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Hours curtailed to try and stop incidental infections. in the press today, there is talk of potentially cutting the isolation period for staff that work in the nhs down from the seven days, before it was ten daysin the seven days, before it was ten days in england, now down to seven with lateral flow testing for a couple of days, but in other countries, in the united states for example, they have cut that down to five days and there are some calls to do the same thing in this country. at the mom...

Through your mind? it makes me upset and it also makes me _ through your mind? it makes me upset and it also makes me angry _ through your mind? it makes me upset and it also makes me angry to - through your mind? it makes me upset and it also makes me angry to think- and it also makes me angry to think there are people like me have lost a mother, father, sister, rather, but those are the figures of people that make father. those are the people who have died within 28 days of testing positive fo...

Djokovic can find out if hell be allowed to defend his title at the australian open or be sent home. an australian court will consider whether to reinstate his visa, which was canceled on his arrival in melbourne for allegedly not meeting the vaccination requirements for entry. the court documents submitted by djokovics attorneys confirm the mens number one world player is unvac unvaccinated. at issue is whether a medical exemption was allowed. angus watson joins us live from sydney with more. l...

Of the unvaccinated but now even vaccinated even boosted people are testing positive. so how critical is it for everyone to not just get tested but also have access to, for example, at home tests? >> yes, look. this at home test, you had susan on earlier. i couldnt agree more when we take a pause, look back on this historically even years from now this will still register as one of our failures, not being able to get adequate testing. i want to say something. we know we have tools, to your point...

This because he was trying to give the state golf -- state governors more credit for what they were doing, more responsibility. and yet we see a terrible federal policy right now pushed by osha requiring vaccines of businesses that have 100 or more employees. this is being challenged in the supreme court right now. theres a stay thats going to be heard in january on this. so it kind of undercuts bidens message that theres no federal solution when hes trying to do a federal solution that impinges...

Available so in some ways this is a form of triage. let me show you the guidelines just to be clear what they are now telling people who are testing positive for covid. stay -- stay home for at least five days. your isolation can end if symptoms are gone or resolving. wear a mask around others for five more days but the new things they added to that, again, as you mentioned. optional antigen test around day five and if positive, isolate for -- for a full-ten days. that -- that -- it may not be d...

A different subject. reporting that australian authorities are opening a new investigation into the timeline of his testing positive. where do things stand right now? what might happen in terms of djokovic being allowed to stay and being allowed to play in the open? >> reporter: so djokovic is facing a wider scrutiny basically winning the first appeal on grounds he didnt get enough time at the airport detained. not enough access to people to call, middle of the night, 4:00, 5:00 a.m. at the airp...

The tournament. but when he arrived in australia wednesday, officials said his visa had been canceled for failing to meet entry requirements. authorities moved him to his melbourne hotel turned temporary immigration detention center where he waited for days. what his lawyers went to work. finally monday, a melbourne judge ordered djokovics release and overturned his visa cancellation ruling border officials havent treated him fairly. djokovics father hailed the ruling. >> translator: they waited...

The first of our reports from jon donnison is about the pressures on nhs. derriford hospital in plymouth is one of a growing number to declare a critical incident because of omicron pressures on staffing levels, as well as the growing burden of those needing care. hospitals in blackpool, norfolk, wiltshire, morecambe bay and lincoln have also raised the alarm. in plymouth, they are warning the situation is increasingly complex. we have got patients who are coming in, who are absolutely covid pos...

School year. none of them had had to go virtual. we spoke to one tenth grader who came to get tested today and heres what he had to say about this experience. >> my group chat, they are all testing positive for some reason. i think its the new virus or something like that. >> the new variant thats going around? >> yeah, yeah, all my group chat got positive. we always get tested in school so i dont know, and then we always have this daily pass that we have to enter school with, and then if -- if ...