making sure the testing infrastructure stays in place longer terms so we don t get into cycles where we ve been in the past year, the cases go down, people let their guards down and we see another surge of cases. i think that seems to be the direction the white house seems to be going here. i want to play some sound from dr. walensky talking about the relaxation of mass guidelines in the country. we are assessing the most important factors based on where we are in the pandemic and will soon put guidance in place that is relevant and encourages prevention measures when and where they are most needed protect public health and our hospitals. is now the right time? we ve seen governors doing it,
the legal requirements but also making sure that the government is willing to stay on top of the virus, willing to stay on top of the virus, will there be enough testing infrastructure, for example, to watch out for new variants? and indeed, how rapidly the withdrawal of free testing takes place and whether that, too, will give an opportunity for the virus to spread. it certainly was the case that in recent sage minutes, the scientific advisers, they pointed out that naturally enough, if you will reduce the requirement to self isolate you will be have to be prepared to see cases going back up even though they have been falling in recent weeks. thank you very much. our business correspondent emma simpson says it s a largely symbolic moment for businesses. it s what they ve long been waiting to hear after two very long, difficult years, and they re hoping that this will be a springboard to instill more confidence so companies can grow and invest. but of course, businesses do have some co
schooler did not go back to school all year long. it was just frustrating, it was un unfair. shiva, i know you both paid close attention to the way the board was handling it. what was it that you saw? i think the key issue was that the school was supposed to reopen in 2021. and i see on the bottom, a bullet that says middle and high school kids will not go back to school this year. that s essentially what happened. i would log into these zoom hours and these were would go on nine hours. i was waiting at seven hours. and to midnight, right. they quickly realized clearly they had not had the intent or not done the work for reopening. the testing infrastructure was not in place.
we know now that covid is not going away. this next step, the ending of free testing, feels like a significant moment though as we start to live alongside this virus. jim reed, bbc news. and with me is our health correspondent, nick triggle. free testing is about to end in england, but daily cases have gone up england, but daily cases have gone up significantly. how will the government keep tabs on the virus question on it government keep tabs on the virus question 0 government keep tabs on the virus auestion o ., , , , ., .,, question on it does represent almost the entire dismantling question on it does represent almost the entire dismantling of question on it does represent almost the entire dismantling of the - the entire dismantling of the testing infrastructure that was set “p testing infrastructure that was set up at the start of the pandemic. of the element that is being retained is this surveillance programme run by the office for national statistics. now, that random te
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The House and Senate are both in session this week. The House plans to consider numerous bills from the Judiciary and Natural.