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Tests as you implied with your question, because they have always been seen as second class. this would kind of give them almost parity with pcr tests. but also it would mean that many fewer people go into the official testing system. you know what its like when you get a pcr test, bar codes this qr code that, text message this and you are kept quite an eye on, with the lateral flow test it is left up to the individual person to scan the qr code on the test and then upload it. the government wou...

Meanwhile, almost 8—million test kits will be made available to pharmacies by tomorrow, amid warnings of patchy supplies following the changes to self—isolation rules. our health correspondent jim reed joins me now. whats the latest picture in terms of testing, capacity, and what impact these extra 8 million kids will have? fist impact these extra 8 million kids will have? �* ., �* , ., will have? at the moment theres an awful lot of — will have? at the moment theres an awful lot of p...

To tackle omicron by adding vaccination and booster capacity, hospital equipment, staff and more. were going to get through this by working together. so, an interesting flip flop there. noticeably absent from his new discovered federal plan. always had one in the basement, was testing. this is startling to me, will, the fact that testing is missing in this. and i think when you compare 2020 under president trump to 2021, theres a real difference in the story of testing. in 2020, there was a nove...

Information to states about the rockefeller foundation and what theyre doing to set up contracts to assist districts in setting up surveillance systems. so again, we believe surveillance, good surveillance, testing system, vaccination efforts, and mitigation strategies are critical to successfully keeping our schools open. >> and you were just saying a moent ago that schools are requiring masks across the country. thats just not the case, though. there are a lot of places where theyre not really...

11th, so that is next tuesday. the uk health security agency has confirmed it will suspend the need for people with no symptoms of covid who test positive on rapid lateral flow tests to take a follow—up pcr test to confirm the result. so just to confirm, this rule change applies to confirm, this rule change applies to england only at this stage, and it will take effect from january the 11th, that is next tuesday. the agency said it had previously suspended the requirement between january and m...

>> reporter: one year after taking office, president biden facing a stubborn problem he vowed to solve. long lines and empty shelves exposing a testing system failing once again to match demand. bidens own rhetoric. >> anyone who wants a test should be able to get one, period. >> reporter: biden came into office with a plan to expand testing. pouring billions of dollars to boost manufacturing and ramp up testing in schools and underserved communities. his top priority was vaccines, which kept mo...

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. ...

Maybe she thought no one was listening or sirius xm rather and said president trump didnt leave us a plan. it was a little noticed clip. i noticed it because number one, president biden said president trump does not have a plan being, i do. so regardless of who left you a plan, you guys purported to have a plan. but, number two, yeah, we left you a plan in the trump administration. it was called this. it was called 800,000 vaccination -- vaccine doses secured based on contracts with private comp...

Inflation out the wazoo and supply chain shortage, empty shelves. we left them the greatest most sophisticated testing system in the world outpacing all of western europe combined and they couldnt even imagine to keep that up. it is a train wreck on every single level. there are still 3 million jobs short by the way of where we were pre-pandemic. a mix of all of it hit the nail on the head. total incompetence but ideology as well choosing to go the way of the squad than the way of reasonable ame...

The covid operations are meeting and there are discussions about various things but one of those discussions is about changing guidance when it comes to testing. at the moment the rules are if you have symptoms you go and get a pcr test and then isolate if it is positive. lots of people are doing lateral flow tests when they dont have symptoms. the guidance for that is if you get a little red line for a positive lateral flow test then you should get that backed up with a confirmatory pcr test an...