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Tests as you implied with your question, because they have always been seen as second class. this would kind of give them almost parity with pcr tests. but also it would mean that many fewer people go into the official testing system. you know what it's like when you get a pcr test, bar codes this qr code that, text message this and you are kept quite an eye on, with the lateral flow test it is left up to the individual person to scan the qr code on the test and then upload it. the government would have a lot less oversight of what is actually going on by relying more largely on lateral flow t...

Meanwhile, almost 8—million test kits will be made available to pharmacies by tomorrow, amid warnings of patchy supplies following the changes to self—isolation rules. our health correspondent jim reed joins me now. what's the latest picture in terms of testing, capacity, and what impact these extra 8 million kids will have? fist impact these extra 8 million kids will have? �* ., �* , ., will have? at the moment there's an awful lot of — will have? at the moment there's an awful lot of pressure _ will have? at the moment there's an awful lot of pressure on _ will have? at the moment...

To tackle omicron by adding vaccination and booster capacity, hospital equipment, staff and more. we're going to get through this by working together. so, an interesting flip flop there. noticeably absent from his new discovered federal plan. always had one in the basement, was testing. this is startling to me, will, the fact that testing is missing in this. and i think when you compare 2020 under president trump to 2021, there's a real difference in the story of testing. in 2020, there was a novel passage that came into our country for which there was no testing. there were no therapeutics, w...

Information to states about the rockefeller foundation and what they're doing to set up contracts to assist districts in setting up surveillance systems. so again, we believe surveillance, good surveillance, testing system, vaccination efforts, and mitigation strategies are critical to successfully keeping our schools open. >> and you were just saying a moent ago that schools are requiring masks across the country. that's just not the case, though. there are a lot of places where they're not really requiring that sort of thing. >> unfortunately, we have seen where districts are not requiring t...

11th, so that is next tuesday. the uk health security agency has confirmed it will suspend the need for people with no symptoms of covid who test positive on rapid lateral flow tests to take a follow—up pcr test to confirm the result. so just to confirm, this rule change applies to confirm, this rule change applies to england only at this stage, and it will take effect from january the 11th, that is next tuesday. the agency said it had previously suspended the requirement between january and march last year at a time of high virus prevalence, and it says it will review the requirement when t...