BBCNEWS Breakfast January 11, 2022 06:11:00
It's hoped the easing of testing rules will improve access to pcr tests for people with symptoms and key workers, following supply issues. northern ireland, scotland and wales have already implemented this change. if you don't do a pcr test, then you won't have the confirmatory test, because we know the pcr test is more accurate. and, also, if there are not pcr tests from the people who are isolating, then there is less genomic sequencing that will go on, so that may mean it is more difficult to trace the variant in the population. however, this is a temporary change and it's a change while th...