discussions going on about the knock on is, things like staff shortages, testing capacity, the government saying they are massively increasing testing capacity, that they continue to take advice on whether or not they need to start rationing tests. they are clear that at the moment anyone who needs a test can get them, the advices to come back later in the day if you can t get one. they are also looking at staff shortages and contingencies there. government departments have been asked to mitigate against up to a quarter of their workforce being absent. at the moment it doesn t look like there are any further restrictions planned for england. thank you. in just a few hours time lawyers for prince andrew will attempt to have a civil claim for sexual assault against him thrown out at a court in new york. virginia giuffre is suing him for allegedly sexually assaulting her when she was 17. prince andrew has consistently denied the claims. our correspondent sean coughlan reports.
a very long way in our battles. it s no different in a battle against a requires. if you really use strategy, if we say what are the tools we re going to need to enable these tests to work best. i work for a company called enid focusing on making the tests go further rather than just putting them out in people s homes and asking them to use them once. if we do that, if we start creating strategy at a more fundamental strategy, we don t have to be running out of tests at the grocery stores and pharmacies. we ll have enough for where they re needed to be used. until then, would you advocate a strategy of rationing tests for those who i don t know, who are symptomatic, they would be the front of the line to get one of these rapids? would you advocate that? omicron is fundamentally changing things. what i would suggest the rapid