uk health and security agency, deem it appropriate that you can have two negative tests on consecutive days as we do now with day six and seven, thenit as we do now with day six and seven, then it is a good thing to keep under review. he then it is a good thing to keep under review. then it is a good thing to keep under review. , ., , under review. he denied reports the government under review. he denied reports the government was under review. he denied reports the government was planning under review. he denied reports the government was planning to - under review. he denied reports the government was planning to start i government was planning to start charging for lateral flow test and labour s shadow chancellor said people need to be able to test regularly to stop passing on the virus. , . ., . regularly to stop passing on the virus. , , . regularly to stop passing on the virus. , . , virus. i m very concerned by this briefin: virus. i m very concerned by this br
for lateralflow tests, and labour s shadow chancellor said people need to be able to test regularly to stop passing on the virus. i m very concerned by this briefing from government that lateral flow tests could be charged for any time soon. lateral flow tests are absolutely essential to keeping us protected and to keep our economy open. it s notjust isolation rules that could hit hospital staffing, by february the 3rd all nhs staff in england with direct contact with patients need to have had their first vaccine jab or risk losing theirjobs by the end of march. one nhs boss acknowledges that could affect around 10% of his workforce. we have approximately 14,000 staff. you could lose more than 1,000? in an extreme position. but i am confident, and we re already seeing a number of staff being vaccinated. the push on vaccinations and boosters, notjust make stuff but all of us continues.
for any time soon. lateral flow tests are absolutely essential to keeping us protected and to keep our economy open. it s notjust isolation rules that could hit hospital staffing. by february the 3rd all nhs staff in england with direct contact with patients need to have had their first vaccine jab or risk losing theirjobs by the end of march. one nhs boss acknowledges that could affect around 10% of his workforce. we have approximately 14,000 staff. you could lose more than 1,000? in an extreme position. but i am confident, and we re already seeing a number of staff being vaccinated. the push on vaccinations and boosters, notjust for nhs staff but all of us continues. even though the omicron wave is not yet over, ministers are clearly thinking about what happens next and how we live in covid
it s notjust isolation rules that could hit hospital staffing. by february the 3rd all nhs staff in england with direct contact with patients need to have had their first vaccine jab or risk losing theirjobs by the end of march. one nhs boss acknowledges that could affect around 10% of his workforce. we have approximately 14,000 staff. you could lose more than 1,000? in an extreme position. but i am confident, and we re already seeing a number of staff being vaccinated. the push on vaccinations and boosters, notjust for nhs staff but all of us continues. even though the omicron wave is not yet over, ministers are clearly thinking about what happens next and how we live in covid in the years to come. dominic hughes bbc news.