that s a new daily record significantly higher than a week ago but that s partly due to a delay in reporting results over christmas. 0ur health correspondent katherine da costa has more. george winder and his wife nikki are both gps in leeds. he tested positive for covid on a lateral flow device, which means, as a health worker, his wife can t return to work until she s received a negative pcr test. it appears that, often, the website isn t showing availability for pcr testing. that doesn t always seem to hold true throughout the day. and i understand that other people have later in the day then found availability, which was the same with my wife. so, really, it sjust this pattern of a delay in being able to book one locally on the government booking site. at some points today, there was no availability on the government website for home pcr kits or walk in sites in england and northern ireland, and only limited supply in scotland. there s been a surge in demand for lateral flow test
people are in hospital in england with covid the highest number since march. meanwhile, some uk doctors and pharmacists are warning they are running short of covid tests because of high demand. officials say more are on the way. pressure is coming from a surge in cases the latest data showing 183 thousand people testing positive for covid in the uk. that s a new daily record but that s partly due to a delay in reporting results over christmas. our health correspondent katherine da costa has more. george winder and his wife nikki are both gps in leeds. he tested positive for covid on a lateral flow device. as a health care worker, his wife tried to book a pcr test, but none were available this morning. for my wife, who could potentially go back into work if her pcr test was negative and she remained symptom free, that s a huge impact on her surgery. there are only three of them.
people are in hospital in england with covid the highest number since march. meanwhile, some uk doctors and pharmacists are warning they are running short of covid tests because of high demand. officials say more are on the way. pressure is coming from a surge in cases the latest data showing 183,000 people testing positive for covid in the uk. that s a new daily record but that s partly due to a delay in reporting results over christmas. 0ur health correspondent katherine da costa has more. george winder and his wife nikki are both gps in leeds. he tested positive for covid on a lateral flow device, which means, as a health worker, his wife can t return to work until she s received a negative pcr test. it appears that, often, the website isn t showing availability for pcr testing. that doesn t always seem to hold true throughout the day. and i understand that other people have later in the day then found availability, which was the same with my wife.