Calls to cut 'barbaric' care home isolation period to seven days

The Scottish Government is being urged to halve the Covid self isolation period from 14 days to seven for care home residents. Current isolation rules have been deemed “barbaric and damaging” by relatives and care providers, which see residents confined to their rooms for 14 days – twice as long as the rest of the population. They are calling for the rules to be brought in line with changes made for the general public last week.