BBCNEWS Breakfast January 5, 2022 06:20:00
Later on the programme. let's take a look at some of today's papers. the daily telegraph reports that testing rules could be relaxed as part of efforts to ease staffing shortages. the paper suggests that millions who test positive on lateral flow devices will no longer need to take follow—up pcr tests. we will talk to the government at half past seven to try and get some clarity on that. the times leads with the prime minister's insistence that no further covid restrictions are necessary despite more than 200,000 new cases being reported in a day. it quotes england's chief medical officer, s...