People travelling out of tier4 into tier3 areas told to self isolate regardless of whether they have a positive test.

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Covid-19: Visitors from tier 4 and Wales 'must self-isolate' www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-55400339

Clearly this is being said on local levels, but it is incredibly undermining to the national, public health message which is encouraging people to test if they’re being told that a test is completely irrelevant and they must self isolate anyway.

So someone in a support bubble with someone in tier4 can’t go back to work in tier3 then?

Someone who works in a tier3 area but lives in a tier4 one can’t go back to work as they have to self isolate....?

This needs clarification on a national level because it is completely unsustainable.

And I absolutely agree that where possible people shouldn’t travel, but sometimes it is unavoidable...

Self isolation in this case is a kind on internal inter-regional quarantine from high risk area to low risk.

Testing does not release you from quarantine isolation (at all, or only over the halfway point depending on where you are)

Yes, stopping the (new, rapid) spread is that important.

Someone who works in a tier3 area but lives in a tier4 one can’t go back to work as they have to self isolate....?

They attend their workplace and then go home, no other interactions in the lower tier area. That sort of stuff is just common sense - after all, it's not as if restrictions and the rationale for them is new these days.

This is guidance, coming from a tier 3 regional leader whose aim is to slow the spread of the more infectious variant into the area. No legal force, but a clear request for people to act responsibly.