people to act on. and lateral flows are somehow more useful, they are obviously less sensitive but they are what they are, they are something that people can take at home on a regular basis to prevent further infection to other people. i suppose what we are now being asked, how we are being asked to view them is if you have a positive lateral flow then you are going to get a positive pcr. flow then you are going to get a positive pcr- positive pcr. yes, that s quite likel . positive pcr. yes, that s quite likely- the positive pcr. yes, that s quite likely. the delay positive pcr. yes, that s quite likely. the delay with - positive pcr. yes, that s quite likely. the delay with getting i positive pcr. yes, that s quite - likely. the delay with getting your pcr results is still there. if you get a positive pcr it is not necessarily that you are still infectious so i can see both sides of that argument. find infectious so i can see both sides of that argument. infectious so i can se
originally we hear from the cdc director on the today show this morning, she confirmed that this morning saying it s not as effective picking up omicron as it was the delta or alpha variant but saying that the pcr test should be the reliable test for folks to take. that s why we re here at the site where you re seeing lines not yet but seeing lines across the city as that testing front continues, not just here in illinois but across the country. doctor, lines, lines everywhere but there s also questions about the antigen test and what people are taking and the delays in getting pcr results back. how concerning is all of that? should we be worried, for example, if we ve been relying on antigen tests? i ve been concerned about this for some time and think that, you know, a test that may only be 50/50 right is a test that still is a challenge in terms of understanding what to do with the information. i think this is a huge issue.
the celebrations are going ahead despite a new surge in coronavirus infections in australia on friday to let s wish you all a happy new year. good afternoon, it s 15:30pm and here s your latest sports news. sunday s premier league match between southampton and newcastle at st mary s stadium has been postponed due to ongoing covid i9 cases and injuries in the newcastle squad. eddie howe s men drew 1 1 with manchester united last monday but did not have the required number of players available for yesterday s scheduled game with everton, and that s still the case, forcing sunday s game to be called off. chelsea s match with liverpool on sunday is one of eight games still on over the next three days. butjurgen klopp is expecting to lose three players who are waiting for pcr results which he fears will be positive. he s worried things could get worse
looking at possible inconsistencies related to his pcr results, and his movements after testing positive. cnn is also seeking clarification from serbian health authorities. immigration minister alex hawk still has the right to personally intervene and revoke his visa at any time. the official draw for the men s single s tournament is in a few hours. djokovic is the number one seed but his attendance is still not guaranteed. for now, djokovic continues to train as he waits to hear his fate. question of how viable his travel will be going to further countries in the future. more and more countries are putting strict rules on vaccination, around mieg ragds laws and borders and if djokovic continues to stay unvaccinated, it can really jeopardize his his viability as a tennis player. reporter: the international tennis group has issued a statement about djokovic doing that interview while know he was covid-19 positive saying it is deeply concerning. pointing out that journalists have t
more than 80% of the u.s. population. what are people supposed to make of that? i don t know, wait a minute, let me see, are you over weight or are you a smoker? i don t know. help me. yeah, we re asking the american people to suddenly get a masters in public health and it s not working. here is what we know. we have new information coming out of the japanese government, the institute of infectious disease in japan found concordance among pcr results and virus isolation with people with omicron. so one of the problems with the pcr is it s very sensitive and can detect both actual virus and virus remanence so you don t know if people are really shedding virus and now it s showing that it backs it up pretty well so it goes like this, don. what happens is starting around seven, eight days it drops off significantly in terms of actual virus being released.