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Under the new guidelines they are moving _ under the new guidelines they are moving the risk to the passenger, which _ moving the risk to the passenger, which means apart from the red listed _ which means apart from the red listed countries, there is disregarding which list you come back from, which is why they amalgamate can if you like some of the green _ amalgamate can if you like some of the green and amber left. they no longer— the green and amber left. they no longer exist. weve got the ...

For the last year. you had this very vigorous testing regime. the first element is the lateral flow tests when you fly. where you take a test with you or talk to a doctor, they watch you take the test, and you get fit to fly. the idea is to make sure youre not circulating covid. two days after you come back, you have those pcr tests, and thats more to do with the uks genomic sequencing. that is the thing that government is most worried about because the delta strains made this much more complica...

Turkey will be taken off, and pakistan and bangladesh might be taken of, and perhaps south africa, which has been south which has been —— taken of, and perhaps south africa, which has been —— of limits for most of the year. we which has been -- of limits for most of the year-— of the year. we can make whatever rules we like _ of the year. we can make whatever rules we like but _ of the year. we can make whatever rules we like but the _ of the year. we can make whatever rules we like bu...

Sure that we are vaccinating the public, offering the faxes to as many people as possible, having some kind of testing regime and some surveillance of the results of these tests to look out for any new variants, i hope he agrees that at least those measures are the right measures and the kind of things that need to be done as we live with covid—19. need to be done as we live with covid-19. ., . ., need to be done as we live with covid-19. . . ., , , ., u covid-19. patricia gibson. vaccine pass...

Its not come to happen. might take its not come to happen. might take on it, i think it was a bit of a blunt instrument to try and get younger people to take up the vaccine, if you want to go to a nightclub in september youve got to have a jab, which is not the most nuanced way to try and persuade young people to do this. lets try and get down to the basic facts rather than use the stick. rather than the carrot. in terms of the pcr test, they cost about £100 per person, onto each holiday. if yo...

Whats it like on campus. >> for the most part, people think its reasonable. we are mandaing to take tests every week. so the testing regime is robust. folks have to wear masks in buildings. youre still uncomfortable, i have a class of 130 students, and theyre all around and theyre all masked in class but were trying to make our way through. were delighted to be back on campus together. whats interesting, i was thinking about this. you would think when we see our kids in hospital beds intubated t...

Point where cases are out there and transmitting within that school community? that is why i am asking which i have to see co2 monitors to bn at the beginning of term? do you think there should be a saying of the head teacher says masks should be worn then parents and children should follow that advice? because right now it is a little unclear. it is fudged a bit, isnt it? the regulations _ is fudged a bit, isnt it? the regulations that _ is fudged a bit, isnt it? iie: regulations that were issu...

The outcomes, and the results, we know that schools are not the hubs of infection or drivers of infection and we are a tribute at least some of that to the testing regime and it does reassure parents. but of that to the testing regime and it does reassure parents.— does reassure parents. but we are seeinr a does reassure parents. but we are seeing a surge — does reassure parents. but we are seeing a surge in _ does reassure parents. but we are seeing a surge in cases _ does reassure parents....

All of the mitigation measures that have been developed by the sector and put into place to ensure that. when people do go to festivals or an event it is an extremely safe environment, and we have certainly seen that with a government research programme as well. what we have seen recently in the festivals that have happened in the past couple of weeks are people who have been taking up over test before they go, so when you turn up, you can be very sure that people dont have coronavirus around yo...

Government to put in place, we lost 15,000 eu drivers, both as a result of brexit and covid because they returned to the eu, and thats contributed to the skills shortage, so some of the skills shortage, so some of the measures we would like to ask the government to put in place is some short—term visas to allow those drivers to return, and also to put hgv and laurie drivers and the skill shortage list, so its much easierfor shortage list, so its much easier for employers shortage list, so its ...