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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...

Requirement. anyone over 16 must have proof of full vaccination to access activities. a negative pcr or antigen test will no longer be accepted. you know what will be accepted? a recovery certificate showing that you have tested positive more than 11 days ago and less than six months ago. soon in austria, effective mar 15, a new mandate kicks in called europes strictest. for those people recovering from covid-19 infection are also exempt from 180 days from the date they receive their first posit...

Because im sitting here in a new york newsroom talking about hard hit florida and we know from your reporting how taxing this has been on the health care system, yet i was in your state last week and people are partying like its 1999. i couldnt find a mask for miles. >> reporter: you will see more masks now. i do have to say that is correct stephanie, thats evolved over time. yes, only new york has added more covid cases in the last two weeks than florida. nomi health gave us an inside look into...

Remain closed for now in northern ireland. the devolved nations are moving at different speeds, charting their own courses through this stage of the pandemic. and hughjoins me now. the scientists agree with this? with some caveats. there has been debate about how accurately the statistics reflect what is going on. they only reflect what is going on. they only reflect people who have come forward for testing. the rules have changed. you do not need a confirmatory pcr if you have tested positive o...

Show there were 109,133 new infections in the latest 2a—hour period. 19,721 people are in hospital with covid. another 335 were reported of people who died within 28 days of a positive test. on average in the past week, there were 261 deaths per day. 0n vaccinations, 36,079,875 people have had a boosterjab, thats more than 62.7% of those aged 12 and over. in france, where daily new infections hit more than 360,000 yesterday, the government has announced it is now reopening its borders to briti...

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 move applies to fully vaccinated people and those aged under 18. three new photographs of the duchess of cambridge have been released to mark her 40th birthday. the portraits, taken by fashion photographer paolo roversi, will go on display this year in three places which have a special meaning to her roy...

Have been available for quite some time. in fact the pcr tests, which are the tests you send into the lab to get the results, have been available for -- and they were sitting around, people werent using them. but whats happened now is omicron. including people who are vaccinated, like you, like me, are getting tested, and want to get tested. and the result is you have a much higher demand. and so the commercial market where these tests have been available hasnt kept pace. the president said that...

Him. tonight a serbian health official tels cnn djokovic -- that they had tests. they said those would have been e-mailed to him that day. that -- that he has a valid document. that he got late in the evening in his inbox. djokovic said he did not get it. and he didnt see it until late the next day after. this is really important because it moves the timeline again. because he had this positive pcr he says he didnt open it until, right, in between he appeared publicly with a group of kids, no ma...

If i told you i want to do the rapid test two or three times, we dont have enough for even once. they dont have them. judge jeanine but what we do know its not accurate. the pcr test is supposed to be so accurate. but we are told that you can test positive for 3 months or 1- or 12 weeks. >> that detects dead virus. you are bert and you can go back to work or back to school. it will stay the positive as long as you have particles of the virus. we cannot use the pcr as a test-out strategy. judge j...

Later on the programme. lets take a look at some of todays papers. the daily telegraph reports that testing rules could be relaxed as part of efforts to ease staffing shortages. the paper suggests that millions who test positive on lateral flow devices will no longer need to take follow—up pcr tests. we will talk to the government at half past seven to try and get some clarity on that. the times leads with the prime ministers insistence that no further covid restrictions are necessary despite ...