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Clinically vulnerable. lateral flow tests will remain free of charge in the transition phase. indeed, we consider it important, in line with the principle of health care free at the principle of health care free at the point of use, that they should remain free of charge for any circumstance in which government recommends testing, and this is a principle we will seek to uphold in our longer term plan testing. i also want to emphasise that in scotland for now we will continue to ask those who test positive for covid to isolate for the recommended period, and we will continue to make a isolation...

Establish the biggest testing we should be proud that the uk establish the biggest testing programme per person of any large country in the world. but its budget in the last financial year was bigger than that of the home office. and it, the testing programme, cost £2 billion just last month alone. so, we must scale back and prioritise our resources for the most vulnerable. this is part of what so professor chris whitty said at that same press conference a short time ago. the omicron wave — conference a short time ago. the omicron wave is _ conference a short time ago. the omicron wave is s...

So we must also remain vigilant and prepared. to that end i will also outline how we will categorise and respond to future risks including from new variants and i will explain why our decision must be based on a combination of data, evidence and judgment. and i will also give our assessment of the current situation in scotland in light of recent data and set out an indicative timescale for lifting or converting to guidance the small number of legally binding measures that still remain in place. finally i will set out our commitment to continued access to pcr and lateral flow testing free of ch...

We had no reference to young people and certainly no reference to be working in our schools and colleges. what kind of representation do unions like yours will make to the government? perhaps regarding carrying on with lateral flow testing, which we are told will not be free after the 1st of april for most people?— be free after the 1st of april for most people? probably the most im ortant most people? probably the most important representation - most people? probably the most important representation we've i most people? probably the most - important representation we've been making so far ...

Threshold for action, for example by stating we will take certain predetermined steps in the number of cases rises above a specific level. such thresholds may be superficially attractive because of the certainty they appear to provide, but they pose a very significant risk of both under and over reaction. the framework i havejust under and over reaction. the framework i have just described can be used to categorise our current threat level, and therefore help guide decisions in the coming period and i will return to that shortly. first let me summarise the latest data and trends. today we are ...