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Patients are at risk every single day in this health service. notjust on days when nurses are taking strike action. we are taking strike action to highlight these risks. not every nurse will be not available for work on a day of strike. there will be many nurses that don't belong to our union who will continue to work. there will not be hospitals with no nurses. and there will be nurses like greg who will not take strike action and that is their right. itruiiiiii not take strike action and that is their right-— their right. will you consider strikina their right. will you consider striking a...

Than 1,000 staff? it's an extreme position. but i am confident, and we're already seeing a number of staff choosing to be vaccinated. the push on vaccinations and boosters, notjust for nhs staff but all of us, continues. but even though the omicron wave is not yet over, ministers are clearly thinking about what comes next and how we live with covid in the months to come. dominic hughes, bbc news. and now to the latest official figures on the virus which show iai,472 new infections in the latest 24—hour period. in the same period 97 deaths were reported, that's of people who died within 28 da...

Than 1,000 staff? it's an extreme position. but i am confident, and we're already seeing a number of staff choosing to be vaccinated. the push on vaccinations and boosters, notjust for nhs staff but all of us, continues. but even though the omicron wave is not yet over, ministers are clearly thinking about what comes next and how we live in covid in the months to come. dominic hughes, bbc news. a stay—at—home order has been issued, to the entire population of the chinese port city of tianjin as health officials conduct mass testing, following at least 20 cases of covid. tianjin is only 150...

So i think we should do that. lateral flow tests have played a vital role in this current stage of the pandemic, so mr zahawi was quick to deny reports the government was planning to start charging for them, and labour's shadow chancellor says people need to be able to test regularly to stop passing on the virus. lateral flow tests are absolutely essential to keeping us protected and to keep our economy open. there is another potential threat to staffing levels on the horizon. all health care workers in england with direct contact with patients need to have had two covid jabs by the end of mar...