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Shortages had been compounded by absences caused by the 0micron variant and delays in getting the results of pcr tests. the government said it had provided more than £460 million to help recruit and retain care staff. heres our social affairs editor, alison holt. im here to do a pcr test on a lady that has tested positive on a lft. katie is a care coordinator for a home—care company in norfolk. like many providers supporting older and disabled people, they went into this latest wave of covid ...

Of lateral flow tests right now? we are not...we are still struggling to get them in, were only allowed to order one box into the pharmacy per day, which is about 56 tests still. are you saying that is not enough? that is not enough to meet demand, no. we are... they are going straight out of the door, patients are coming in and obviously they have been told they can collect them and that is an issue as well — the collection code does not mean there is one sat there waiting for you at the phar...

Recognised the pressure on the nhs could be considerable in the next few weeks. that said, he did not want to impose any more restrictions in the immediate term, so he said that plan b would continue. there is a review due on wednesday. it looks as if they will continue until at least the end of the month, things like working from home and face coverings, he doesnt want to go further than that. a number of reasons for that, political pressure, but securely the data does notjustify him taking tha...

Hospitalisation numbers. a big aspect of the problem is in people isolating. the train services are now running on timetables, and theres problems with the ferries going out. so, the decision has been made by the scottish government it will take effect from midnight to bring scotland in line with the other uk nations, meaning if someone test positive for covid, but come day six and seven, they have negative lateral flow tests, they can end isolation early. also a change for household contacts, w...

Interesting — having to self—isolate, and a very interesting debate to watch in the next few — interesting debate to watch in the next few weeks, we have seen the self isolation p go from ten days to seven days — self isolation p go from ten days to seven days so long as you have two consecutive negative lateral flow tests ~~ — consecutive negative lateral flow tests ~~ if — consecutive negative lateral flow tests... , ., consecutive negative lateral flow tests... consecutive negativ...

Monoclonal antibodies i saw here being _ monoclonal antibodies i saw here being offered to vulnerable patients at st georges hospital alongside the bristol programme, these pharmaceutical defences, taken together, are a huge new way to defend _ together, are a huge new way to defend ourselves against covid. these _ defend ourselves against covid. these new self—isolating rules, so people _ these new self—isolating rules, so people that self—isolating, as long as they— people that self—...

Dr leon danon is associate professor in infectious disease modelling and data analytics at bristol university, and is a member of the goverment�*s advisory disease modelling group spi—m — and hes speaking to us in a personal capacity. what do you think of this latest idea to treat lateral flow tests as good as pcrs? it idea to treat lateral flow tests as good as pcrs?— good as pcrs? it is a reasonable idea, good as pcrs? it is a reasonable idea. lateral _ good as pcrs? it is a reasonable...

The pcr testing and they do need to be addressed because otherwise we lose control of the numbers of infections per day, but i do think that the data supports the move to lateral flow, for community testing. i think what we need to do now is used pcr tests and thats probably for the most clinically vulnerable, clinical cases in hospitals and may be the idea of using them for key workers rather than lateral flow tests. i workers rather than lateral flow tests. . , workers rather than lateral flow...