This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. The global number of deaths from covid 19 has risen to more than 35,000 with the majority of deaths in europe. In the uk the death toll has risen to more than 1400. It comes as the governments chief scientific adviser says social distancing is having an effect in reducing the number of contacts. We see a massive reduction in the amount of transport being used, germanic fallen footfall, we know in places of restaurants and pubs where people aggregate have been close. We are seeing a big change in contact. A New London Hospital
built in a week will be ready to treat patients from wednesday. The people of madrid remember the more than 7000 whove died in spain from covid 19. President trump extends restrictions on movement until the end of april, as the number of cases there continues to rise sharply. A Navy Hospital ship docks in new york as the citys mayor calls on donald trump for more help. And comi
A sharp rise in the uk death toll 87 people died in the past 2a hours, as hospitals prepare for a surge in coronavirus cases. This Conference Centre in london will open as a temporary hospital next week, for up to 4,000 patients. Tonight, a stark warning from a e doctors. We are seeing patients in their 20s, patients in their 30s. We dont know what the outcome for some of these patients will be. They will go to intensive care. They may be in intensive care for some weeks and some of them will die and its completely heartbreaking and harrowing. With tight new measures now in force across the uk, deserted streets today and shops were shut as people were told not to leave home for three weeks unless absolutely necessary. The more we follow the rules, the sooner we will stop the spread. And so everybody has a responsibility to follow those rules and, where possible, to stay at home. Keeping customers apart. Supermarkets and other essential services introduce new measures to ensure people d
Good morning, hello, im Victoria Derbyshire with you this wednesday morning, 2a hours into this partial lockdown how are you doing . Welcome to bbc news. Let me bring you the latest headlines. Stepping up the fight against coronavirus a huge makeshift hospital is to be opened in london but theres a stark warning from these a e doctors. We are seeing patients in their 20s, patients in their 30s. We dont know what the outcome of some of these patients will be. They will go to intensive care, they may be in intensive care for some weeks. In some of them will die. And its completely heartbreaking and harrowing. Overnight 170,000 people answer the governments call
for a volunteer army to help tackle the crisis thats 3 a minute. In times like this, as the chief medical officer has already said, we see outbreaks of altruism, people wanting to help. So its a wonderful response, in the same way that all those doctors coming back, nurses saying they will come back, i am bowled over by it. The go
Thats not a problem, thats exactly what we are here to do, just talk to you. Lots of football clubs are helping in various ways at the moment. But here, the perspective is unique. Football was suspended with stevenage admittedly at the bottom, last place in league two. A couple of weeks ago, we might have even referred to that as a crisis. Now we really know what a crisis is. Our League Position is just out of the window. Were not worried about that. Were really worried about making sure the next time we kick a football here at the lamex stadium that as many of our staff, players and supporters and the volunteers are all in a healthy position to come back and support us. Without money from matches, the future is, to say the least, a challenge. But clubs like stevenage are nothing without their communities. The support is mutual. Right now, that may be measured in sandwiches. After all, the opponent is the same for everyone. Joe wilson, bbc news, stevenage. Time for a look at the weathe
We understand how significant these steps are. We ask for your forbearance, but i think that the public knows that this is important. And they know how vital a task it is that we get a grip on the spread of this virus and slow it down. The more we follow the rules, the sooner we will stop the spread. And so everybody has a responsibility to follow those rules and where possible to stay at home. I know how worried people are, and while this is a great time of turbulence, it is a moment, too, that the country can come together in that national effort. As the next step in that effort, today, we launch nhs volunteers. Were seeking a quarter of a million volunteers, people in good health, to help the nhs for shopping and for the delivery of medicines and to support those who are shielded to protect their own health. The nhs volunteer responders is a new scheme set up so that people can come and help and to make sure that the nhs and the local services that are needed get all the support tha