Welcome everyone to the governments daily briefing. Im joined today by the chief executive of the nhs Simon Stephen and deputy chief medical officer jenny harris area id like to update you all on the facts of the spread of covid19 and the steps that we are taking in the battle against the coronavirus. 130,777 people have now been tested for the virus. Of those, 14,543 have tested positive. Increase in the last day of 2885. That scientific analysis now is at the rate of infection has been doubling every 3 to 4 days. Of those who have contracted the virus , 759 have sadly died. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of those who have passed away. These figures are a powerful reminder of the need for all of us to. We need to slow the spread of the virus and strengthen the nhss ability to protect us all. Social distancing measures have been put in place to restrict the spread of covid19. So fewer people should need hospital treatment at any one time. The measures that we put in pla
Welcome, everyone, to the governments daily briefing. Im joined by the chief of the nhs and the chief medical officer. Id like to update you all on the facts of this bright of covid19 and the steps we are taking in the battle against the coronavirus. 113,077 people have now been tested for the virus. 14,543 have tested positive, an increase in the last day. The best analysis now is that the rate of infection has been doubling every three to four days. And of those who have contracted the virus, 759 have sadly died. Our thoughts and prayers of the families of those who have passed away. These figures are a powerful reminder of the need for all of us to act. We need to slow the spread of the virus and strengthen the all. Ability to protect as strict us all. Strict social distancing measures have been put in place so if your people should need hospital treatment at any one time. The measures we put in place follow scientific and medical advice, and are designed to reduce the rate of infec
drjenny harries the deputy chief medical officerfor england. the prime minister is likely to be asked about today s other main news as the duchess of sussex tells american tv that her treatment by the royal family led her to contemplate suicide. she tells oprah winfrey that one unnamed family member raised questions about the skin colour of her son archie. so, we have in tandem the conversation of, he won t be given security, he s not going to be given a title. and also, concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he s born. oprah winfrey has since said harry wanted to clarify that it was not the queen or prince philip who made the comments about archie s skin. she also addressed the couple s desire for privacy. hello. welcome to this bbc news special in the next few minutes the prime minister will be leading a coronavirus news briefing at downing street. today marks the first stage of the borisjohnson s road map out of lockdown for england. all s
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