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U.K.'s Johnson and Starmer Clash Over England Restrictions at PMQs
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1:33Now PlayingQuestioning Boris Johnson in the House of Commons, U.K.'s opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer warned the prime minister that his plan to lift restrictions will lead to the “next big problem” -- self-isolation for potentially millions of people this summer if Covid-19 infections rise to 100,000 a day.
“It won’t feel like ‘Freedom Day’ to those who have to isolate,” Starmer said at Prime Minister’s Questions. Johnson is planning to end virtually all remaining curbs in England on July 19, but the requirement to self-isolate if a person comes into contact with a Covid case will stay in place until August 16.
People could start deleting the NHS Covid-19 app on their phones to prevent being “pinged” and told to stay home, Starmer said, warning that that would risk undermining the whole test and trace system. Johnson said the U.K. was moving to a “system of testing rather than self-isolation” and from “legal diktat” to “personal responsibility”.
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