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People with coronavirus and their contacts to be paid to quarantine themselves

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From the Telegraph:

People on low incomes who test positive for COVID-19 will be paid £132 for their 10-day isolation period, while those who have come into contact with them will receive £182 for 14 days of isolation.

The scheme will, for now, only apply to people living in areas with local lockdown restrictions and will be tested out in the North West before an expected roll-out to other high risk areas.

… The new self-isolation payments [will] come into effect from Sept 1 …

To qualify for the money, people must be in work and in receipt of either universal credit or working tax credit, They will be required to provide bank statements and a notification from NHS test and trace before getting the payments.

There will be no limit on how many people from the same family can claim … the money will be on top of their usual in-work benefit payments.

Local authorities will police the system through welfare checks, phone calls and checks with employers ...

Source: The front page of tomorrow’s Daily Telegraph: ‘Victims of virus will be paid to quarantine’

 

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