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It's all banned in wales, so we've come here to enjoy it. crossing the border for new year's is legal and while the welsh government is asking people to act conscientiously, the scottish government has urged people not to travel to england to party. there are still concerns over the availability of lateral flow tests but the government has pledged that 8 million additional tests will be delivered to pharmacies by today. wales has already loaned 4 million tests to england. health secretary sajid javid has pledged that the uk supply will be tripled early next year to 300 million per month. so, t...

Do you think it is fair, though? i think the reality of whether i think it is fair or not is a moot point. the law is now such that individuals who are not vaccinated, if they can't be redeployed, they will not be able to work in hospitals if they deal with patients. new changes to covid travel testing rules have come into force in england. from today, the day two test for international arrivals in england can now be a privately—bought lateral flow test rather than a more expensive pcr one. the move applies to fully—vaccinated people and those aged under—18. the australian government has...

You look at the most recent comments on all of this from the uk health security agency, which was nine days ago, but at that point they were saying between ten and 13% of people are still infectious. certainly on day six. and i suppose that's your point, there is still move ability here. the earlier you bring that forward, then the higher the percentage goes. doing the two lateral flow tests 24—hour is a part makes the whole approach much safer than what they've been able to do in the us where i think they haven't got adequate supplies of the test to do it this way. there will be a law of di...

Think it is a valid point to look at. one of the important thing is the government has done is brought back the sick pay rebates that if you are a small business owner watching now and your staff have to go off sick, that is one warrior thatis go off sick, that is one warrior that is removed. there are so many worries piling in on small businesses in that one is gone, but one final when the government really should sort out is the testing infrastructure. if people are supposed to be released from self isolation with lateral flow test but they can't get it either from the website which has been...

Infections in the last 24—hour is. 97 deaths, that is someone who dies within 28 days of a positive covid test. also in terms of the vaccination programme, more than 35.4 million people have now received their third jab, the booster, and that means that getting on for 62% of people aged 12 and over have had all three jabs. those are the latest figures, and all of this on the day where we are talking about a possible reduction in the self isolation period, and also that issue of lateral flow test as well. i'm joined now by adam finn, professor of paediatrics at the university of bristol and a...