Welcome to bbc news. Our top stories the uk government admits ppe is in short supply in england and that more needs to be done to secure stock. Weve got to do more to get the ppe that people need to the front line. This is an extremely challenging situation. President trump insists that the United States is performing better than other rich countries in its response to the virus and can relax the lockdown soon. Doctors injapan warn that the countrys medical system could collapse amid a rising number of coronavirus cases. And police in hong kong arrest leading figures in the Pro Democracy Movement on charges related to last yea rs mass protests. And ambulances in moscow 0 for more than nine hours to drop patients at hospitals. Queue for more than nine hours to drop patients at hospitals. Welcome to bbc news. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. The virus has been spreading rapidly around the world, with more than 2. 2 million cases now conf
Youre watching bbc news at 9 with me, annita mcveigh. The headlines the airline jet2 says it wont fly home a group of british tourists confined to a hotel in tenerife until next month, unless they have tested negative for coronavirus. Yes, we would be leaving on the 10th of march, they would be flying us home. However, i have asked for their guarantee with regards to our safety since we have remained in isolation and there will be other passengers in the plane who will only have gone into the Hotel Grounds but will not have been following the protocols. Stock markets across the globe are suffering their worst week since the Global Financial crisis of 2008 as fears over the impact of the coronavirus continue to grip investors. As concern mounts over violent escalations on the turkey syria border,
turkish Officials Say the country is lifting border controls to allow refugees to try to travel to the eu. The competition and markets authority says its found troubling evidence of home owners
This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. A plan to protectjobs the uk chancellor will unveil new measures to replace the furlogh scheme a wage top up, and more Business Loans could be on the way. Critics say it may come too late for some we cant have this kind of last minute response again. Weve had it around wage support. Today it seems we had it around support for self isolators. We need to have much more future planning from the chancellor. The nhs covid 19 Contact Tracing app is now available in england and wales anyone with a compatible smartphone is being urged to download it. A screen will come up on your app and a notification saying that you have been in close contact with somebody with coronavirus and that you need to self isolate. 600 people at Glasgow University are self isolating, after more
than 120 students tested positive for coronavirus as freshers week ended. Two Police Officers are shot during protests over a decision not
This is bbc news. The latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. The second night in intensive care for borisjohnson as he continues to receive treatment for coronavirus. He is comfortable, he is stable and in good spirits. While he has had oxygen, he has not been on a ventilator. We hope to get an update on the Prime Minister pass condition in the next few hours. But meanwhile the government does not work goes on. The death toll in spain rises to m500. Work goes on. The death toll in spain rises to 1a,500. But that World Health Organization says the outbreak is slowing down. Paris introduces tougher lockdown measures including no exercise outside is
more than 10,000 people die there from the virus. The new Nightingale Hospital in london starts treating its first patients. Some good news, two and a half months as thousands in wuhan enjoy the left of the travel restrictions. And joy for one patient investor as a patient who spent two weeks in hospital with the virus is
This is bbc news with Victoria Derbyshire with the latest headlines from the uk and around the world. Scientists say the number of people with coronavirus antibodies has dropped by a quarter in three months raising the risk of being infected again. More than 50 conservative mps representing the north of england write to the Prime Minister, calling for a clear road map out of tough restrictions. We are in people to get a peerage fiddle the, businesses to close, people to live on two thirds of the normal wagers we are asking people to give up huge civil. I do not think the other side of that coin should be to have a clear way out. If you live in the north of england what does
levelling up mean to you . Let me know at victoria bbc. Co. Uk or message me on twitter and instagram. A week before the us president ial elections, donald trump succeeds in appointing Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Seven people are killed in a bomb attack on a Religious School in the pakistani city of pesh