reduce the risk of transmission. and ideally to reduce people and teacher absence from school. and that s important because we saw those absence rates increased quite significantly in december as the new variant began to take hold. significantly in december as the new variant began to take hold. yeah, we don t know how variant began to take hold. yeah, we don t know how much variant began to take hold. yeah, we don t know how much the variant began to take hold. yeah, we don t know how much the christmas | don t know how much the christmas holidays will have acted as a fire break given how transmissible omicron is. obviously most schools if they were getting their pupils in on the first couple of days of term to do lateral flow tests in school we will hopefully be able to establish who is negative and who is positive and therefore try to curb cases rising right from the outset. how concerned are you, especially for those peoples in exam years, years 11 and 13 about the possible
and over now have to be fully vaccinated to enter indoor restaurants and leisure facilities, as infections rise in the city. and a warning that extreme weather events and natural disasters in the uk are having an increasingly severe impact on wildlife we examine the impact. hello and welcome. the uk health secretary has confirmed there will be no new restrictions in england before new year. but sajid javid has urged caution, asking people who want to ring in 2022 to think about taking lateral flow tests, celebrate outside or ventilate indoor areas.
are identified as contacts of someone who has tested positive for coronavirus will now be asked to take a daily lateral flow test for seven days instead of needing to self isolate. this is known as the daily contact testing regime. people who have daily negative lateral flow tests will be able to continue to go to work as normal while following all those other steps that help keep themselves safe, including limiting themselves safe, including limiting the number of people they mix with as much as possible. if you have not been doubly vaccinated and are identified as a close contact of somebody has covid, then you must self isolate. children under the age of five are exempt from self actualisation if they are close contact. self isolation. the
morning it s wed it s nine o clock here are the bbc news headlines for you if you test positive on a lateral flow and don t feel ill the government s finalising plans to drop the requirement in england that you need to get a pcr to confirm it. they re the teams are looking at testing and testing regimes. we have introduced so many lateral flow tests now that people are, they are very accurate, lateral flow tests. it will mean that lateral flow tests are as good as pcr tests. let me know what you think of the idea, just dealt with staff shortages and self isolation. borisjohnson will ask his top team to back his decision not to impose any further covid
slipping through the net if they are not able to go to school and have day to day contact with their teachers. and face coverings are one mitigation that the government is taking to reduce the risk of transmission, and ideally to reduce pupil and teacher absence from school, and that s important because we saw those absence rates increase quite significantly in december, as the new variant began to take hold. yeah, we don t know how much the christmas holidays will have acted as a firebreak, given how transmissible omicron is, but obviously most schools, if they are getting their pupils and on the first couple of days of term to do lateral flow tests in school, will hopefully be able to establish who is negative, who is positive, and therefore to try to curb cases rising right from the outset. how