Residents of Great Britain have ceased to communicate because of fear to get an alert about the need for isolation. Reports about it The Times.
According to a survey conducted by YouGov specifically for the newspaper, almost half of the citizens of the country have reduced social contacts. This happened due to the NHS COVID mobile application, which warns people about the need for ten-day self-insulation in case of contact with infected.
According to Times, this is a planned effect from government policy to minimize virus spread. However, now 1.5 million British are forced to sit on quarantine even with a negative result of the test. Now millions of workers cannot perform their work: shelves stores are empty, pubs and restaurants are closed, trains do not go.
Every fourth coronavirus-infected resident of the country refuses to share information about those faces with which he entered into contacts. This number has grown noticeably since the beginning of the decay of the third wave in June of this year.
Previously, Professor University of Warwick Mike Tildesli explained the reason for a sharp decline in the incidence of COVID-19. According to him, the decline in the incidence rate is rather associated with the reluctance of citizens to be tested during holidays and holidays, as well as the beginning of the summer holidays at school. “We do not have high school students who regularly undergo testing, and therefore we cannot determine how many young people are infected,” he noted.