it s easter monday, april the 5th. our top story. everyone in england will be offered two free rapid covid tests each week from this friday, under the government s plans to expand its testing programme. the health secretary, matt hancock, says the additional tests will play a crucial role in curbing future outbreaks of the virus as life returns to normal. our health correspondent jim reed reports. rapid lateral flow tests are already being used to test secondary school pupils, families with children and those who cannot work from home. from the end of the week, they will be offered to everyone in england. these devices give a result in 30 minutes. they can be picked up from a local testing centre or pharmacy or ordered online and delivered in the post. even when people have no symptoms, they may be infected and they may be infectious. and if we can catch those people early, then we can break transmission and that reduces the number of people who are infected, it reduces the l
lockdown continues to ease in scotland, as garden centres, homeware shops and hairdressers all reopen. after a half time rocket from their manager, manchester united come from behind to beat brighton and tighten their grip on second place in the premier league. we ll also speak to actor riz ahmed, who s been oscar nominated for his portrayal of a drummer who loses his hearing. a colder day today with a significant wind chill and snow showers in the forecast down to lower levels, especially in the door. in between, there will be sunshine. i will have the details later. it s easter monday, april the 5th. our top story. everyone in england will be offered two free rapid covid tests each week from this friday, under the government s plans to expand its testing programme. the health secretary, matt hancock, says the additional tests will play a crucial role in curbing future outbreaks of the virus as life returns to normal. our health correspondent jim reed reports. rapid lateral
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. it s easter monday, april the 5th. our top story. everyone in england will be offered two free rapid covid tests each week from this friday, under the government s plans to expand its testing programme. the health secretary, matt hancock, says the additional tests will play a crucial role in curbing future outbreaks of the virus as life returns to normal. our health correspondent jim reed reports. rapid lateral flow tests are already being used to test secondary school pupils, families with children and those who cannot work from home. from the end of the week, they will be offered to everyone in england. these devices give a result in 30 minutes. they can be picked up from a local testing centre or pharmacy or ordered online and delivered in the post. even when people have no symptoms, they may be infected and they may be infectious. and if we can catch those people early, then we can break transmission and
there are thousands of people in lockdown in apartment buildings where there have been hundreds of covid cases detected. all the schools in the city are closed right now. and the restaurants are closed after 6:00 p.m. soccer fields are shut down, outdoor soccer fields, just some of the examples of what the government is doing to try to keep covid out even though it s clearly in this crowded city. brianna? ivan, thank you so much for that unusual, alarming report. ivan watson. and new day continues right now. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world, it is tuesday, january 25th. i m john berman with brianna keilar. and we do have breaking news this morning. pfizer just announced the start of a clinical trial for a new vaccine engineered to specifically target the omicron variant. the company has already started manufacturing doses and plans to have the new vaccine ready in march. joining us now is cnn chief medical correspondent dr. sanj
they sue jussie smollett for all of the overtime charges and resources. he needs to pay back that money. nic could see from the very beginning of it that jussie smollett made this up. pockets, connecting, taking it all the way for the win. brian: here we go. we start with a fox weather alert. towns are gone the consequence of this weekend s deadly tornado outbreak setting in this morning. it s really devastating to have this loss right now. i m still in shock. i can t believe it s real. the death toll likely to top 100 across six different states. the rare december storms leveling hundreds of homes and businesses. the manufacturing facility, you would never believe that you would have felt this would have been one of the more safest places to be and, yet, this storm proved differently. steve: because it was that powerful. meanwhile the federal government deploying resources to the hardest hit areas. we have lost far too many of our brothers and sisters. the dama