Help new york and then pick up, decamp, and then go to the next place as this rolls across the country. The coronavirus pandemic has killed more than 40,000 people in europe, more than three quarters of them in italy, spain and france. Queen elizabeth will address the commonwealth on sunday, delivering a message on the outbreak, in a rare special broadcast. And as real doctors battle the virus in hospitals, fans across the world turn to a fictional doctor to help them cope with the stress of isolation. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. First, the uks Health Secretary has issued a stark warning that more people will die if the public doesnt adhere to government measures to prevent the spread of the virus. People in the uk have been urged to stay at home this weekend over fears that a warm and sunny Weather Forecast could tempt people to go outside. Almost 700 more people have
On this scale in recent memory. A total of 1,408 patients have died after developing coronavirus in the uk, thats up by 180 from the day before. But the governments chief scientist says the social distancing of the last week is having an effect. Pausing for a minutes silence the people of madrid remember the more than 7,000 whove died in spain. The key workers struggling to find early years childcare as more and more nurseries shut down. And the army of key workers, often low paid, keeping the country going. And in the sport on bbc news, the Olympic Games will start on the 23rd ofjuly in 2021 and run until the 8th of august, after being postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. An entirely new hospital, built from scratch in a Conference Centre in just a week, will be ready to take its first patients on wednesday. The Nightingale Hospital in east london will be ready for 500 coronavirus patients, rising eventually to 4,000. Its the
Hello and welcome to bbc news. We begin in europe which remains the epicentre of the Global Pandemic of covid 19. Governments are struggling to halt the spread of infection, and are introducing tough new measures in the face of rising death tolls. Rich preston has this report. Across europe, the number of cases and fatalities is rising evermore. Several countries, measures that were in place to limit peoples movements have now been superseded by even stricter controls stop germany has banned public gatherings of more than two people with Police Monitoring the new rules and taking action against those who break them. Translation the overwhelming majority of people understand that it is now down to every individual, that everybody can and must do their bit to stop the virus. Moments after the press conference, the announcement that chancellor merkel herself will be going into quarantine after it was revealed she met a dock who has since tested positive to the virus. Europes largest econo
That nobody ever heard of before, nobody even ever heard of before and now we are fighting a different battle. Japans Prime Minister says tokyo is on the brink of an emergency and urges people to avoid enclosed spaces as new virus cases increase. And in wuhan, where the outbreak began after two months of total lockdown the city partially re opens again. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. Around 600,000 cases have now been confirmed worldwide. In england, the government begins testing front line nhs staff this weekend. Its following days of criticism that Health Workers with symptoms have been unable to treat patients. Wales began testing critical healthworkers last week Prime Minister borisjohnson has tested positive for coronavirus. Health secretary matt hancock has also been diagnosed with covid 19, and chief medical officer chris whitty is in isolation after developing sym
Thats the warning from the president of the World Anti Doping Agency to athletes as they begin training for next years olympics. And in weather, while most of you will stay dry this weekend, its getting cloudier, its getting windier, and you are certainly going to notice it, its going to feel colder, too. They will have all the details here on breakfast. Good morning. Its saturday 28th march. Our top story borisjohnson has become the first world leader to test positive for coronavirus. Health secretary matt hancock and chief medical officer chris whitty, have also gone into isolation. On breakfast this morning well look at boots the chemist, trialling the first drive through Testing Centre and how it will work. There are still many questions about the virus coming in from you well talk to experts. Were out getting exercise while we can. How are walkers, joggers, and cyclists managing social distancing . First, andy moore has the latest. There the three men spearheading the nationalfigh