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Biden administration is a plan going forward, to anticipate the next surge, giving all americans two tests every week if they want them. that should be the moonshot goal. >> and what do you think about the rapid tests accuracy with the omicron variant? >> theyre picking up omicron, but we have to use them the right way. theyre not as sensitive and reliable as the pcr tests, if somebody is newly symptomatic. but theyre effective right before you do something. if youre getting together with friend...

Positive for coronavirus and also his team felt at his form incorrectly for entry into australia. it is complex and we will try to break it down. novak djokovic has attempted to address what he described as claims of "misinformation" surrounding his testing and isolation requirements for australia. he said hed had a negative lateral flow test on december the 16th and did a pcr as confirmation and he visited a childrens tennis event while he waited for the result. he said: "i was asymptomatic and...

Passports and working from home, will stay in place. in the commons, he was bullish about the strategy. this is the balanced and proportionate approach that we have taken to covid. we have been able to keep this country open, keep our economy improving, more open than any other comparable economy in europe, and they know it, mr speaker. europe, and they know it, mr seaker. ~ . , , , speaker. with a huge rise in cases, the testin: speaker. with a huge rise in cases, the testing system _ speaker. ...

Do you think it is fair, though? i think the reality of whether i think it is fair or not is a moot point. the law is now such that individuals who are not vaccinated, if they cant be redeployed, they will not be able to work in hospitals if they deal with patients. new changes to covid travel testing rules have come into force in england. from today, the day two test for international arrivals in england can now be a privately—bought lateral flow test rather than a more expensive pcr one. the...

Its a small study but if it could be replicated, it tells us actually that the original recommendation of ten days might have been spot on and we might have to revisit that if other studies, which are larger show the same thing. >> yeah, just had questions about like when youre shedding, shedding by the way, everyone, the virus, youre still -- are you still contagious? >> yeah, thats the basis of being contagious, when youre releasing virus and thats why vaccines can work if you got a lot of vir...

>> its at the end when youre getting rid of it, so i guess youre still contagious. but how do you know that youre not? you have to have the pcr to show what the viral load is. >> right. but now its showing the pcr is actually backing up the actual isolation of the virus, which are harder studies to do, and theyre showing more or less the same thing. people are releasing virus. we wont even use the word "shedding," releasing virus in their nose and mouth either after being symptomatic or after be...

Safely. other places delayed a return to class so children could be tested. in new york city, school doors have swung open, officials undering families to get children tested. >> were not in a good place. ill be really honest with you. >> reporter: the new york governor placing an emphasis on keeping the schools open. >> the question is how do parents get the test kits? were going to put them in their hands, in their backpacks. >> reporter: but theyre not there yet. this woman waited two hours t...

Some of this may be clarified soon. but they say vaccinated or unvaccinated, stay at home at least five days. if you have covid-19. isolation can end if the symptoms are gone or resolving and then you need to wear a mask around others for five more days. if we had enough tests it seems pretty obvious that testing should be a component of determining when someone should come out of isolation. now, i will say theres different types of tests, i think this has been a source of confusion. the pcr tes...

>> explain why. >> part of it is testing isnt readily available everywhere. sometimes when you get a test, you have to wait a few days until you get the result. third if the test is a pcr test, you can be positive with pcr for a few months even though youre no longer contagious. the thinking was obviously if you have covid, stay until youre completely asymptommatic which will mean if youre shedding virus would be a virus would be much lesser. >> i think youre touching on an important part which ...

The pcr as a test-out, and the rapid test is not 100%. then why did they reduce the isolation period from 10 to 5 days. wouldnt a shorter isolation require a test before you are able to go out into the public? and would you allow a patient to sit next to someone who had just gotten the five-day isolation and is out without a test? would you tell the patient no problem, sit next to them. >> 10 days was too long. have you seen the streets lately? nobody on the streets with 10 days. 5 days is too s...