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These cases are related to cop but these cases are related to cop but the contact tracing is ongoing so no can i stand here and give you 100% guarantee that is not the case. i think if you consider the timelines of cop it is not impossible but it is perhaps also not probable that there are connections to cop, i think it ended on the 12th of november. had we had this variant circulating undetected in scotland from back then, i think our surveillance efforts right now may be showing more cases and...

Additional testing, opposite will be a focus on pcr testing because it a quicker way to try to identify the new variant through this s gene dropout which is not conclusive of the new variant but highly indicative of it. initially there will be testing of close contacts with cases who are being asked to isolate but depending on the contact tracing, that testing will go further into networks of the cases but also in some cases the geographic areas that cases are being identified in but that is alw...

>> i have a really quick one for you. i know we talk about the changes in possible vaccines based on these new variants. does it impact testing at all? or is the testing standard regardless of the variants? >> lucky enough, our current pcr testing picks up this variant. there is a specific gene that drops out that you can see on pcr. so thats the good news, ayman. theres more good news than bad news here. >> certainly good news, hopefully we can do better with the testing, we still dont have at-...

Trace or a surveillance program. i dont know if we have enough time to do that because we have so many people and were dealing with so many dynamic factors, unvaccinated people and polarize is about this being a political variant for the convenience of i dont know who and at the same time trying to deal with the other threats, biological and otherwise, that were -- we havent been paying attention to, influenza and others. it would be nice to see it go a step further to rein enforce the high qual...

Protections that are in place. thank you to everybody for doing all of these things and for what i know everybody will be seeking to do in the weeks ahead. i will move now to questions. i am sure there will be a number of questions today about both the new variant generally but the situation in particular and viable call on the chief medical officer to answer many of these questions, you will be able to give a bit more information on what you know about the variant but also of course the surveil...

Our business correspondent. in terms of the uk governments response, we heard from the health secretary sajid javid in a lot of detail and they are relying on pcr testing to catch this variant? brute testing to catch this variant? we know pcr testing to catch this variant? - know pcr testing will come in for all international arrivals into the uk from next week. there is a bit of confusion about exactly which state it will come in from. there has been previous suggestions from sajid javid that t...

Almost every variant could be dubbed the united states variant because we would find it. and thats exactly what is happening with african nations. and i want to put another reminder, african nations, especially the 50 that are on most of the countrys kind of, quote, red list now for banning travel to and from, those are the countries that had 2% to 6% of their population vaccinated. so this is definitely just a -- this is what we were all worried about, global scenarios with low vaccination coun...

4am this morning, so people will have to go straight into quarantine hotels. the second part is about pcr testing. since the end of last month, if you have been travelling into the uk and you have been able to take a lateral flow test which is cheaper, ratherthan to take a lateral flow test which is cheaper, rather than the pcr test which is what we have had throughout much of this year. however, the pcr testis much of this year. however, the pcr test is being introduced again and you have to bu...

And five o�*clock in the afternoon. one o�*clock and five o�*clock, the kfc and brentwood high street on the 19th and also members of a church congregation who presumably have been informed through the church. this will be because somebody who was common to those two locations as the omicron variant so they are doing this pcr testing and you might have noticed if you live in the area heightened presence of testing and thatis heightened presence of testing and that is to try to identify how...

Government — fight it, so i am optimistic. the government believes the new rules are proportionate and will protect christmas. it also hopes it will buy scientist valuable time to investigate whether the omicron variant is more severe, spreads more easily and how the vaccines will cope. there are warnings that the travel and hospitality sectors are already being affected by concerns over the new variant. our business correspondent caroline davies is here. already concerns about the crucial per...