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Trying to get over to your patients and what is the sense you are getting from talking to them about how they might be adapting their plans for the festive season? i think people are really taking this in their stride. we have had a tremendous uptake thankfully for our booster campaign locally and i would encourage everybody to get their booster vaccines, encourage everybody to get their boostervaccines, it encourage everybody to get their booster vaccines, it is not too late, and the 23rd of de...

Hospitals are asked to find 4,000 extra emergency beds in england to deal with a potential wave of 0micron patients as admissions hit the highest levels since march. and a government promise has been made to get 8 million lateral flow test kits into pharmacies by tomorrow after reports of shortages. is the premier league title race over already? victory over brentford puts manchester city eight points clear at the top as one of their biggest rivals falters. it may be the end of december but at s...

Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. people infected with covid—19 in england will, from today, be able to stop self—isolating after seven days — as long as theyve had a negative lateral flow test on days six and seven. the change comes amid a spike in cases caused by the omicron variant, which has led to staff shortages in businesses, the nhs and rail services. the health secretary, sajid javid, said the move would minimise disruption, and that it was based on the latest gui...

Why you would want to do that, but samsung has done it anyway. but many other big companies did not turn up. while many of the big beasts failed to show up, and it was done in numbers, many people did come. was not a total washout as unexpected. the organisers here say they have done everything they can including mandating vaccines and giving everyone a lateral flow test. but there are some that believe this show should not have gone ahead in person. that was james, and i not have gone ahead in ...

Four people who helped topple a statue of the slave trader edward colston during protests in bristol have been found not guilty of criminal damage. they were the only people to face trial, after a crowd pulled down the monument and threw it into the harbour in 2020. the uk prime minister, borisjohnson, has confirmed in parliament that he plans to stick to plan b coronavirus measures in england for at least another three weeks. he said people should carry on working from home, wearing face coveri...

Out on your learning, _ and when you come back you might feel like you are behind. i like playing with my friends and playing in the playground, and its good that the government made a rule when, if someone has some symptoms or has been tested positive, they have to stay at home, not the entire bubble. the pupils are just happy that things are near—normal, but schools are dealing with huge uncertainty, each day not knowing if more teachers will be off with covid and whether they will be able t...

Wearing facemasks and on shops and public transport. trite wearing facemasks and on shops and public transport-— wearing facemasks and on shops and public transport. we cant emphasise does messages _ public transport. we cant emphasise does messages or— public transport. we cant emphasise does messages or advice _ public transport. we cant emphasise does messages or advice enough, . does messages or advice enough, especially at a time when people want to get together with family and friends....

But in the meantime, - the thing weve got to do, as responsible members of the public, is follow . the guidance, try to stop- transmission as much as we can and get boosted. there is some evidence that cases in young adults might be flattening off, but the worry now is that older adults are becoming infected, adding even more to the strain in the nhs. thats why government advisers are warning that hospital admissions could be going up for quite some time. jon donnison, bbc news. well, as we hear...

Public health scotland will augment its daily reports in future, i can advise parliament that from thursday in addition to reporting number of people testing positive for covid pcr test, it will also report a combined figure for the number of people who recorded the first positive pcr or lateral flow test. given the increased complexity, not least the need to avoid duplication, there will be initially a time—lag in this reporting. data released on thursday will cover a period up to today but p...

Hannbeck, chief executive of the association of independent multiple pharmacies, which represents small pharmacies. welcome, thank you forjoining us. so, what is the picture, then, in supplies of the lateral flow tester? we were just hearing that yesterday the government said 8 million would be distributed, our pharmacy is now stocked up? film. be distributed, our pharmacy is now stocked up?— stocked up? oh, the supply is still very patchy. _ stocked up? oh, the supply is still very patchy. a...