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LONDON, July 19 (Reuters) - Britain on Monday announced new
exemptions to its rules on self-isolation for those exposed to
COVID-19, saying that workers in critical roles could be allowed
to continue working instead of quarantining for 10 days.
"We recognise there are some very specific circumstances
where there would be a serious risk of harm to public welfare if
people in critical roles are unable to go to their workplace -
like air traffic controllers or train signallers," vaccine
minister Nadhim Zahawi told parliament.
"So people in those kinds of roles, who have received two
vaccinations, plus two weeks beyond the second vaccine, will not
need to self isolate for those critical tasks they will,
however, have to continue to self isolate at all other times."
(Reporting by William James. Editing by Andrew MacAskill)