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Baroness Harding: More Isolation Aid Could Have Saved Lives

5/30/2025

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Baroness Dido Harding, the former head of NHS Test and Trace, revealed that greater financial aid for self-isolation during the pandemic could have significantly lowered Covid infections and fatalities in the UK. Frustrated by Rishi Sunak's dismissal of her proposals, she highlighted that the UK invested less in isolation support compared to other developed countries.

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Baroness Dido Harding, the former head of NHS Test and Trace, revealed that greater financial aid for self-isolation during the pandemic could have significantly lowered Covid infections and fatalities in the UK. Frustrated by Rishi Sunak's dismissal of her proposals, she highlighted that the UK invested less in isolation support compared to other developed countries.