for next week has been called off by the gmb union. that date has now been suspended and a further day of strike action is now planned for 11th january. the union said it was scrapping the action next week so that the public will be able to enjoy christmas without additional anxiety . let s speak to our health correspondentjim reed about the strike involving ambulance staff and paramedics. just tell us what more we know. the gmb was just tell us what more we know. tie: gmb was planning just tell us what more we know. tue: gmb was planning to just tell us what more we know. tt2 gmb was planning to strike across wales and most of england, apart from london and the east of england next week, next wednesday. as you said, that s been scrapped or postponed, pushed back to the 11th of january and postponed, pushed back to the 11th ofjanuary and said. the postponed, pushed back to the 11th of january and said. the reason they gave us so that the public would be able to enjoy christmas withou
and that means taking some tough decisions on what they can and can t do. dominic hughes, bbc news, manchester. the government s latest coronavirus figures show there were just under 195,000 new coronavirus infections recorded in the latest 24 hour period. on average, there were over 183,000 new cases reported per day in the last week. there were 17,276 people in hospital being treated for coronavirus yesterday. 334 deaths were reported in the latest 2a hour period, that s of people who died within 28 days of a positive covid test, but that figure does include a backlog of hospital deaths reported overnight by nhs england covering the period from the 1st to the 11th january. on average in the past week, 171 deaths were announced every day. on vaccinations, more than 34.5 million people have had a boosterjab, which means more than 60% of people
people who test positive with a lateral flow test do not need to order a follow up pcr test if they do not have symptoms. anyone who has symptoms will still need to take a pcr test regardless, and anyone who tests positive with any test must self isolate. the change is now in force in scotland, wales and northern ireland and from 11th january in england. here s the transport secretary grant shapps on those changes to the travel rules. if you take a lateral flow test and you get your result immediately rather than waiting a day or sometimes more, then you can act faster on it, and the action of course is immediately to then have a pcr test. so in some senses, we will get to knowing that result quicker. people won t necessarily be waiting for the second day. they will get the result of that lateral flow straight away. so we will still keep very close tabs on this. i would say to you, i think we have to get away from the idea that somehow within the uk, we are all safe and there is some
vegan products should be easy to export because they don t contain animal products. but one eu country, malta, is asking for an animal health certificate. there s absolutely no way you need a health certificate for vegan products. he said, unless this is a brand new thing that has come in for malta. shall we start cutting in and breaking down? the £2,000 maltese order was placed on 11th january. if you want to tear that round. mid march, two months later, and the vegan snacks are still sitting in the warehouse. that has taken dale three hours on the phone. it sjust insane. like. three hours on the phone? what was he doing? - he s having to go back and forth with them, because one s saying yes, you need it, and the other
he said, unless this is a brand new thing that has come in for malta. shall we start cutting in and breaking down? the £2,000 maltese order was placed on 11th january. if you want to tear that round. mid march, two months later, and the vegan snacks are still sitting in the warehouse. that has taken dale three hours on the phone. it sjust insane. like. three hours on the phone? what was he doing? he s having to go back and forth with them, because one s saying yes, you need it, and the other is saying no, you don t, because it s not an animal product. it s just such a waste of time. problems like this make it harder to do business. there was a 23% drop in the trade in goods with eu countries in the first three months of the year. some of that might be due to stockpiling before the brexit deadline.