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The education secretary, nadhim zahawi, denied there are plans to stop supplying free lateral flow tests — after a report in a sunday paper. earlier i spoke to thorrun govind, chair of the royal pharmaceutical society in england. she warned that there is a still a shortage of lateral flow tests — which has led to her members receiving abuse from the public. is she really should by the comments that lateral flow tests will remain free? —— is she reassured? i think i will be reassured when...

Though it is pleasing to see that they are looking into sorting another distributor, so i think we need to see the action and for it to be recognised that at the end of the day, it is our health care teams on the front line who are bearing the brunt of the decisions made higher up. so, to confirm, are you or not short of lateral flow tests right now? we are not, we are still struggling to get them in, and we are only allowed to order one box into the pharmacy per day, which is about 56 tests sti...

Earlier this week to covid testing rules, for people travelling to the uk from abroad, has come into effect. pre—departure tests are no longer needed for those who are fully vaccinated. people are also no longer required to self—isolate while they wait for the result of their test taken within two days of arriving. from sunday, post—arrival pcr tests are being replaced by lateral flow tests. and you can check how your local nhs services are coping using the bbc nhs tracker for emergency tr...

And if they do have some lfts at home, theyre holding onto them themselves. so, were now down our final box of lateral flow tests. the government says 8 million lateral flow tests will be available by tomorrow, but mark burdon, who runs six pharmacies in north—east england, hasnt seen any extra supply. i tried ordering an additional supply this afternoon and that order was rejected. so, unfortunately, were going to have to start to turn people away once the current supplies are exhausted. its ...

You can see is the same one, duke told he will face justice after maxwell verdict and that photo, but actuallyjust maxwell verdict and that photo, but actually just want to talk about your story, lucy, just in the middle there and we are zooming in on the headline calls for critical workers to get priority for covid—19 tests as a shortage he had to return to work. just look us through what this is. ., ., work. just look us through what this is. ., . , , work. just look us through what this is....

This is bbc news. im lukwesa burak with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a record number of covid—19 cases are recorded in the uk and a further 332 deaths are reported. the uk health secretary sajid javid says the government will buy hundreds of millions more lateral flow tests after days of supply issues. a key witness speaks publicly after ghislaine maxwell was found guilty of grooming underage girls to be abused byjeffrey epstein. i just feel so grateful that...

Hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are aubrey allegretti political correspondent at the guardian, and sian griffiths, education and families editor at the sunday times. welcome to both of you. lovely to see you again. weve got quite a few of them this time on saturday night. the observer leads with comments from the former chairman of the uks vaccine task force, who says we must end mass vaccinations for covid and treat the virus lik...

It was introduced as one of the three core symptoms but now we are not saying that as a key feature, so you cannot rely on your sense of taste and smell to be able to tell you whether you have got covid. you have any symptoms or the cold at all you really do need to get a test to make sure you stay away from other people while your results. —— while getting your results. one of the changes announced earlier this week to covid testing rules, for people travelling to the uk from abroad, has co...

It is not a solution. there has to be some kind of equality, otherwise this| menace will not go away. there is, of course, - this race to find a vaccine which is possibly durable for at least one year, - and so that you dont have - to administer a vaccine every six months, and that is important. so its either going to be such a vaccine like a flu vaccine, i or maybe a medicine which would be a definitive cure. _ jef, both the british and the united states seem to be struggling with a shortage of...

It comes as the health secretary, sajid javid, has said the supply of lateral flow tests will be tripled injanuary and february, in a bid to combat shortages. heres our health correspondent sophie hutchinson. saint georges hospital in south west london, where workers started to build a nightingale herb. its one of eight hospitals in england which will have these temporary units aimed at caring for around 100 covid patients. aimed at caring for around 100 covid atients. , ., . ., . patients. ther...