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Chilly. hello this is bbc news with annita mcveigh. the headlines... hello this is bbc news with annita mcveigh. the headlines... borisjohnson has been 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. the nhs is under increasing strain from coronavirus — more trusts in england declare critical incidents — and 17 hospitals in greater manchester put some non urgent surgery on ...

Isnt it? youre absolutely right, any switch _ isnt it? youre absolutely right, any switch to — isnt it? youre absolutely right, any switch to large-scale - isnt it? youre absolutely right, - any switch to large-scale community any switch to large—scale community lateral flow testing requires a really good logistics and flow of tests around the country. clearly there were issues with that over christmas and new year, but one would hope that with the government, it seems, now discussing this m...

Doing. theyre more airborne. how do you protect against that? a better mask. on a flight or going to the grocery store, thats what better masks do. they protect you against airborne transmitted viruses. so yes, absolutely, find yourself a kn-95 or n-95. the big difference is there are bands behind your head. tighter fit. a little more uncomfortable. but this is also a quick plug for sanders. he introduced legislation that would make masks free. >> yeah. very quick. very quick. what is the differ...

Information immediately. thats why ive been pushing people screening for contagiousness to antigen test. the pcr takes too long. but this whole debacle with testing is really a failure and always been a failure and until we get that fixed pcr, home testing well never manage the pandemic. the anti-virals require a test within a short window of time. this is not going to work until people start to reflect on the fact that testing is a keystone to move through the pandemic and cant have the great t...

Yesterday lord geidt did not fundamentally revise his questions were borisjohnson or seek to take this any further. the difficulty for borisjohnson still lies in whether the parliamentary commissioner for standards will now also take this up and whether therefore there will be another sort of inquiry into it. and whether this thing will drag on and on. . ~ whether this thing will drag on and on. . ~ , ., one of the changes announced earlier this week to covid testing rules, for people travelling...

Where we are reporting these higher number of tests, i assume this has been put in place to allow these to been put in place to allow these to be processed more rapidly so that they are focusing the positive pcr tests only on those with severe symptoms, then getting the demand where it is needed from a testing perspective. but it is completely new to me, i wasnt aware of this until you literally said it to me. im so sorry to spring it on you but it is developing for us this morning! im curious t...

Games? >> reporter: well victor, international fans have already been banned from the games and now residents in china cannot purchase tickets to the winter olympics either. instead, chinese authorities will be choosing who could go to the games. now at this point, we dont know who will be chosen, how theyre choosing them or how many could come. but what we do know is that anyone attending games as a spectator have to follow strict covid rules before, during and after the games. that is part of ...

Researchers from 30 institutions to get individuals together. one thing thats really interesting that were seeing right now is that when you look at individuals who have these symptoms go on for a considerable period of time, a recent study that is in the preprint stage, so it hasnt been peer reviewed, has some very interesting information that needs to be validated and verified. there was an autopsy study in people who had varying levels of covid to mildly to moderately symptomatic to individua...

Look on the internet for some directions. ill try to post them, alex, on our twitter, but you need to follow the directions. if you cant do your nose, but remember, a positive is real. dont doubt the positives. but dont get complacent with the negative. if you get a negative and you have symptoms, i want you to get to a doctor or try to get a pcr before you kind of go back out in society. until then, isolate until you can hone in on what it is. were also seeing a lot of flu along with covid, so ...

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