Covid study reveals who is most likely to break rules

Survey suggests our intentions are good - but being scuppered by limited financial and social support

Covid testing centre
A Covid-19 testing centre
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Only half of the Britons who develop Covid symptoms are fully self-isolating and fewer than a quarter request a test, newly published survey findings suggest.

Half of the respondents were also unable to identify key symptoms of the coronavirus, such as a cough, high temperature of fever, and loss of sense of smell or taste.

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