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Way, yes i'm on the pta, the main concern and conversation we're having is how do we get our kids tested more and how do we get them better masks sphit seems like the administration has an answer for that. what is it? >> how do you get better testing and better masks in school? and what the administration is saying today they're going to send these 10 million tests starting this month each month to schools. that's 5 million rapid tests and 5 million pcr tests and that's designed to help schools who say, hey, we want to keep our schools open but we need testing. it follows the administration's ...

Get pcr or lateral flow tests to get back to work and others have also reported shortages of testing capacity. health chiefs admit it's a problem but say they are addressing it. we do recognise there are some difficulties across the country, both in pharmacies and with home testing request. we do release and are continuing to release test slots for individuals and so they should just keep trying through the day. obviously, as the christmas period subsides, then the testing capacity should be more available to them. we do have supplies and we will be endeavouring to get those to the right place...

Obviously a lot of focus on inhome tests today, these are antigen tests, there are some interesting research going on about the ability to make pcr tests available at home, and there's companies all over the country, including one in connecticut, that, you know, believe that with some additional investment, to bring those tests to scale, we could get pcr tests into families hands at home, for a cost that is at or below what we're currently charging or companies are currently charging for antigen tests. is that a possibility? >> senator murphy, thank you. we share your interest of course in see...

Tonight at 10: the scale of the 0micron crisis is revealed, as new figures suggest one in every 15 people in the uk was infected in the run up to new year's eve. no more pcr tests to confirm a positive lateral flow result in england and wales, to help ease pressure on labs, if there are no symtoms. but fears remain, for hospitals... potentially of greatest concern, case rates are now rising rapidly among the older and more vulnerable, including doubling every week among those over 60, with the obvious risk that this will continue to increase the pressures on our nhs. but the prime minister ins...

High viral loads that could be used at least to tell us who is very infectious. they might not catch every single case, in fact, they probably only catch eight out of ten positive cases, but think how useful that would be if you are doing it once every couple of days, you work in an in-person job and if you get a positive just like you do today you know you may infect other people. instead what happened last year is that people waited for days to get returned pcr tests, which are the gold standard, they are very accurate and those are the ones that the fda focused on, rather than figuring out ...