The number of people being randomly tested in the community for covid 19 is to be increased in england from 28,000 to 150,000 a fortnight. The office for National Statistics says the survey taken from a random sample of the population can give a clearer picture of the true spread of the virus. Our Health Correspondent Richard Galpin reports. Swipe to the back of the throat, both sides by the tonsils. It might make you gag. Volunteers carrying out coronavirus testing as part of the Household Infection survey run by the office for National Statistics. The survey described by the government as the most important indicator as to how the virus is spreading in the country. And now its to be expanded massively. From 28,000 people in households being tested every fortnight to 150,000 every fortnight by october. Households in scotland, wales and Northern Ireland are also to be included. All this potentially very significant. What is going to be really important about that is getting greater cov
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Unhealthy air this rnsoutbay, s unhealthy air for sensitive groups. Unhealthy air for the east bay and fremont and up through concord and walnut creek. Unhealthy air in oakland for you and you can see in San Francisco, those purple dots and that indicates unhealthy to very unhealthy air this morning. Up through lark spur and san rafael and unhealthy air for santa rosa and petaluma up through windsor. So our 24th day in a row with a spare the air alert in effect due to our smoky skies. And a new record for the bay area and im tracking the smoke. This is our smoke model that shows the purple and red colors indicating that intense smoke for our region. Well talk more about what you can expect through the rest of the week into next week and if there are any improving conditions details on that coming up. Michelle . All right, mary, thank you. And images of that unprecedented orange sky across the bay made National Headlines yesterday. Plenty of people say the smoke choked skies is giving t
Ahead . A delayed launch, Rocket Companies sinking after reporting its first results as a Public Company, the ceo will join us in just a few minutes to discuss. And later Tyler Goodspeed as jobless claims come in under consensus and post a new low since the start of the pandemic. A lot to work with today, david and melissa, as we watch that intraday period yesterday where we saw tesla down 10 , for example, worst day for a moment there since early may, david, and then the buyers came in and we will see once again if that happens with some of those names like tesla down about 6 before the bell. Yeah, well, listen, im glad we have melissa with us today for so many reasons but one is because theres nobody who knows more about this company or certainly has talked about it as much as you guys have on fast, melissa, for obvious reasons as it has soared over the last few years and last few months have been truly extraordinary we keep making comparisons to the late 90s which we all know well a