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Has never been stronger that is the message from Public Health england after a review has found that being overweight greatly increases your chances of being hospitalised or dying if you have covid 19. Ministers are due to publish a new strategy for tackling obesity this week. Simonjones has the story. The warning from Health Officials is clear. If youre overweight or obese and get coronavirus, youre more likely to end up in hospital, more likely to become critically ill. This graph illustrates the scale of the problem, based on a study of over 19,000 people who have tested positive for covid 19. It shows the bigger the bmi, or body mass index, the risk of intensive care increases. Someone who is severely obese has over four times the risk compared to someone who is the normal weight. Being overweight increases the chances of insulin resistance. It puts up your blood pressure. And all of these extra pressures and strains on the body are likely to be part of the reason why people when t
Countries, these corridors seem to be minimising and closing down one by one. We are a United Kingdom but on this issue with regards to quarantine, each nation seems to be making up different rules. And if youre affected by this story, and would like to ask a question about the latest quarantine rules or comment on any of our other stories you can contact me on twitter Annita Mcveigh bbcyourquestions in other news, rescuers in lebanon continue to search in the rubble. They believe they may still find someone alive a month after the blast that killed hundreds. A sharp increase in migrant arrivals is causing new tensions in Southern Europe we have a special report. And the duchess of cornwall sends a message of support for those who have been affected by Domestic Abuse during the pandemic. Cases of violence have risen by 20 globally, according to the un. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world 7 and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and ac
Tonight at ten. Donald trump becomes the first president in us history to be impeached twice, after last weeks assault on capitol hill. Ten republicansjoined democrats in voting for the president to face trial for inciting insurrection. He must go. He is a clear and present danger to the nation that we all love. The formal charge comes after a violent mob of his supporters stormed the capitol its now surrounded by a ring of steel, with just a week left of the trump presidency. The other main story tonight the uk records its hightest daily death toll since the pandemic started. More than 1,500 people have died. The Prime Minister warns that
theres a very substantial risk intensive care units could be overwhelmed, as doctors plead for the public to stay at home. People really dont understand what the real impact of what theyre doing is, that so many patients are ending up in hospital and so many patients who are ending up in hospital are ending up incredibly sick in intensive care beds.
You are up to date on the headlines. Now on bbc news, parliament yesterday. Hello and welcome to tuesday in parliament. Coming up the lords have defeated the government again on its brexit bill, this time over theissue of unaccompanied child refugees. The peer who led the opposition was blunt. Some people have called the government mean and nasty, if the government wants to disprove the accusation that it is mean and nasty then the good thing to do is to accept the amendment. But the government has its defenders. I take the view that we have done very well on child refugees, if its not broke dont mend it. The former Prime Minister, theresa may, asks how could the fire at Grenfell Tower have happened. Despite the regulations, despite all the requirements that were there, we still had this building with this cladding which did not meet the building regulations. And what brought this on . Hear, hear applause no clapping. But first, the governments fourth defeat in the lords on its brexit