine (3 November 2020)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of people adhere to self-isolation rules when asked to do so after contracting, or found to be a close contact of someone who has contracted, covid-19.

Asked by:
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour)

Answer

Anyone notified by NHS Test and Trace that they have tested positive for COVID-19 or are a close contact of someone who has is legally required to self-isolate.

NHS Test and Trace, with input from Public Health England and the Scientific Pandemic Influenza – Behavioural group, have conducted a survey to understand compliance with self-isolation. The results of this survey will be published in due course.


Answered by:
Helen Whately (Conservative)
12 January 2021

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