that, and i was hoping that was going to happen. i actually feel 0k about it because we ve had coronavirus a few months ago. up to a quarter of the staff were off at the glasgow gaelic school because of covid. it is going to cause some challenges. i we are going to have to think about reorganising classes and having - teachers cover for their absent colleagues. - at a virtual session of the scottish parliament, the first minister said isolation rules would be relaxed from ten days to seven for those with covid, dependent on negative tests, and household contacts can take lateral flow tests from midnight tonight instead of isolating. these changes are significant and they are not completely without risk. however, at this stage of the pandemic, they do strike an appropriate balance. this comes after weeks of pressure from opposition parties. the first minister previously said it would spread infection even further.
of medicine at the university of california san francisco. i asked him for his thoughts on the new isolation rules. i think we don t have a lot of time to wait for the best data. in a large sense it is driven by the workforce, if you think about health care and airlines, they all have a common a common denominator. if you were positive and people were asymptomatic, you had a covid prison sentence for ten days, and i think that was wreaking havoc on all facets of life, frankly. the trouble is, our assumption was you needed ten days to be shot of it. can you explain a little bit about the infection period and how long we might still harbour it? several reasons went
rise in much of the u.s. today. the impact is being felt everywhere, across everything from air travel to event cancellations as officials debate those isolation rules for everyone who tests positive. there are more questions than answers on that front. plus, american political discourse has been so disrupted over the past four years that a grown man insulted president biden on a christmas call with the first lady with his wife and kids watching with a maga troll that means, according to wick pedia, eff joe biden. and later in the program, the great mass divide. a fascinating and distressing look at how one town s fight about masking and covid safety split the community right in half as we head into another divided new year in this country. all those stories and more when deadline: white house continues after a quick break. don t go anywhere. s after a qui. don t go anywhere.
assuming the isolation rules are changed, orwill there assuming the isolation rules are changed, or will there be different rules for different professions? this will come down to what the final guidance will show. an example, in denmark, they recently lifted all remaining restrictions there as well. but there are still fairly strong guidance that he should self isolate for four days after getting a positive test, they have kept that in place as guidance. in law, they might lift these restrictions, but we do not know what the guidance will say. i can speak to hospitals and doctors surgeries, when i have been in those in the last year, they have been very strict rules within the hospitals themselves about staff and what they do when testing positive. lots of hospitals have their own dedicated testing unit on site. that is one of the things we might see going forward. hospitals make their own rules that are different from the national guidance. fantastic, we
that will close down london as the weak link that will close down london as the weak link in laundering some of the dirty money that keeps vladimir putin dirty money that keeps vladimir putin in dirty money that keeps vladimir putin in powerand dirty money that keeps vladimir putin in power and we need to have this legislation which is an urgent and overdue in order that we have the tough and overdue in order that we have the tough sanctions ready to go if russia the tough sanctions ready to go if russia does invade ukraine but also at the russia does invade ukraine but also at the moment to help deter russia by saying at the moment to help deter russia by saying that the economic and financial by saying that the economic and financial cost to you and your country financial cost to you and your country will be severe if you do. just one country will be severe if you do. just one question to you about the announcement by the prime minister in the house of commons yesterd