This is bbc news with the latest headlines. The government says its confident its target of 100,000 daily coronavirus tests by the end of april has been met. Setting a challenging target was the right thing to do because it galvanised government and got thejob done but theres a lot more to be done. The Prime Minister promises to set out a plan next week for gradually easing the lockdown, rya nair announces it plans to cut 3000 jobs, as part of restructuring because of the virus. President trump says hes seen evidence coronavirus orginated in a Chinese Laboratory and south africa starts easing its coronavirus restrictions after five weeks of lockdown good morning to you all. Welcome to bbc news. The government has said it is confident that they have hit their own target for the number of daily coronavirus tests to be carried out by yesterdays deadline as the Prime Minister told the nation that the uk was now past the peak of the outbreak. The target of 100,000 daily coronavirus tests to
You are the champions, you are the champions and a musical tribute for the champions of the pandemic queen say the proceeds will go to Global Health charities. Hello and welcome to viewers on bbc news in the uk and around the world. Im annita mcveigh. The uk government says they are confident that they have hit their own target for the number of daily coronavirus tests to be carried out by yesterdays deadline as the Prime Minister told the nation that the uk was now past the peak of the outbreak. The target of 100,000 daily coronavirus tests to be met by the end of april had been set by the uks health secretary, matt hancock. Over 81,000 tests were carried out on wednesday according to figures from the department of health and social care. Budget airline rya nair has announced they are cutting up to 3,000 jobs mainly pilots and cabin crew as they restructure to cope with the coronavirus pandemic. Meanwhile in the us President Trump said hes seen evidence coronavirus originated in a Chi
And good evening. Im erin burnett. Outfront tonight, ramping up. The global race for a vaccine now accelerating. The World Health Organization today saying there are now 102 potential vaccines in the works and the nations top Infectious Disease expert, dr. Anthony fauci says its possible to have a vaccine ready to go by january. Now, that is months ahead of the very best Case Scenario that theyve been putting out there. Quickly, but we want to make sure its safe and its effective. I think that is doable, if things fall in the right place. And that was specifically about january. Those comments coming after pfizer said it could have a vaccine ready for emergency use by september. And tonight, researchers at oxford university, who tell me they hope to have a vaccine ready by september say things are starting to fall into place. According to doctors, they have now vaccinated hundreds of people. Were going to speak to one of them in just a moment. And this comes as the death toll in the Un
An ebola drug. Well talk as well to the mayor of boston where coronavirus is spreading among homeless bostonians who are not showing any symptoms, confirming the worst fears about this virus. And in a number of states ohio, north carolina, virginia, michigan, people are protesting the shutdown of their economies. This is sources tells cnn President Trump is pushing back on calls for greater testing before states can reopen. Thats where were going to start today at the white house with cnns katelyn holland. This was on a call where the president was pushing back on these calls for more widespread coronavirus testing. Tell us about this call. Yeah. It was a call the president had today with senators. It was a Bipartisan Group both democrats and republicans. This is part of this larger Congressional Task force that the president is building to help focus on reopening the country. But one concern that were told by sources that did come up during that call today was testing. Which is exactl
Hello to you. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. First, britains Prime Minister has faced tough questioning in parliament, over his governments handling of the pandemic. The uk is the first country in europe to record more than 30,000 deaths related to covid 19. Borisjohnson also said he bitterly regrets the Coronavirus Crisis in uk care homes, figures show death rates there are still rising. Angela merkel has declared an end to the first phase of the outbreak in germany. Schools and shops are to re open, and top level football matches will resume, behind closed doors. President trump has described the effect of coronavirus on the us as worse than, the attacks on Pearl Harbour. He again criticised china for failing to warn the world about the virus in time to prevent a global catastrophe. Beijing says the us wants to distract from its own handling of the pandemic. Those are the main developments, but first Laura Kuenssberg reports. Small