LONDON (UK) – Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said he was plagued by the worries over a so called ‘pingdemic’ in which workers have been told to isolate by a government app as fears rose of food and fuel shortages.
“We’re very concerned about the situation,” Kwarteng said when asked about reports of empty supermarket shelves in some areas. “We’re monitoring the situation.”
Britain’s food supply chains are “right on the edge of failing” as absence related to COVID-19 has aggravated a critical shortage of labour, a meat industry body said on Wednesday.