{"id":287944,"date":"2023-01-05T03:40:29","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T03:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/should-uk-covid-rules-return\/"},"modified":"2023-01-05T03:40:29","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T03:40:29","slug":"should-uk-covid-rules-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/should-uk-covid-rules-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Should UK Covid rules return?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Which, if any, Covid-era measures should return? Vote here and tell us why&#8230;<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>MailOnline app users can vote in the poll by clicking here\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By Mailonline Health Team<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"><span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-published\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Published:<\/span>  05:49 EST, 4 January 2023  <\/span> | <span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Updated:<\/span>  07:50 EST, 4 January 2023  <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> <!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/ca\/health\/none\/article\/other\/para_top.html --> <\/p>\n<p><!-- CWV --><!--[if !IE]&gt;&gt;-->  &lt;!&#8211; <!--[if IE]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p> <!--[if !IE]&gt;&gt;-->  &lt;!&#8211;<!--[if IE]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p> <!--[if !IE]&gt;&gt;-->   &lt;!&#8211;<!--[if gte IE 8]&gt;&gt;-->  &lt;!&#8211;  <!--[if IE 8]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p> <!--[if IE 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p> <!--[if IE]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p> <!--[if !IE]&gt; -->  &lt;!&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>   <!-- SiteCatalyst code version: H.20.3.\n    Copyright 1997-2009 Omniture, Inc. More info available at\n    http:\/\/www.omniture.com -->  <\/p>\n<p>         <!-- End SiteCatalyst code version: H.20.3. -->  <!--[if IE]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p>  (function (src, d, tag){<br \/>\n    var s = d.createElement(tag), prev = d.getElementsByTagName(tag)[0];<br \/>\n    s.src = src;<br \/>\n    prev.parentNode.insertBefore(s, prev);<br \/>\n    }(&#8220;https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/async_bundle&#8211;.js&#8221;, document, &#8220;script&#8221;));<br \/>\n <!--[if !IE]&gt; -->   &lt;!&#8211;<!--[if IE]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p>    DM.loadCSS(&#8220;https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/gunther-2159\/video_bundle&#8211;.css&#8221;);<\/p>\n<p> <!--[if !IE]&gt; -->    &lt;!&#8211;    <\/p>\n<p>          <!-- CWV -->    <\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"wai\">Poll<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Mask wearing and WFH could once again be widely advocated by ministers, it was revealed today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Officials have a drawn up a list of &#8216;softer&#8217; pandemic-era measures which could be rolled out in the event of a full-blown NHS<\/a> meltdown.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A Whitehall source claimed the measures \u2014 which would only be guidance, unlike during the darkest days of Covid \u2014 could involve urging commuters to wear masks again on public transport.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">They told the i <\/a>newspaper: &#8216;It would also make perfect sense to ask people who can work from home to do so if the NHS need us all to support them through this busy period of the year.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">MailOnline app users can vote in the poll by clicking here.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Health chiefs have already urged people with cold and flu symptoms to wear face coverings and for sick children to be kept off school.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Similar advice has existed ever since the Government opted to press ahead with its &#8216;Living With Covid&#8217; strategy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-73781e6f300511f0\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/01\/04\/08\/66181441-11597823-image-a-3_1672821015130.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Pictured: People wearing face masks on the London Underground on January 4 after new advice has been given to curb rising infections as flu and Covid number increase\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/>   <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-73781e6f300511f0\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/01\/04\/08\/66181441-11597823-image-a-3_1672821015130.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Pictured: People wearing face masks on the London Underground on January 4 after new advice has been given to curb rising infections as flu and Covid number increase\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Pictured: People wearing face masks on the London Underground on January 4 after new advice has been given to curb rising infections as flu and Covid number increase<\/p>\n<ul class=\"rotator-panels link-bogr1 linkro-ccox\">\n<li>   <span>Covid-style measures COULD return &#8216;under official plans to&#8230;<\/span> <\/a>   <span>Revealed: More patients are being left with &#8216;foreign&#8230;<\/span> <\/a>   <span>Pharmacists &#8216;to treat more illnesses&#8217; as the government&#8230;<\/span> <\/a>   <span>World-first trial compares proton beam therapy with standard&#8230;<\/span> <\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Critics have said there is no &#8216;good reason to reinstate&#8217; any Covid-esque measures, with Tory MPs calling the pleas to mask up again &#8216;dystopian&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Although Britain is seeing a resurgence of Covid, partly fueled by the new XBB.1.5 variant nicknamed &#8216;the Kraken&#8217;, ramped up health messaging has been prompted by the dire situation within the NHS.