PRESS DIGEST- Financial Times - July 23

The following are the top stories in the Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

The following are the top stories in the Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. Headlines

- Johnson backs emergency plan to avoid disruption to food supplies https://on.ft.com/3BvKWRA - Northern Ireland set to lose access to 2,000 medicines https://on.ft.com/3Bzyu3c

- EDF says it would shut Taishan reactor if it were in France https://on.ft.com/3kNJtQW - UK ministers urge public not to delete COVID app https://on.ft.com/2WcIf7u

Overview - Boris Johnson has backed an emergency plan to avoid disruption of UK food supplies caused by COVID-related staff shortages.

- About 2,000 medicines currently offered to patients in Northern Ireland and made in Great Britain are set to be withdrawn as drugs manufacturers grapple with onerous post-Brexit red tape. - French power group EDF said on Thursday that it would halt the Taishan nuclear reactor it operates with a Chinese partner if similar problems around fuel rod seals were to occur in France, suggesting the plant should hit pause.

- UK ministers have urged the public to not delete the NHS COVID-19 app, after figures on Thursday suggested that the number of alerts issued by the test and trace system was being far outpaced by the growth of infections. (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)