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My sinusitis is winding me up again.
Not just headaches, but intermittently a slightly sore throat and an actual snotty nose ...
No way could I have caught ANYTHING given my lifestyle.
I'm certainly not doing another swab test.

I woke up on Saturday feeling sufficiently crap that I might have cried-off my sister's germ warfare experiment in any case - given that it involved cycling there ...

Things generally improve when I sit up ...
 
Home Covid testing kits and PCR testing appointments temporarily ran out online in parts of the UK on Wednesday morning, as the system was overwhelmed by demand for a third day running.

No home PCR test kits for the public or key workers were available to book on the Government website for several hours, while PCR test centre appointments also ran out in England and Northern Ireland.

Lateral flow home testing kits were also unavailable on Wednesday morning but deliveries resumed around midday.
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inews.co.uk

PCR appointments, home tests and lateral flows temporarily run out for third day in a row

Pharmacies have also reported struggling to meet demand for lateral flow home testing kits
inews.co.uk inews.co.uk

In my case we have just enough till the 30/31st of December with a delivery 'expected' on the 05th of January. Last delivery was 2 days late and only contained 30% of what we ordered.
 
Over 183k new cases

Disgraced Prime Minister de Pfeffel Johnson can take us to 250k by year end. You can count on him for this.
 
elbows said:
Cant count on his regime to provide the number of tests that would be required to hit such a milestone as that.
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I'm sure his regime would never be so blatantly stupid as to set about a task that was so ill-thought out as to be physically impossible, and then blame the public for the ensuing disaster because they didn't do what they were told. Not these guys. Nope.
 
Almost eight million lateral flow test kits will be made available to pharmacies between today and New Year's Eve, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has announced.
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news.sky.com

COVID: Millions of lateral flow tests to be delivered to pharmacies in time for New Year's Eve

The big rise in coronavirus cases has increased demand for tests, and it appears the government is struggling to keep up. People hoping to celebrate New Year are now promised that millions of tests will be delivered to pharmacies in the coming days.
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Good news 🤔

8 million tests is around 1.14m boxes of test kits.

Due to recent shortages a lot of people/businesses have run out. As an example I had to supply kits to Boots as their staff could not get any, let alone their punters.

In Luton alone we were giving out 6-8k per week through December. That was limiting distribution to one box per person. Whilst Luton had suffered a lot and has a low vaccination take up it is well behind Lambeth and other London wards.

Population of UK - 67m
Population Luton - 218k
 
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I ordered a pack of tests last week, for collection from a local pharmacy.
This morning I’ve tried the three nearest towns and there are none available anywhere.
The Lloyds pharmacy said they’d heard the library had had a delivery. The library is closed on Thursdays.
 
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