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People to act on. and lateral flows are somehow more useful, they are obviously less sensitive but they are what they are, they are something that people can take at home on a regular basis to prevent further infection to other people. i suppose what we are now being asked, how we are being asked to view them is if you have a positive lateral flow then you are going to get a positive pcr. flow then you are going to get a positive pcr-— positive pcr. yes, thats quite likel . positive pcr. yes, ...

Get pcr or lateral flow tests to get back to work and others have also reported shortages of testing capacity. health chiefs admit its a problem but say they are addressing it. we do recognise there are some difficulties across the country, both in pharmacies and with home testing request. we do release and are continuing to release test slots for individuals and so they should just keep trying through the day. obviously, as the christmas period subsides, then the testing capacity should be more...

Hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. if you test positive on a lateral flow and dont have symptoms, the governments finalising plans to drop the requirement in england that you need to get a pcr to confirm it. borisjohnson will ask his top team to back his decision not to impose any further covid restrictions in england. the nhs under strain from coronavirus — more trusts in england declare critical incidents — and 17 hospitals in greater manchester put some non—urgent surgery on hold. ...

>> you know, many jurisdictions are struggling really even to diagnose the cases. rapid tests, pcr. tough to know at this point especially when you look at the speck cited in the uk. perhaps 75% of everyone whos gotten sniffles likely has covid. have twe thrown in the towel on testing? >> if we cant do accurate testing. at least in the uk, the situation the system is saturated in count. really, numbers become almost meaningless. well get in this country, at least, newspapers, hanging flagsous, s...

Vaccinated, that is the whole idea of herd immunity to protect those who need our help the most. >> so, sanjay, all this confusion or frustration, shortage of rapid at-home tests, week-long appointments for pcr tests, long lines when you show up and five days for results. i mean, lot of people are just fed up, at their wits end. what do you say to americans? >> i -- i -- i can understand that. and -- and you know, i think that the -- the testing thing still sort of baffles me as to how -- i mean...

Areas such as gyms and education centres could be converted or prefabricated units set up in car parks. they would accommodate patients close to being discharged and who would need minimal support, including those recovering from covid who are no longer infectious. the plan is to create 4,000 extra beds to add to the current total of about 100,000. the health secretary sajid javid said he hoped the surge hubs would not have to be used but it was right to prepare for all scenarios and increase ca...

Testing positive, it is not worth getting a pcr to confirm. the tests havent changed, but it is just much easier for them to spot coronavirus now because there are so much more of it going around. find now because there are so much more of it going around.— of it going around. and maybe it is a little bit about _ of it going around. and maybe it is a little bit about pressure - of it going around. and maybe it is a little bit about pressure on - of it going around. and maybe it is a little bi...

Obviously a lot of focus on inhome tests today, these are antigen tests, there are some interesting research going on about the ability to make pcr tests available at home, and theres companies all over the country, including one in connecticut, that, you know, believe that with some additional investment, to bring those tests to scale, we could get pcr tests into families hands at home, for a cost that is at or below what were currently charging or companies are currently charging for antigen t...

As fewer people were tested over the holiday. also people testing at home may not report their tests. rates of hospitalization are rising due to the omicron variant. more than 2,000 hospitalizations in maryland and 500 in the nations capital. the cdc is cutting the isolation time for asymptomatic for people who tested positive. it was cut from ten days to five days. yesterday on "morning joe" the question was asked. >> in those recommendations we do not recommend a test for several reasons. firs...

High viral loads that could be used at least to tell us who is very infectious. they might not catch every single case, in fact, they probably only catch eight out of ten positive cases, but think how useful that would be if you are doing it once every couple of days, you work in an in-person job and if you get a positive just like you do today you know you may infect other people. instead what happened last year is that people waited for days to get returned pcr tests, which are the gold standa...