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Valuable tool to the arsenal. >> reporter: schools in seattle and washington d.c. extended their winter break using the time to distribute thousands of rapid tests to students and faculty. baltimore will provide onsite pcr tests to schools with outbreaks and california will provide one to two tests to students ahead of tomorrow's reopening. now other schools are hunkering down as the omicron wave sweeps across the country. more than 8 school districts in new jersey are going remote and atlanta schools are doing the same. jericka, experts predict that the wave will peak around mid january. >> d...

But in the meantime, - the thing we've got to do, as responsible members of the public, is follow . the guidance, try to stop- transmission as much as we can and get boosted. there is some evidence that cases in young adults might be flattening off, but the worry now is that older adults are becoming infected, adding even more to the strain in the nhs. that's why government advisers are warning that hospital admissions could be going up for quite some time. jon donnison, bbc news. well, as we heard, the government is looking at removing the requirement for people in england who test positive f...

Benefits of shortening the isolation period for index cases and also potentially easing the requirement for all household contacts to isolate following a positive case. these are finely balanced judgments and we are considering the current trends and infection carefully. i can confirm that we do hope to reach decisions in the next week with any changes taking effect from the 5th of january and we will keep parliament updated. in the meantime, we have introduced an exemption scheme subject to appropriate protections and i can confirm a further change today that will help ensure the exemption sc...

People — made there that it's — obviously people are _ made there that it's — obviously people are isolating and that's a good _ people are isolating and that's a good thing, in a sense, it's not a problem. — good thing, in a sense, it's not a problem, and the pcr tests is simply protect— problem, and the pcr tests is simply protect the _ problem, and the pcr tests is simply protect the supply of pcr tests. we have so _ protect the supply of pcr tests. we have so many people being infected and having to test because of being in contact _ and having to test because of being in contact...

Infectious. so they are very important right now. i wonder if you could clarify — important right now. i wonder if you could clarify one _ important right now. i wonder if you could clarify one little _ important right now. i wonder if you could clarify one little point... - important right now. i wonder if you could clarify one little point... i - could clarify one little point... i was being grilled the other day by somebody who said those figures that are reported, what are they reflecting? lateral flow tests were pcr tests, where do those figures come from but are reported by the governm...