other. secondly, test for covert maker regularly. as i said, we will be increasing testing in areas where the new variant has been identified. but for all of us, wherever we are, evenif but for all of us, wherever we are, even if we are feeling fine, regular lateral flow testing is a really important way of finding out if we might have the virus. in important way of finding out if we might have the virus. important way of finding out if we might have the virus. in england, so far, three cases might have the virus. in england, so far, three cases have might have the virus. in england, so far, three cases have been - might have the virus. in england, so far, three cases have been found, i might have the virus. in england, so far, three cases have been found, in nottingham, brentwood in essex and central london. in scotland, four cases have been identified, in lanarkshire and two in the greater glasgow and clyde area, not all related to foreign travel, all close contacts of suspected
our first report is from our health correspondent dominic hughes. testing is the key to monitoring the spread of the new 0micron variant. cases in england and now scotland have already been identified and more are bound to follow. this morning, scotland s first minister nicola sturgeon was urging caution, calling for tougher rules on self isolation and travel and working from home where possible. firstly, get vaccinated. it is the single most important thing we can do to protect ourselves and each other. secondly, test for covid regularly. as i said, we will be increasing testing in areas where the new variant has been identified. but for all of us, wherever we are, even if we are feeling fine, regular lateral flow testing is a really important way of finding out if we might have the virus. in england, so far, three cases have been found in nottingham, brentwood in essex and central london. in scotland, four cases
more widespread vaccinations, boosters, testing and more. i promised every american that there would be always but it is vaccines available in the booster shots available in the booster shots available to them and for free, and everywhere available. every single american, free of charge, and i will keep that commitment. we need to do more than vaccinated americans. to be depend on that, we have to vaccinate the world as well, and america is leading that effort. we have shipped for free more vaccines to other countries than all other countries in the world combined, over 275 million vaccines. now we need the rest of the world to step up need the rest of the world to step up as well. let me be clear. not a single vaccine shot americans ever sent to the rest of the world will ever come at the expense of any american. i will always make sure that our people are protected first.
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no new additions, angola, there is no new additions, angola, mozambique, malawi and zambia. we also have south africa, zimbabwe and others who are already on the list. anyone who is not a uk or irish citizen will not be able to come into the uk if they have been in any of those countries in the course of the last ten days. pcr testing is also coming back. that only went at the end of october. it was the 24th of october for england, the 31st for scotland, wales and northern ireland. so a relatively recent change with the elephant pcr testing to the cheaper, lateral flow testing. the advantage of pcr testing. the advantage of pcr testing is you can sequence the results of those pcr tests and that means you can identify the variant. that was seen as no longer necessary when it was removed at the end of last month because these tests were considered to be too expensive and there is no variant of concern at that point. now there is, this has been reintroduced. the other thing to bear in min