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And at 5 days, the new minimum isolation period from next week, that figure increases again to around a third of people who are still infectious. that's why people will be required to have two negative lateral flow results before being released from self isolation. the first test can be taken on day five, but some are urging caution. if you do test negative and you are going to come out of isolation on day six, you should still be cautious, particularly about interacting with vulnerable people. you still should be concerned that you might be infectious. the rules bring england into line with s...

Months and we really need to take the shackles off and get things moving. we have made the decision to reduce the minimum self isolation period to five full days in england. from monday, people can test twice before they go, leaving isolation at the start of day six. and some scientists agree, it is the right balance of risks. the negative impacts of the isolation on our services, on our schools and jobs is probably not worth the additional benefits. and i think the five—day rule at the moment is probably the right thing. so how long does it take to stop being infectious after getting covid?...

With covid in england is being cut to five full days from next week. covid restrictions are to be eased in wales as the data suggests the peak of the omicron wave here has already passed. pro—democracy demonstrators in sudan protesting against a military coup and facing a crackdown by security forces. it's not a yoghurt that can be taken out of the fridge and put back in multiple times. and the king of analogy gives up his throne. jonathan van—tam, famous for his pithy phrases during the pandemic, steps down from his official role. and coming up on the sport on the bbc news channel, all to...

Per day in the last week. 19,721 people are in hospital with covid. another 335 deaths were reported, that's of people who died within 28 days of a positive test. on average in the past week, there were 261 deaths per day. on vaccinations, just over 36 million people have had a boosterjab. that's more than 62.7% of those aged 12 and over. in france, where more than 300,000 new covid infections have again been recorded, the government is reopening its borders to uk travellers tomorrow. before christmas, france imposed a ban on most people entering the country from the uk to try to slow the spre...

Pressure from his party, with some senior conservatives saying he should resign. here's our correspondent, alex forsyth. there's no easy way to clean the current situation and since first thing no sign of the prime minister. a planned public visit was cancelled because one of his family has covid. while he hunkered down here, others spoke up for him after yesterday's apology. he was ashen faced, he was upset, he was truly genuinely heartfelt sorry for the upset and the rage that people are feeling. he gets it. on the airwaves there was a chorus of loyalty. there is no question in my mind boris...