Eeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from from the mistakes. Responsible leadership matters, science matters and misinformation kills. T we fi learned of the virus 10 months ago in china. You will remember thes images from a Seafood Market in wuhan suspected be the center of the outbreak. Wuhan recorded their firsteath on january 11. First then the world marked its first major milestone when deaths marked than three months later the figure passed half a million and here were, one million recorded deaths. 3816 deaths a day, 159 every hour or one person dying every 30 seconds. This pandemi is far from being under contro something the who reminded us of David Navarro speaking to the bbc. Ertainly it has picked up in the last few weeks. We have seen ireasing numbers all over europe, canada russia, as well. Also the virus is spreading in we must not assume this is. Anywhere near
International law the man accused of stabbing Jacob Billington to death and attacking seven others in birmingham over the weekend makes his first appearance in court. And coming up, the antarctic glacier the size of the uk and the discovery that explains why its melting at an alarming rate. Social gatherings of more than six people will be illegal in england from monday. The measures follow a steep rise in coronavirus cases, with more than 8,000 people testing positive across the uk since sunday. The new law bans larger groups meeting anywhere socially indoors or out. It wont apply to schools, workplaces or events such as weddings and funerals. 0rganised team sports will also be allowed. Anyone breaching the rules could be fined £100, and up to £3,200 for repeat offences. Scotland, wales and Northern Ireland are able to set their own coronavirus restrictions. Some parts of the uk will continue to have tougher restrictions to tackle local outbreaks. Heres our Health Correspondent, lau
What the current inside and outside numbers are off the top of my head, and im spending most of my time looking at these issues, so it is complex and in scotland, it is a maximum of eight people from three households for example, that may change. And indeed, we have had restrictions on that covering over a Million People in the west of scotla nd Million People in the west of scotland at the moment. So it is potentially confusing, but i think the public has gotten use to different messages from different devolved nations. We no longer have a four nations approach, and of course, if we are to avoid a bike approach to all of the uk in terms ofa approach to all of the uk in terms of a future lockdown, which i think all governments wish to avoid, then it is fair that each of the devolved nations look at what is happening in their communities and make policy based on that type of intelligence. I suppose you are saying a little earlier that these restrictions are very much on private gatherin
For nature to recover. Lets return to one of our main stories. The Health Secretary, matt hancock has said the goverment is working hard to fix operational challenges in the coronavirus testing system, which have left people with symptoms unable to access tests. Overwhelming demand for appointments has meant many workers, including healthcare staff, have had to self isolate, preventing them from returning to work. Paul sutherland is a secondary school teacher. Hes been trying to get coronavirus tests for his three children after they started showing symptoms. He joins us from thame. Thank you very much forjoining us. Tell us little bit more about your situation. What been happening. We started noticing symptoms and one of oui started noticing symptoms and one of our children on saturday and we werent sure if it was on the to be concerned about but one of them at a high temperature, a cough and then slowly but surely, the other two have developed it as well. We have been trying since su
By more than 6 injuly but it remains well below pre pandemic levels. If you would like to get in touch with us. Also this hour. Thousands of migrants are still being left to sleep in the open after their camp on the greek island of lesbos burned down. Microsoft says it has thwarted Cyber Attacks from russia, china and iran targeting the us president ial election. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world 7 and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Im annita mcveigh. The uk has announced its signed its first major post brexit trade deal with japan. The government says 99 of exports to japan will be tariff free boosting the british economy by an estimated £15 billion. Meanwhile, trade talks between the eu and the uk are due to resume next week despite the bitter rift over the governments plan to modify the brexit Withdrawal Agreement. Joining me now from westminster is our political correspondent, Jessica Parker. Talk us t