The number of people known to have died from the coronavirus Global Pandemic is now more than 150,000, according to the latest figures collated byjohns Hopkins University in the united states. 37,000 have died in the us itself. Italy, spain, france and the uk make up half of the worldwide toll. The World Health Organization has cast doubt on the usefulness of antibody tests for covid 19 which many countries had hoped to use to determine if people have developed immunity to the virus. Who officials in geneva said there was no evidence that having had the virus would guarantee immunity. 847 people have died in british hospitals in the past 2a hours. It brings the total number of deaths tojust over 1a,500. The uk government is setting up a new task force to back the development of a vaccine, but itll be many months before one is available. The demand for help from foodbanks has soared in some areas as a result of the pandemic with many people suddenly finding they have no income. In west
Glasgow aims to lead the fight against Climate Change, the city wants to become Carbon Neutral in the next ten years. I ,it , it comes amid fresh warnings about Global Warming with the last decade the hottest on record. Carbon neutral by 2030 is a big challenge, its certainly one that were taking very seriously, and its not enough for a few people in the council to be working on it. Its a challenge that everybody has to take part in, that we need to get everybody across the city engaged with, and that we need to be working on now. And as one of the worlds biggest companies, microsoft, promises to remove all the carbon it has created since 1975, we look at how that ambition can be achieved. Also this
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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
Hello. This is bbc news with martine croxall. Well be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment first the headlines. The Prime Minister warns of tougher measures if social distancing advice isnt followed he says people who are acting irresponsibly are putting lives at risk. We will keep the implementation of these measures under constant review and yes, of course, we will bring forward further measures if we think thatis forward further measures if we think that is necessary. Nhs england writes to 1. 5 million of the most high risk people, who are told to not leave home for 12 weeks to shield them from the coronavirus. Spains state of emergency has been extended for another two weeks while in italy the death toll from the virus has risen again. Germany bans gatherings of more than two people
in order to try and control the spread of coronavirus. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. This evening we are at home via webcam.
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