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
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 tests, too. that s led to pharmacists warning that supply s not keeping up. they ve not had any here since christmas eve. it s not just our pharmacy that s out of stock, it s many, many more pharmacies. some customers are very understanding with it, but some are getting very angry about it as well, saying that, we ve been told we need to test every day, so how are the tests not available? health officials say they re responding to unprecedented demand, with record numbers of pcr and lateral flows tests being sent out. the advice is to keep trying back on the government website as more are released throughout the day. spiralling cases are leading to an
katharine 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 cannot return to work until she s received a negative pcr test. it appears that, often, the website isn t showing availability. 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 tests, too. that s led to pharmacists warning that supply s not keeping up. they ve not had any here since christmas eve. it s not just our pharmacy that s out of stock, it s many,
if she is off because she has to isolate, then that s a third of the workforce down, so the real issue not being able to book pcr tests, not getting them in a timely manner and also not being able to get lateral flow tests to help direct us what to do. 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 tests, too. that s led to pharmacists warning that supply s not keeping up. they ve not had any here since christmas eve. it s not just our pharmacy that s out of stock, it s many, many more pharmacies. some customers are very understanding with it, but some are getting very angry about it as well, saying that, we ve been told we need to test every day, so how are the tests not available? health officials say they re responding to unprecedented demand, with record numbers of pcr and lateral flows tests being sent