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Office but not empowered. jenny, the guardian, and intriguing but at the end of that first story, oh, by the way, they may be looking at charging for lateral flow tests in the summer. fix. for lateral flow tests in the summer-— for lateral flow tests in the summer. ~ , ., ., , summer. a story that actually a- eared summer. a story that actually appeared in — summer. a story that actually appeared in the _ summer. a story that actually appeared in the sunday - summer. a story that actuallyj ...

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...

But you need to also look at the data of staff absence so we bring the infection rate down in the community and we will have fewer staff off sick. the second is protect health care staff with proper ppe so we dont get infected at work because we have to mix with patients because that is ourjob. the third thing is making sure that we have access to testing because thats also adding to staff absence because weve got health care staff over the last week who havent had access to lateral flow tests s...

I think the reality of whether i think it is fair or not is a moot point, the law is now such that individuals who are not vaccinated, if they cant be redeployed, they will not be able to work in hospitals if they deal with patients. new changes to covid travel testing rules have come into force in england. from today, the day two test for international arrivals in england can now be a privately—bought lateral flow test rather than a more expensive pcr one. the move applies to fully—vaccinat...

Questions. sir keir starmer is isolating, having tested positive for coronavirus for a second time. jonathan blake, bbc news. im joined now by our health editor hugh pym. this change in the rules that health chiefs are talking about about not needing pcr tests if you are asymptomatic, what is the thinking behind that? the asymptomatic, what is the thinking behind that?— behind that? the current rules are that if ou behind that? the current rules are that if you are _ behind that? the current r...

To speak to you, there was nothing available for home delivery across the whole of the uk at the moment. the advice is to go to a local pharmacy but we have heard reports of signs up outside pharmacies saying theyjust have no supply at the moment, bbc radio 5 live spoke to a pharmacist in chorley in lancashire this morning he said within an hour of getting a delivery of these lateral flow test kits, they are gone. big queues outside his pharmacy to pick them up. it really depends on where you li...

Should perhaps start testing monday or tuesday to see if you have been infected. and likewise, there is no point in continuing to test once you have tested positive. 0nly point in continuing to test once you have tested positive. only if you live in england produce are testing again on day six and day seven, otherwise keep the tests for when you need them. tqm. otherwise keep the tests for when you need them-— otherwise keep the tests for when you need them. 0k, professor irene petersen, thank...

Protection against mild symptomatic infection is more short—lived. that drops to around 30% by about three months. some countries, such as israel, have already started offering fourth jabs, but in the uk, the priority remains getting first, second and third doses to those who have not yet had them. that will be kept under review. one thing thats changing is travel. fully vaccinated people arriving in the uk from abroad no longer need to take pre—departure tests. from tomorrow, post—arrival...

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...

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...