thousands of people self isolating every day. what is interesting about this is the government is currently standing firm against pressure from some of its own mps bring forward from august 16 the replacement of self isolation with daily testing for those who have been double jabbed but i have to say, if we have learned one thing, this pandemic has huge habit of making ministers reconsider their political decisions. reconsider their political decisions. . ., ~ , ., the prime minister will be remotely hosting the downing street press conference this afternoon at 5pm. you can see full coverage of that from az30pm on bbc news and bbc one. with me now is our medical editor, fergus walsh. cases on the rise, we reflect on that. your thoughts, given the changes today. aha, that. your thoughts, given the changes today. that. your thoughts, given the changes today. a huge amount of uncertainty changes today. a huge amount of uncertainty about changes today. a huge amount of uncertainty ab