{"id":306281,"date":"2021-07-22T17:37:40","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T14:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/pingdemic-puts-britains-food-supply-under-strain\/"},"modified":"2021-07-22T17:37:40","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T14:37:40","slug":"pingdemic-puts-britains-food-supply-under-strain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/pingdemic-puts-britains-food-supply-under-strain\/","title":{"rendered":"#’Pingdemic’ puts Britain’s food supply under strain"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#’Pingdemic’ puts Britain’s food supply under strain<\/strong>”
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LONDON \u2014 British supermarkets said on Thursday that some products were in short\u00a0supply\u00a0and petrol stations had been forced to close after the official health app<\/a> told hundreds of thousands of workers to isolate following contact with someone with COVID-19.<\/p>\n

British news<\/a>papers carried front-page pictures of empty shelves in supermarkets, declaring a \u201cpingdemic.\u201d<\/p>\n

Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng told Sky News the government was \u201cvery concerned\u201d about the situation but that he did not recognize the network\u2019s characterization of \u201cbare\u201d supermarket shelves.<\/p>\n

With cases rising to nearly 50,000 day in the United Kingdom, hundreds of thousands of people have been advised \u2014 or \u201cpinged\u201d \u2014 by the National Health Service\u2019s contact-tracing app to isolate for 10 days.<\/p>\n

The drastic reduction in staffing that has resulted has sown chaos through sectors as diverse as\u00a0food\u00a0supplies, haulage, supermarkets, hospitality, manufacturing and media<\/a>. To avoid disruption, many people have deleted the app from their phones.<\/p>\n

Sainsbury\u2019s,\u00a0Britain\u2019s\u00a0second largest grocer, said customers may not be able to find the exact product they want.<\/p>\n

\u201cLarge quantities of products are being delivered to stores daily and our colleagues are focused on getting them onto the shelves as quickly as they can,\u201d a spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

Retailer Iceland said it had closed a number of stores due to staff shortages. BP said it had to temporarily close a handful of petrol stations due to a lack of fuel, with a shortage of HGV drivers exacerbated by COVID-19 isolations.<\/p>\n

Reuters reporters found plenty of\u00a0food\u00a0in shops, though there were some shortages of specific products such as bottled water, soft drinks, salad and meat.<\/p>\n

One meat industry body said on Wednesday that\u00a0food\u00a0supply\u00a0chains were \u201cright on the edge of failing\u201d as absences related to COVID-19 had aggravated an already-critical shortage of labor.<\/p>\n

Official data showed the app had told nearly 620,000 people to isolate in England and Wales in the week up to July 14.<\/p>\n

Government ministers say it plays an important role in countering the spread of the virus, which has killed about 129,000 people in Britain \u2014 the seventh highest toll in the world. They have allowed some workers in critical roles to carry on working, even when \u201cpinged.\u201d<\/p>\n

Infections have been rising sharply in Britain for several weeks. But a vaccination program that has seen 88% of adults receive one vaccine dose and more than 69% two doses appears to have weakened the link between infections and deaths, with daily fatalities remaining relatively low.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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