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Ventilation— nhs and other areas are facing, more ventilation in schools. we are not calling _ ventilation in schools. we are not calling for— ventilation in schools. we are not calling for more restrictions right now _ calling for more restrictions right now we — calling for more restrictions right now. we are not out of the woods, we have to _ now. we are not out of the woods, we have to keep _ now. we are not out of the woods, we have to keep an eye on the data and an eye _ have to keep...

And another at least 2a hours after that. the second change applies to close contacts of positive cases — and this includes household contacts — who are either under the age of 18 years four months or who are older than that and fully vaccinated. and let me be clear, by fully vaccinated we mean first, second and booster or third doses. for close contacts in these categories, the requirement to self—isolate will end and be replaced by a requirement to take a lateral flow test every day for ...

If england would follow. for the time being, it wont. and for the remainder of 2021, the message will be caution, not compulsion. there will be no further measures before the new year. we wont be taking any further measures. of course, people should remain cautious as we approach new year celebrations, and take a lateral flow test, that makes sense. celebrate outside, if you can. have some ventilation indoors, if you can. please remain cautious. many businesses will drink to that. but at this pu...

Support they need, sick pay, physical and psychological support for self—isolation. so, physical and psychological support forself—isolation. so, i presume that the new rules coming into place next week will allow you to upload your lateral flow test and that will get reported to test and trace and support you need and the testing, sorry, the tracing of your contacts will also be triggered by the positive lateral flow test. so, its really a question of how the lateral flow works. you can tru...

Samsung, for example, had a major exhibit, showcasing projectors, fridges with wi—fi and tvs. including this tv by samsung that allows you to buy, sell and display nfts, or non—fungible tokens. now, i dont understand why youd want to do that, but samsung has done it anyway. but many other big companies simply didnt turn up. that said, although the show was well down on numbers, and many of the big beasts failed to show up, many people did come. it wasnt a total washout, as some had unexpecte...

To rising infection levels after the devolved administrations in scotland, wales and northern ireland all implemented measures to stem the spread of the 0micron variant. with a record number of covid cases recorded on christmas day, there were fears of a rather bleaker new year. scotland, wales and northern ireland have all imposed further restrictions. so there was pressure on the government at westminster to make it clear if england would follow. for the time being, it wont. and for the remain...

Up up until now, the advice to care homes has been that of somebody test positive with a pcr test, they should not be tested using a pcr or a lateral flow test for 90 days, unless they develop new symptoms during this time, in which case they should be retested immediately using a pcr test. given the changes to the testing arrangements agency has announced today, does this advice still hold? i, i, , �* i, still hold? no, it doesnt, and i will make _ still hold? no, it doesnt, and i will make s...

Capacity. there has been a cap of 500 since boxing day because of the sharp rise in cases because of the 0micron variant. so, it does mean that the hibs and celtic game that was postponed from the 29th of december can go ahead here tonight, in front of a full capacity crowd, which will be around 60,000. vaccine passports will also be back in place, and there will be a couple of changes there, to prove that you are fully vaccinated, that now includes the booster, if you had your second vaccine mo...

To people so they are no issues and thatis to people so they are no issues and that is the only way well be able to get over the current situation where people are having the self—isolate and then have two confirmatory negative tests on days six and seven before they can go back and function as normal. of course part of this is a major problem we have at the time of staff absences, but its all absolutely crucially dependent on the availability of lateral flow tests and also relying on people t...

>> thinking about the conversations around our christmas table yesterday, with family, double vaccinated, boosted, and tested that morning with a lateral flow test to make sure -- but thinking about that conversation, as im sure similar in your own household, but thinking about the conversation, people were talking about -- family was talking about, is this the future? where we have to live with it, so its no longer pandemic, its endemic. we have a testing regime. and you just get on with it. >>...