Tackling Covid-19: A case for better financial support to self-isolate
Think tank: Nuffield Trust
Author(s): Sarah Reed; Billy Palmer; Mike Brewer; Maja Gustafsson
May 14, 2021
This report from UK think tank the Nuffield Trust looks at financial support for those that need to isolate.
Asking people with Covid-19 to self-isolate is vital to keep the pandemic under control as lockdown measures ease, yet only 52% of people who have symptoms isolate. This briefing by the Nuffield Trust and the Resolution Foundation argues that financial support through schemes similar to furlough should be expanded so that workers isolating can continue to receive their full wages.
