george eustice was asked this morning what would happen if things got worse.nder review but we think this is a sensible first step that we should do quickly, and so we have acted quickly and we are rolling it out from today, as i say. we will keep it under review when it comes to others, but for now we believe this is the proportionate approach. because, we do want to make sure that we continue to run the test and trace and isolate system because it is vitally important to try to dampen the spread of the virus and remove that peak in hospitalisations that we are likely to see in the next few weeks. aside from the food industry, there will also be exemptions from isolation but on a much narrower scale in certain, what the government is calling, critical industries. that's everything from defence to border control, to energy, to digital infrastructure. but there it will only apply to people who are fully vaccinated and their employer will have to request them individually by name to be exempt from isolation. so in the words of the guidance i think it is worth st

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but let's rewind to friday, and that cabinet minister george eustice, who suggested this was an indicativey need to keep things under review. the august the 16th date could move in either direction, although at the moment it is not moving forward. indeed, downing street itself told me that this was being kept under review. today, for borisjohnson to say it is nailed on, it is not under review at all, i think that does at least betray growing confidence in government about the nature of the pandemic. we have obviously had fallen cases, although sadly an increasing number of deaths because these tend to follow several weeks after infections. but i think there is a confidence in government that they can then move ahead to the next stage. what would happen august the 16th, just to be clear, is if you are double vaccinated and you come into close contact with somebody who has covid, you would be advised to take a test. if the test is negative, then you can continue with your everyday life. continue to go to work. there has been a lot of pressure on the government to move this forward. including

we were calling yesterday for urgent action and sajid javid and george eustice have taken urgent actionu but that date of august the — it. thank you but that date of august the 16th _ it. thank you but that date of august the 16th is _ it. thank you but that date of august the 16th is clearly i it. thank you but that date ofj august the 16th is clearly still an issue in your mind as it has been with some others we have spoken to? yes, and i think there is the sort of question it if this scheme can be undertaken for a limited number of sites under the government's auspices it is really interesting that the scheme itself does not discriminate on the basis of people's vaccination status so you could have been vaccinated twice, once or not at all and still can't explain the scheme if you are on a particular site. explain the scheme if you are on a particularsite. i presume explain the scheme if you are on a particular site. i presume this is for legal reasons. you begin to worry or wonder if the government is prepared to support 500 sites if the individual employee is prepared to do all of