Bosses call for Covid isolation period to be cut as health agency warns this could be ‘counterproductive’

Iceland boss Richard Walker has called for the isolation period for Covid patients to be slashed to mitigate staff absences. Absences at the supermarket chain have risen more than 70 per cent in a week, jumping from 1,000 to more than 1,700, the managing director tweeted. The isolation period is set at a minimum of [...]