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Sure how much we canjudge on number of cases alone when we have reduced pcr testing, so the figure i look at is case positivity rates, so, how many of those swabs that are taken and sent for pcr are positive, and in our area it was increasing, and so what we have is a potential then, if rules are abandoned, that we will see a increase in rate and also that leads to an increase in absence, and, that has an impact on the nhs and, that has an impact on the nhs and all critical key service, because ...

Its a daily pcr testing thats key to this. disappointing that the c.d.c. would have been stricter, we like strict rules and weve succeeded very well. jackie: if i my interject for a moment. ask your view on this. what do you think the last two years cruising was considered different in some ways, the mandates and restrictions were so much more stringent on your industry than, for example, getting onto an airplane, travelling and staying at a resort and even going to a restaurant. at a certain po...

Reasonable step to take now. we need to monitor for these new reasonable step to take now. we need to monitorfor these new variants and to be well prepared and that is why it is good the ons infection survey is continuing to give us that capability to pick up new variants should they arise.— capability to pick up new variants should they arise. nicola asks eye and vulnerable, _ should they arise. nicola asks eye and vulnerable, they _ should they arise. nicola asks eye and vulnerable, they say...

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...

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...

Moscow itself. that is extremely unlikely, given the build—up of troops there, and ukraine has very much deny that. as far as the west is concerned, yes, this is part of them trying to build an artificial justification for invasion. in the official stage, vladimir putin is saying, given what is happening in the region on the refugee crisis, as he sees it, that is why he is leaving 30,000 of his troops in belarus to the north. that is making both ukraine and the us very concerned. the uk prime ...

Thank you for the very latest from both of you. if you want to get in touch with us today about this story orany touch with us today about this story or any of the other stories we are covering, you can do that on twitter. you can use the hashtag bbc your questions. a lot of you have been getting in touch about the story coming up next and i will be reading out some of your comments, as many as we can fit in. prime minister is to lay out his vision for repealing all remaining covid restrictions ...

Well, reeta, a group that is part of the age group of experts has published predictions today suggesting a continued fall in hospital admissions by early march, perhaps to half, and are continual fall in daily deaths, and the government think that this is a bright background to the set of announcements planned on monday, borisjohnson has already indicated that further legal restrictions will be lifted, including the legal requirement to self—isolate for those testing positive. it also seems as...

With the eu k government taking england to return things to normal? >> well, i think we are all heading in that direction. everybody in the united kingdom wants to get to that position. my only view is that things happen too quickly, in england, and that has not a knock on effect on our billet-y and wales to do some of the things we would like to do. the ending of pcr testing at the end of this month is premature in my view, which we will deal with that here, by making lateral flow test availabl...

Not the case and ignoring it is not the same as living with it. if you are talking about cost, the lateral flow devices are a fraction of the cost of pcr testing, you could extend the range of capability to provide o those at no cost. it is not going to health help the health inequalities we are seeing already worse affected by the pandemic in this country. worse affected by the pandemic in this country-— this country. many thanks for your time today- _ time today. lateral flow tests as we hea...