health chiefs admit it s a problem but say they are addressing it. we do recognise there are some difficulties across the country, both in pharmacies and with home testing requests. we do release and are continuing to release test slots for individuals and so they should just keep trying through the day. obviously, as the christmas period subsides, then the testing capacity should be more available to them. we do have good supplies and we will be endeavouring to get those to the right places. the uk health security agency said almost 8 million lateral flow test kits would be supplied to pharmacies by new year s eve. people wanting pcr tests should keep checking the official website as more slots were being made available each day. hugh pym, bbc news. we re joined now by our political correspondent pete saull. pete, eight million lateral flow
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messaging friends asking if anybody has any spare that they can drop off, but the issue is everybody s in the same position. and if they have some lfts at home they are holding onto them themselves. the government agency which manages tests says it has had to pause supply when demand is very high. we do recognise that there are some difficulties across the country, both with pharmacies and with home testing requests. we do release and are continuing to release test slots for individuals so they should keep trying through the day. obviously as the christmas period subsides then the testing capacity should be more available to them. we do have good supplies and we will be endeavouring to get those to the right places. but with infection rates expected to continue to soar, keeping up with demand for tests is likely only to get harder. sophie hutchinson, bbc news. northern ireland s devolved government has decided to reduce
difficulties across the country, both with pharmacies and with home testing requests. we do release and are continuing to release test slots for individuals so they should keep trying through the day. obviously as the christmas period subsides then the testing capacity should be more available to them. we do have good supplies and we will be endeavouring to get those to the right places. but with infection rates expected to continue to soar, keeping up with demand for tests is likely only to get harder. sophie hutchinson, bbc news. northern ireland s devolved government has decided to reduce the self isolation period for people with coronavirus from ten days to seven, provided they have negative lateral flow tests on the sixth and seventh days. the change will take effect tomorrow. the decision was made by ministers at a virtual meeting this morning. covid restrictions remain unchanged. the stormont executive will meet again in a week s time. the former president of afghanistan, ashraf
is going to start an official legal bust up with the eu over what they see as the over the top, overzealous implementation of the rules that govern northern ireland that were agreed as part of the brexit deal. that would be the so called triggering of article 16 and in the last couple of weeks, the irish said it would be unwise, reckless to do that, but was he taking quite such a dramatic tone when i talked to him tonight? i think people, you know, genuinely, in the north, from my last engagement, which was only late last week, people genuinely want this resolved by agreement and i think lord frost, to be fair to him, went to northern ireland two days this week, to discuss these issues with people on the ground as well and i think a genuine effort is clearly being made now in respect of endeavouring to get this resolved by agreement. is it reasonable that someone, for example, who lives in barnsley in england would have to get a rabiesjab for their dog if they wanted to go on holiday i