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Of those, when you get those, can get sent away for sequencing so you get sent away for sequencing so you get more information regarding the virus itself, so that sort of information may potentially be lost. but only a subset of those pcr tests are set way for sequencing anyway. so hopefully we will not be losing the levels of information we already have in this country which enables us to identify variants and so forth that we have been doing through the pandemic. that we have been doing throug...

Jef, both the british and the united states seem to be struggling with a shortage of testing equipment and particularly for the self—administered lateral flow tests, probably the test people are most familiar with. what is the biden administration trying to do about that? it has announced that it is buying 500 million and will be disturbing them, but they were obviously caught a little by surprise by the failure of the vaccine to do as much of a job as they anticipated and biden complained tha...

Lateral flow tests would stay free for the public. we have been getting abuse from members of the public over supplies and over christmas and new year there was only one distributor but we are seeing a second distributor and it is our health themes on the front line bearing the brunt of decisions made higher up. are you are not short of lateral flow tests right now? we are not short of lateral flow tests right now?— are not short of lateral flow tests riaht now? ~ . , , right now? we are still...

For other individuals we still ask them to self—isolate and will continue to look at alternatives and review the scientific evidence and continue to monitor the scientific impact of this virus in the population. for other diseases we recommend to people how long they isolate for when they had symptoms and we recommend you contact how long they isolate full if they are a close contact —— and we recommend two contacts. but we also use other things like treatment and prophylaxis to prevent di...

New f1 season starts next month. thats all the sport for now. guernsey is to become the first place in the british isles to end all covid restrictions. from next thursday, the 17th february, compulsory self—isolation for positive cases will end, as will all border restrictions. the civil contingencies authority says the rules were "no longer proportionate or necessary" free lateral flow and pcr tests will still be avaliable, alongside continued school testing. here with me is our political rep...

And access to lateral flow tests have been instrumental in containing the virus and as we move forward to live with covid these are the very safeguards which support a return to normal life and these short—sighted decisions have long—term implications. they also hamper vital surveillance efforts and impede the ability to respond to new variants and the reality is that we have a prime minister beset by chaos and mired in a police investigation for breaking his own covid laws and he can shake ...

Be lifted in england. the legal requirement to self—isolate if you have the virus will be replaced by guidance. im not saying you can totally throw caution to the winds. covid remains dangerous if you are vulnerable and if you are not vaccinated. but we need people to be much more confident and get back to work. the move is part of the governments living with covid plan published tomorrow. there is also speculation that free access to pcr and rapid lateral flow tests could start to be scaled b...

Degrees north to south. if you are feeling the wind, that is academic. i will be looking ahead to the rest of the week in about half an hour. see you then. later today, the prime minister will lay out his vision for repealing all remaining covid restrictions in england, saying his plan will bring the country "towards a return to normality." despite this, hes warning that we shouldnt "throw caution to the wind" as the virus still remains dangerous for some. so, what will change? its expected that...

Caution to the winds. covid remains dangerous if you are vulnerable and if you are not vaccinated. but we need people to be much more confident and get back to work. the move is part of the governments living with covid plan published tomorrow. there is also speculation that free access to pcr and rapid lateral flow tests could start to be scaled back — something that has worried labour. the key thing is that people have access to free testing, they know their status and do the right thing by ...

The prime minister is to lay out his vision for repealing all remaining covid restrictions in england, saying his plan will bring the country, "towards a return to normality." despite this, borisjohnson is warning that we shouldnt "throw caution to the wind," as the virus remains dangerous for some. its expected that, by the end of the week, the legal requirement to self—isolate will be scrapped for those who test positive, and will be replaced with advice instead. free lateral flow and pcr te...