The Morning Star daily newspaper led with a story ‘Time for a Zero Covid Strategy’ on Monday 7 December.
NURSES, doctors, trade unionists and health campaigners staged a National Day of Action across Britain over the weekend against the government’s catastrophic Covid-19 policies.
In London, Edinburgh, Manchester, Sheffield, Wellingborough and other areas on Saturday, protesters slammed the government’s “learning to live with the virus” approach and demanded a “Zero Covid Strategy.”
They said the “best Christmas present” PM Boris Johnson could give is to replace the “failed” three-tier system of restrictions.
Protesters’ demands include replacement of the government’s £12 billion “discredited private test and trace system” with one based around council, NHS and public health structures — and excluding private firms such as outsourcing company Serco.
They also called for more effective restrictions, better pay for people isolating and/or unable to work, fully compensated closure of non-essential workplaces and proper safety measures in workplaces that remain open.