Irrational and immoral in fact to worry about the coronavirus than the annual flu. Identity politics trumped Public Health and not for the first time. Awoken us is a colt. It lets you die before the admitted diversity is not her strength. So fastforward to today. What began as a regional outbreak in the city of lujan china is now spreading across europe. Parts of italy shut down tonight and Catholic Services in in some places funerals have been suspended indefinitely. Take a look at a Grocery Store in milan. Italy old italys italys industrial capital, the buying in bulk with a Natural Disaster which this is and its moving f. Confirm thousands of cases of the disease so far and japan with infectious at the same level. The virus has been reported in iran. At least 12 people have died so far but one lawmaker says the real death toll is at least 50. Apparently International Sanctions dont stop the coronavirus. On friday, the centers for Disease Control warned that its possible, even likely
Good morning. Welcome to breakfast with Rachel Burden and ben thompson. Borisjohnson urges people not to visit their families on mothers day, as he warns the nhs could be overwhelmed if people fail to slow the spread of coronavirus. As italy struggles to contain its coronavirus outbreak all non essential businesses are ordered to shut down. Here, the National Trust is closing all its parks and gardens saying its no longer possible to maintain social distancing. More nations call for the olympics to be postponed as pressure continues to mount on organisers of the games. Usa track and field say moving forward wouldnt be in the best interest of the athletes. No one could say it is warm out there but the chilly wind isnt as strong as yesterday. Sunday forecast is coming up. Its sunday the 22nd march. Our top story borisjohnson has warned that the nhs could be overwhelmed if people do not act to slow the spread of coronavirus, and has urged families not to visit loved ones on mothers day. T
Generous, loving. Mum. Katy austin reports. Kimberley finlayson, who was 52, died after two Emergency Operations in indonesia. Now its time for a look at the weather with nick miller. Hello. A lot of fine, settled weather out there, this weekend, with High Pressure in control. Though there is a brisk and chilly easterly wind. The best of the sunshine today will be the eastern side of england and scotland, that is where we will have the bluest sky. A lot of high cloud to the west, the sun will be quite hazy here. Temperatures around 8 12 degrees or so. This is the brisk easterly wind. These are average speeds. It gusts higher, around 50 miles an hour, around some of the coasts of south west england. So it will feel colder as a result. Bit of low cloud toward some north sea coast overnight. We will see a bit of patchy rain edging towards the Western Isles of scotland but for most of us, dry, clear overnight and temperatures a few degrees either side of freezing. So, frost for many going
Hello this is bbc news. The headlines the National Health service could soon be overwhelmed with coronavirus patients, warns the british Prime Minister. Londons mayor urges people to act responsibly. Unless people stay at home, unless people stop using public transport unless its essential, unless people stop interacting with each other, more people will die. Mrjohnson urges people to make the heroic and collective National Effort to slow the spread of the virus. He cautions against visiting loved ones on mothers day. Nhs england writes to 1. 5 Million People who are most at risk, strongly advising them not to go out for 12 weeks to protect themselves. Spain has reported nearly 400 more deaths from coronavirus overnight. Thats up a third in 2a hours. The countrys state of emergency has been extended by 15 days. More than a billion people in india are under a 14 hour long curfew to try to limit the epidemic. Now on bbc news, we look at a company which is developing portable labs to test
This week the race to trace the coronavirus. The pop up groups are trying to help us all get through it. And weve, helping children to use meditation. As the coronavirus has swept across the globe, the ability to know exactly where it is has become the crucial key to stopping it. We have a simple message for all countries, test, test, test. Some countries have really cracked how to do this. South korea, with its drive through ten minute tests, is held up as a model for others to follow. But many countries are struggling to test at scale. In the uk, testing is having to be limited, the cost to infrastructure and the time of the test ta ker all infrastructure and the time of the test taker all holding up the battle against the disease. Now, there are dozens against the disease. Now, there are d oze ns of against the disease. Now, there are dozens of efforts going on around the world to try and solve this. And jane has been looking at wonder close to home in west london. Around the world,