dollar covid relief plan by a single vote. the duke and duchess of cambridge talk about the impact of the pandemic, in a special programme on the commonwealth. now on bbc news, our world. bbc europe editor katya adler explores what went wrong at the austrian resort of ischgl at the start of the global pandemic and what lessons can be learned. ischgl has long been known as the ibiza of the alps. but this time last year, the austrian ski resort became famous for something else. you always think the worst, especially when you get a positive result for covid. i even got people last day coming in, like coughing and spluttering and, like, saying. coughing sound. .. covid. the authorities were slow to lockdown, with disastrous results. there was a whiff of the old jaws film and the mayor standing up in front of the tv cameras saying, there s no shark here. ischgl became known as europe s covid ground zero. more than 6,000 people believe they were infected here in a matter of day
that there is urgency for collective action . concerns are being raised that thousands of pupils and their households may wrongly be told to isolate because of inaccurate rapid covid test results. secondary school pupils in england are being offered lateral flow tests as schools return next week. these tests are less accurate than the ones carried out at official testing centres which are analysed in labs. our health correspondent, katharine da costa, reports. like all secondary schools in england, these pupils in london are getting three rapid covid tests in school followed by two home tests a week, but while tests taken at home could be backed up with a standard lab based pcr test, under government policy that won t be happening in schools. but lateral flow tests aren t as accurate. public health england suggests that for every thousand carried out, between one and three will give a an incorrect positive result, a so called false positive. and with around 3.4 million state
ischgl has long been known as the ibiza of the alps. but this time last year, the austrian ski resort became famous for something else. you always think the worst, especially when you get a positive result for covid. i even got people last day coming in, like coughing and spluttering and, like, saying. coughing sound. .. covid. the authorities were slow to lockdown, with disastrous results. there was a whiff of the old jaws film and the mayor standing up in front of the tv cameras saying, there s no shark here. ischgl became known as europe s covid ground zero. more than 6,000 people believe they were infected here in a matter of days. tourists returning home exported the virus around the world. now, the families of those affected are demanding justice. their allegation, that local authorities put wealth over health, keeping peak ski season going, even as the virus spread. one year on, what lessons can be learned from the unhappy story of ischgl? we need to be expecting a
and now on bbc news, it s time for click. this week, we re all about genetics. should your dna decide your dinner? how does it shape your personality? and can it be used to track down a murderer? it s the most personal data that you own. it literally defines you. it is your dna. ever since the human genome was decoded, researchers have been peering deeper into what makes us us, and more and more companies have been able to build services around what they ve found so far. here s what lara has to say on the subject. excuse me. it s not disgusting, it s science. mmm i think it s both, actually. i look forward to finding out what s got lara spitting feathers later. but first, a story that will make your blood run cold. i m in iceland, revisiting the freezers at decode genetics in reykjavik, where robots working in temperatures of 26 celsius look after the blood of iceland. over the last quarter of a century icelanders have donated nearly 2 million samples, all in the name of g