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Of a surge in covid patients. but there's concern about who will staff them. we would prefer that the government take steps to avoid needing to use that extra surge capacity, purely because there just aren't the number of staff needed to safely provide the care for any patients that are requiring care, and that is where the priority needs to be, to ensure we've got staff to safely care for people that need care. eight nightingale units will be set up in hospital grounds to care for around 100 covid patients each, and hospital admissions are now rising sharply in the uk, almost doubling in engl...

So, really, it'sjust this pattern of a delay in being able to book one locally on the government booking site. at some points today, there was no availability on the government website for home pcr kits or walk—in sites in england and northern ireland, and only limited supply in scotland. there's been a surge in demand for lateral flow tests, too. that's led to pharmacists warning that supply�*s not keeping up. they've not had any here since christmas eve. it's not just our pharmacy that's out of stock, it's many, many more pharmacies. some customers are very understanding with it, but som...

Although the lateral flow tests argued against omicron and delta, the amount you have to have of omicron to spread to someone else is much lower. nobody has seen the solid evidence to justify the american position and there is concern among the public health community there that this is primarily being done to open up the economy. but that is not necessarily going to work because we have seen the us having large numbers of flight crews, flights being cancelled, people are not going to be going to work if they are feeling ill. nobody wants someone coughing and sneezing around them at a time lik...

That is the key thing. 0livier picard owns four pharmacies in buckinghamshire and berkshire. thank you forjoining us. 0bviously, thank you forjoining us. obviously, the key thing that people are worried about at the moment are finding lateral flow tests. share worried about at the moment are finding lateral flow tests. are you caettin finding lateral flow tests. are you getting enough? _ finding lateral flow tests. are you getting enough? that _ finding lateral flow tests. are you getting enough? that is - finding lateral flow tests. are you getting enough? that is a - finding lateral flow tes...

Them the tests that they're asking for. and lateral flow tests become even more important from tomorrow in northern ireland and wales. as in england, people with covid will be able to end self—isolation — earlier after seven days — rather than ten, if they can get the tests and get two negative results. sophie hutchinson, bbc news. let's look at the latest official figures in more detail, some of the reports are still being affected by christmas delays. as we've heard, there were a record 189,213 new infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period, which also includes two days of case...