Bangladesh, July 7 -- From August 16, British citizen who have already taken second dose of COVID vaccine will be allowed to skip self-isolation and enjoy freedom. British Health Secretary Sajid Javid told parliament: “This new approach means that we can manage the virus in a way that’s proportionate to the pandemic while maintaining the freedoms that are so important to us all”.

People who test positive will still have to self-isolate for 10 days even if they’re jabbed, he warned.

And close contacts will still be urged to get a gold-standard PCR test to “get certainty” that they’re not infected.

Spelling out the rules in the Commons Javid said that anyone who gets their second dose on the cusp of August 16 will still need to wait two ...