Were suspended because of threats against staff. Does it matter what mask you wear . We examine the difference between the various makes as one expert suggests we should be double masking. And travel disruption in parts of the north of england and scotland, with some motorists stranded as heavy snow brings chaos. And coming up in sport on bbc news. The government meets with campaigners to discuss the issue of Head Injuries in sport, with concerns over the number of former players being diagnosed with dementia. Good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. Just when the government said it was trying to get on top of one variant the South African Variant Of Coronavirus now comes another one. The kent variant of coronavirus which has been spreading around the uk now appears to be undergoing some new genetic changes and Scientists Say theyre worried. All this as a door to door Testing Blitz of 80,000 people is under way in a number of areas around england, as the government says it w
is that something that new york state is looking at, are there both the tests available and the funding available for districts around the state to be able to use that approach? yeah, so we surveyed all of our schools to ask them to do this, over 700 school districts an the majority of them have been offering tests in school. we ve been providing the resources to make that happen and saying that we want to keep kids in school. we want to keep kids in kindergarten up through college. can you provide toz tests though? as opposed to just testing, my kid goes to public school and they get tested once a week in new york. but if they re doing this test to state program, it could be tough to get a test when you need one for a child. it takes a while to get the results. so could you provide additional tests, is that how it would work. we re trying to hard to get the inventory to do that and i don t want to have parents have to have pay a cost. some are paying for the pcr