about the strategy. this is the balanced and the proportionate approach that we ve taken to covid. we ve been able to keep this country open, keep our economy moving more open than any other comparable economy in europe, and they know it, mr speaker. with a huge rise in cases, the testing system has been under strain, so today, a change in england and wales. if you don t have covid symptoms and your lateral flow test is positive, you ll still have to isolate but won t have to confirm the result with a pcr. staff shortages, though, remain a major problem. in hospitals and other sectors, services are being cancelled or delayed because so many are in isolation. the labour leader is one of them, after testing positive for the second time. his deputy stood in. doctors, nurses, carers, teachers and pupils can t get the tests they need now to do two tests a week. emergency workers are reportedly stuck in isolation
schools, fighting to stay open? you know, jose, there was a day over the holiday, new year s eve day, that this city recorded 85,000 covid cases in a day, and has been smashing records here this week. 20% of the police and sanitation workers have called out sick, but still, the doors are opening this morning for kids to go back to school in person. the new mayor insisting that it is a priority, to have to be masked. students, teachers, and staff have to have a negative test. and that s the case in a lot of places. there are some school systems that have gone totally remote, like cleveland and atlanta. but in other places, they re delaying and asking people to get tested. now, what does this mean for our already strained testing system? i mean, you are going to see long lines all across the country get even longer with students having to get tests themselves. the biden administration saying it s going to support those
authorizations between march and july, upscaled testing by 32,00, the united states had the most advanced testing system in the world, administered more test in the western hemisphere combined. that s a compelling story that the trump administration had to tell. you have to wonder why in june and july abbott scaled back their testing i had a source tell me there was no indication from the federal government as for the demand for testing. why did the administration drop the ball? we had the most advanced testingment? world and no we are behind much of the western world. bret: i want to turn topics and crime is another topic that is really affecting the country coast to coast. the number of big cities seeing high homicide rates. take a listen to a couple folks on the crime crisis. the president has never supported defunding the police. he has always been adequate for adequate funding and ensuring that police departments and
in the commons, he was bullish about the strategy. this is the balanced and the proportionate approach that we ve taken to covid. we ve been able to keep this country open, keep our economy moving more open than any other comparable economy in europe, and they know it, mr speaker. with a huge rise in cases, the testing system has been under strain, so today, a change in england and wales. if you don t have covid symptoms and your lateral flow test is positive, you ll still have to isolate but won t have to confirm the result with a pcr. staff shortages, though, remain a major problem. in hospitals and other sectors, services are being cancelled or delayed because so many are in isolation. the labour leader is one of them, after testing positive for the second time. his deputy stood in. doctors, nurses, carers, teachers and pupils can t get the tests they need now to do two tests a week. emergency workers are reportedly stuck in isolation because they can t get their hands
with a huge rise in cases, the testing system has been under strain, so today a change in england and wales. if you don t have covid symptoms and your lateral flow test is positive, you ll still have to isolate but won t have to confirm the result with a pcr. staff shortages, though, remain a major problem. in hospitals and other sectors, services are being cancelled or delayed because so many are in isolation. the labour leader is one of them, after testing positive for the second time. his deputy stood in. doctors, nurses, carers, teachers and pupils can t get the tests they need now to do two tests a week. emergency workers are reportedly stuck in isolation because they can t get their hands on a test the government has been asleep at the wheel, mr speaker, and the result is total shambles. before christmas, the prime minister was under huge pressure after his own mps defied him and he had to rely on labour votes to get his covid plans through.