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Teachers, students and parents as omicron spreads and testing falls short. and moments ago an announcement in chicago abou schools tomorrow after they were closed today with little notice stephanie gosk has late details >> reporter: classes in chicago closed again tomorrow the city and the teachers union unable to reach an agreement. >> i will not allow them to take our children hostage >> reporter: late last night, chicago school boards abruptly slammed shut, upending the lives of hundreds of t...

The later time today, 3pm rather than at noon. it will not be keir starmer, will it? sir keir starmer has tested positive for the second time today, last time was back in october. he has had to self—isolate four times, so this is not the first time he will be missing from pmqs, it will be his deputy, angela rayner, who will lead the questioning for labour. lets talk to professor alan mcnally, director of institute of microbiology and infection at birmingham university. i want to get your react...

Peaceful water and remember what it was like with guns firing and ships being hit _ and aeroplanes bombing. the contrast is really quite remarkable. i yeah. you still shed a tear about it? yeah, one does, yeah. a0 years on from a war on the other side of the world, but they are still remembered. jonathan beale, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news. 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 ge...

Hello, welcome to bbc news — im victoria derbyshire and these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. borisjohnson is currently meeting his top team and theyre expected not to impose any further covid restrictions in england — thats despite the current high levels of infection in the country. it comes as the health service is under increasing strain from covid — more trusts in england declare critical incidents — and 17 hospitals in greater manchester put some non urgent...

Djokovic said hed had a negative lateral flow test on december the 16th and did a pcr for confirmation — and didnt know he had the virus when he visited a childrens tennis event the following day. he admitted that he shouldnt have gone ahead with an interview and photoshoot with a french sports newspaper two days later. our tennis correspondent russell fuller has more. there is some clarity in that hes admitting what is a breach of serbias covid regulations by leaving his house to go to this t...

After line of people waiting to be tested, trying to be safe and be sure they test negative. but rapid tests can be unreliable and pcr results could take days to come back. the testing apparatus set up by cities and states and the federal government is buckling under the strain. that much is clear. president biden, while taking some responsibility, says it is not a failure. >> youre a year into the presidency. empty shelves and no test kits in some places three days before christmas when its so ...

They were the only people to face trial, after a crowd pulled down the monument and threw it into the harbour in 2020. the uk prime minister, borisjohnson has confirmed in parliament that he plans to stick to plan b coronavirus measures in england for at least another three weeks. he said people should carry on working from home, wearing face coverings on public transport and in indoor public spaces and taking a test before going to high risk venues. but thanks to the sheer size of the omicron w...

Results for weeks and weeks so you will be quarantining for weeks and weeks. does that mean the test we have are not doing much good? >> number one you have to distinguish between the pcr test as theover the counter test. i have concerns of how accurate theover the counter test is picking up infections and we are missing them and people are making decisions about do i go to family events where people at high risk when i tested negative but really i am positive. thats the first thing. the pcr is ...

Earlier this week to covid testing rules, for people travelling to the uk from abroad, has come into effect. pre—departure tests are no longer needed for those who are fully vaccinated. people are also no longer required to self—isolate while they wait for the result of their test taken within two days of arriving. from sunday, post—arrival pcr tests are being replaced by lateral flow tests. and you can check how your local nhs services are coping using the bbc nhs tracker for emergency tr...

Universities and a lot of workplaces have mandatory vaccination which is great, and theyre getting nearly everyone vaccinated. i think given the scenario of relatively healthy young people, who are entirely vaccinated, its not the most effective use of testing, you can help them out in the community, nursing homes struggle with testing. high risk people who live at home, who may want people around them who have tested struggle, and so we could be diverting the pcr capacity. thats very limited. w...