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The ailing health service is facing record winter pressures due to the &#8216;twindemic&#8217; of Covid and flu.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Staff shortages and bed-blocking are exacerbating the crisis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">AE patients have waited up to four days for a bed. Others are treated in cupboards, corridors, meeting rooms and even outside hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>   <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-b5e34b3e02321e48\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/01\/04\/10\/65883845-11598179-Office_for_National_Statistics_ONS_figures_show_1_2million_had_t-a-18_1672829173730.jpg\" height=\"373\" width=\"632\" alt=\"Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures show 1.2million had the virus on any given day in the week up to December 9 in England\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/>   <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-b5e34b3e02321e48\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/01\/04\/10\/65883845-11598179-Office_for_National_Statistics_ONS_figures_show_1_2million_had_t-a-18_1672829173730.jpg\" height=\"373\" width=\"632\" alt=\"Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures show 1.2million had the virus on any given day in the week up to December 9 in England\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures show 1.2million had the virus on any given day in the week up to December 9 in England\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-11e76b74a6035930\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/12\/30\/11\/66045827-11585243-image-a-12_1672401506030.jpg\" height=\"561\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Latest Covid daily admission data shows nearly 1,300 people infected with the virus were hospitalised on December 19. The figure is up by a third week-on-week\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/>   <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-11e76b74a6035930\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/12\/30\/11\/66045827-11585243-image-a-12_1672401506030.jpg\" height=\"561\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Latest Covid daily admission data shows nearly 1,300 people infected with the virus were hospitalised on December 19. The figure is up by a third week-on-week\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Latest Covid daily admission data shows nearly 1,300 people infected with the virus were hospitalised on December 19. The figure is up by a third week-on-week<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">In other related news&#8230;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Covid-style measures COULD return &#8216;under official plans to save the NHS&#8217;:<\/a> Zealots call for masks in public, WFH by default and return of social distancing as schools tell ill kids to stay away<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Rishi Sunak vows to get a grip on NHS crisis in New Year push<\/a>: PM will give first big speech TODAY trying to show he has a plan to revive UK&#8217;s fortunes and boost maths skills &#8211; as poll finds he has leapfrogged Keir Starmer as &#8216;best premier&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Kraken&#8217; Covid variant XBB 1.5 already makes up HALF of cases in worst-hit places<\/a>&#8230; so has it reached YOUR area?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>            <!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/ca\/health\/none\/article\/other\/inread_player.html --><\/p>\n<p>      <\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Comments <span class=\"readerCommentsCount\">446<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>\n\t    Share what you think\n          <\/p>\n<ul id=\"rc-tabs\" class=\"js-links dm-tabs cnr5 cleared\">\n<li class=\"dm-tab dm-tab-on bdrgr5 cnr-bdr wogr5 link-wox js-active\">\n        <span class=\"xogr5 tl\"><\/span><br \/>\n        <span class=\"xogr5 tr\"><\/span><br \/>\n        Newest<\/a>\n      <\/li>\n<li class=\"dm-tab bdrgr5 ow-igr2-bx cnr-bdr xogr2 link-gr5ox\">\n        <span class=\"xogr5 tl\"><\/span><br \/>\n        <span class=\"xogr5 tr\"><\/span><br \/>\n        Oldest<\/a>\n      <\/li>\n<li class=\"dm-tab bdrgr5 ow-igr2-bx cnr-bdr xogr2 link-gr5ox\">\n        <span class=\"xogr5 tl\"><\/span><br \/>\n        <span class=\"xogr5 tr\"><\/span><br \/>\n        Best rated<\/a>\n      <\/li>\n<li class=\"dm-tab bdrgr5 ow-igr2-bx cnr-bdr xogr2 link-gr5ox last\">\n        <span class=\"xogr5 tl\"><\/span><br \/>\n        <span class=\"xogr5 tr\"><\/span><br \/>\n        Worst rated<\/a>\n      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The comments below have not been moderated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bold pad5 wogr5 rc-info\">\n      The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline.\n    <\/p>\n<p>  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <a id=\"newcomment\" name=\"newcomment\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>              <span>Close<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"modal-title\">Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline?<\/p>\n<p class=\"modal-subtitle\">Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>            <span>Close<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"modal-title\">Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline?<\/p>\n<p class=\"modal-subtitle\">Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual<\/p>\n<p>  We will automatically post your comment and a link to the news story to your Facebook timeline at the same time it is posted on MailOnline. 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