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. let s speak to professor peter 0penshaw, immunologist at imperial college london and member of the uk vaccine network.
get pcr or lateral flow tests to get back to work and others have also reported shortages of testing capacity. 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 request. 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 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 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. the immunologist professor peter 0penshaw told us the nightingale hubs showed admirable planning as there is great concern about the possible impact of the rising numbers of covid cases. we don t know until 0micron has worked its way out of the younger population,
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
to speak to you, there was nothing available for home delivery across the whole of the uk at the moment. the advice is to go to a local pharmacy but we have heard reports of signs up outside pharmacies saying theyjust have no supply at the moment, bbc radio 5 live spoke to a pharmacist in chorley in lancashire this morning he said within an hour of getting a delivery of these lateral flow test kits, they are gone. big queues outside his pharmacy to pick them up. it really depends on where you live so that s the lateral flow tests. it is important because if people are thinking about mixing, especially over new year, they may well want to take a lateral flow before then so accessing kits could be important. that s what professor peter openshaw from imperial college warned about on the radio this morning saying it s very worrying indeed that people cannot get hold of these test kits, public health england, now the uk health security agency saying there will be 8 million more testing