British Health Minister Matt Hancock has said the UK is piloting a plan to ditch the self-isolation requirement for people who have received two doses of Covid-19 vaccine if they are exposed to someone with the virus, Reuters reports.

"We are piloting that approach that if you've had two jabs, instead of having to isolate if you're a contact, then you have a testing regime," Hancock told BBC News.

"We're piloting that now to check that that will be effective. It is something that we're working on, we're not ready to be able to take that step yet."

A person receives a dose of the Pfizer BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at a mass vaccination centre for those aged 18 and over at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, in London, Britain, June 20. — Reuters
A person receives a dose of the Pfizer BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at a mass vaccination centre for those aged 18 and over at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, in London, Britain, June 20. — Reuters

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