A new strategy announced against a backdrop of large numbers of NHS staff having to self-isolate will allow frontline health workers who are double jabbed to keep working, even if they have come into close contact with someone who has tested positive.
The government’s announcement came into effect immediately and also covers social care staff – but it brought a mixed reaction from NHS leaders.
Danny Mortimer, chief executive of NHS Employers and deputy chief executive of the NHS Confederation, said: “On the one hand, they are worried about their capacity to support patients safely and quickly, particularly given that many staff will already be away for parts of summer as they take overdue annual leave that is owed to them but on the other hand, the last thing they would want to do is expose their patients and colleagues to an increased risk of catching the virus, so the need for local review and discretion here is important.”
police there arrested the man they claim oversaw this entire operation. the secret service is now reportedly looking into whether david flory committed wire fraud. is he a professor at dickerson university in new jersey. investigators say it s purely coincidental that both men were professors. they do not think the schools or any students from them were involved. a fox urgent now getting new information about a deadly crash in nevada involving an amtrak train carrying more than 200 passengers. happened several hours ago on a rural highway about 70 miles east of reno. officials say there say a semi hit the side of the train as it was passing through a railroad crossing. they say two people died. the driver of the truck and somebody on the train. we re told the crash also injured dozens of other passengers. new details as they come in. scientists are calling it, get this: a possible cure for a type of diabetes. fox reports in-depth on a potential medical break through.
people marched here. they will be the first in line today when the city council chambers opens their doors. they also want to be the first to tell the mayor and the city council not to go too far with some of those austerity measures they are considering taken. some city workers oppose the lank in the mayor s proposal. if that is approved, they would be able to limit pension benefit benefits to the city workers. the mayor says five unions have already negotiated and are negotiating with the city but another six are not. we have other unions, our largest union believes the problem is imaginary and they don t want to engage to try to find a solution. we have serious problems. we just laid off a couple of hundred of their neighbors. we re under a contract presently that if he em posing what imposes what he is imposing, that s breaking the contract. reporter: the mayor said he would not be taken away collective bargaining. he would not be this is the next generation
brother. i was very angry at my mom and i was also angry at my sister. shepard: tonight, tears and secrets spilling in court. and that is first from fox this friday night. the casey anthony trial. casey anthony s brother crying on the stand repeatedly today, but he wasn t the only anthony family member breaking down in court. the day started with casey s mother cindy back on the stand as the defense rolled a silent video of the defendant playing with her daughter caylee. the 2-year-old child whom prosecutors accuse casey of murdering. people in the court saw casey smiling while that video played. but she started tearing up as did the grandmother cindy when the lawyer showed her a picture of caylee next to the family pool. the pool in which the defense now claims caylee drowned in an accident no one bothered to mention until the trial began. do you know what that photograph is of, mrs. anthony. yes. would you like to take a break? do you need a break? no, i m okay.
some quick headlines now. he taught physics but seems to be more fascinated with prostitutes. i m talking about the new jersey professor david flory, arrested at his new mexico vacation home for running an on-line sex service in his spare time. good there. and call her wal-mart wonder woman. a shopper from texas named monique lawless ran after three guys she saw stealing beer from the superstore. check out the surveillance video. she s less than 5 feet tall but jumped on top of their car and tries kicking in the windshield and sunroof. the suspect got away from her but police caught up with them later and stick around, that wonder woman joins us live here on fox & friends at 8:30. all right, thank you, brian. former rhode island congressman patrick kennedy s struggle with addiction has been very public. he s talked about it quite a bit from cocaine addiction as a teen to prescription drug abuse as an