they say bringing it to an end is premature and reckless. they had lobbied, alongside scotland and northern ireland, to keep a testing structure in place until at least the end ofjune. in northern ireland, the remaining covid restrictions, like face maskings and vaccine - passports, were dropped from being legal requirement last week- while self isolation rules remain. but ending covid restrictions here wasn t straightforward. j because of the collapse in the power sharing i executive at stormont, - there is no first and deputy first ministers here to. sign off on big decisions. instead, northern ireland s health minister had to get the backing. of individual ministers instead. and robin swann has also signed that letter from the devolved nations, - setting out their concerns as england plans- to end isolation rules. it s calling urgently for more - information on the scale of services that will remain to ensure all - four nations stay prepared for any future waves of the virus. emma
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abroad where they don t maybe have the same testing structure we re used to here, you ll need to plan ahead to make sure the tests you ll have access to will be acceptable. that includes pcr tests, that includes some rapid antigen tests, some at-home tests that you can do a telehealth appointment with. you might see some changes at some airports too. here they re already starting a new biosurveillance program at this airport, at newark, now hartsfield-jackson and sfo. and a group called express check is working with the cdc and starting to approach some people coming in from certain international locations to give them free testing so they can collect samples and start getting a picture of omicron s entrance into the united states and in the months ahead, try to get ahead of other potential variants that are emerging. it s that new one-day window that people need to plan ahead for. that applies to everyone. whether you re vaccinated or unvaccinated and no matter what