omicron, they re not perfect. but to bottom line it, basing this on what dr. fauci said this morning, they are still useful. imperfect but useful. let s talk about what they re good for and what they re not quite as useful for. if this test says that you have covid, then you almost certainly have covid. if the test says you don t have covid, that s where you get more questions. now, the folks at abbott labs, they make the test widely used in the united states. we reached out to them. this is what they had to say. we ve conducted lab analyses and tests on the omicron variant from live virus including those from the first u.s. omicron case at equivalent sensitivity as other variants. that led us to think, hmm, how good has it been in general? this is the data on the cdc s website. let s pretend that you have covid. we know you have covid because you took a pcr test. we know you have covid and you have symptoms. the rapid test is going to be wrong 35% of the time. it s going to
could be a wash out in nevertheless, england of another good day and they came out swinging with a 50 from henry and ben stokes and the outstanding performance wasjonny bairstow who was left stranded on 99 but not out and stretched the lead to 275. esther was coming back from a broken leg and dislocated ankle but at one point threatened to end his whole career. but at one point threatened to end his whole career. there s been a lot of talk and his whole career. there s been a lot of talk and things his whole career. there s been a lot of talk and things like his whole career. there s been a lot of talk and things like that - his whole career. there s been a lot of talk and things like that and - of talk and things like that and things of been a bit out of order, to be honest but at the same time, that s part and parcel of having an opinion and having a say. there are times in which people had a conversation with you individually and found out more about the injury or t
we ll have the latest on that in os sport. scientists in australia say two thirds of the coral on the great barrier reef have been damaged in the past two years. the damage is called bleaching it happens when corals under stress drive out the algae that give them colour. and bleaching is caused by rising ocean temperatures which in turn are linked to global warming. the reef is off the queensland coast in australia s north east. there s been two consecutive years of bleaching and that s particularly bad. this is one of the study‘s researchers. that means that even when mass bleaching events happen 12 months apart there s no prospect of recovery for reefs damaged in 2016. the bbc‘s science editor david shukman‘s latest report looks at the issue. a world of brilliant colour, teeming with life. this is the great barrier reef at its best the largest single biological structure on earth, but vulnerable to the slightest change. this is how part of reefs look, a ghostly
and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news, crystal palace have already uspet the leaders, chelsea, this month can they do the same to arsenal? good evening. international pressure is growing on russia to abandon its support for syria s president assad in the wake of last week s chemical weapons attack on a rebel town. tonight foreign ministers from the g7 group of industrialised nations have been meeting in northern italy to consider a coordinated response which could include support for new sanctions on moscow and damascus. the us secretary of state, rex tillerson, said america would hold to account those who committed crimes against innocents anywhere in the world. from lucca, our diplomatic correspondent james robbins reports. contemplating italy s past glory and syria s president horror present horror, borisjohnson syria s president horror present horror, boris johnson and syria s president horror present horror, borisjohnson and rex tillers
time in argentina with the rumour mill is saying he s going to be sacked, but officials saying his job is safe. he got the job last year because of chaos in the argentinian fa rumour mills. lionel messi briefly retired in protest from international football and the previous coach retired in protest. they had an election for argentinian fa president last year, 75 institutions eligible to vote, it ended up 38 each, do the maths. rail chaos in the argentinian fa. that allowed that they conceive or too come and get the job allowed that they conceive or too come and get thejob real chaos. it s no surprise he found it really hard. he s a thoroughly competent clu b hard. he s a thoroughly competent club coach domesticly in south america but he had never worked at this level before and he had no time to prepare, he was parachuted into eight rounds of world cup qualifiers without a single friendly to prepare his side. his record, three wins, two draws and three defeats, nine