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Been produced. both the lab-based tests, the pcrs, but also the antigens. and the really good news, and that's why this what happened today is important, but the really good news is that with omicron, antigen tests and dr. redline will tell you, there's a lot of false negatives, but they can help you know whether you are positive with covid or not. it's a good way of dealing with outbreaks. surveillance testing, the pcr testing, is a good way of being table to see where our schools are. that's why we're begging parents, please consent to it so we can do 10% of testing for kids throughout the c...

Impossible. there were only a handful of authorized at-home tests and plummeting demand during the summer caused several testmakers to downscale production. republicans have seized on the failure with two senators calling out a, quote, fundamental lack of strategy and failure to anticipate future testing needs. in his first network interview, the white house's new testing coordinator responding. >> this administration has been pursuing a strategy to expand testing since its earliest days and will continue to do that. >> reporter: the white house did take steps to boost production in the late s...

Months ago, a month ago. >> reporter: but many public-health experts have been sounding the alarm for months. >> everybody saw it coming. we knewby needed more tests. i think the administration dropped the ball on this. >> we are still way behind on testing. >> frankly, i think a big problem is, right from the start, we didn't have a strategic plan about how testing was going to fit in with our response. >> reporter: and in october, anticipating a winter surge, a group of experts including dr. michael mena made an urgent plea to white house officials. >> tried everything i could to advise our ...

Urgent surgery on hold. in scotland, the government considers a reduction in the time people have to isolate from ten to seven days. we're expecting an update by first minister nicola sturgeon to the scottish parliament in the next hour. i will report on the continuing rise in covid cases and i will outline our approach to managing the pandemic at this stage and i will set out the changes to self isolation and testing and while we are not proposing any additional measures at this stage, i will confirm that existing protections and guidance will remain in place for the coming week pending furth...

You are meeting indoors limit the number of households in your group to three at most and keep windows open and follow advice on hygiene. i want to record my thanks to everyone across the country who continues to do all of this and played their part in helping us through this latest very challenging phase of the pandemic. thank you very much and i'm happy now to take questions. the first minister will now take questions _ first minister will now take questions on _ first minister will now take questions on the _ first minister will now take questions on the issues - first minister will now tak...