Good afternoon. The Health Secretary matt hancock has confirmed that people over the age of 70 and those with Certain Health conditions will in the coming weeks be asked to stay at home to protect themselves from coronavirus. He said measures the government is looking at to combat the virus will disrupt the lives of almost everybody in the country. He also said manufacturers will be asked to switch to making ventilators which are needed to treat people with breathing problems. Heres our Political Correspondent nick eardley. For weeks we have been told to wash oui for weeks we have been told to wash our hands more, but the government is increasing its response to coronavirus. Already if you have a persistent cough and fever you are to steer at home and new measures could be coming soon. Many of them will be focused on those most at risk, in particular elderly. They could soon be asked to shield themselves from the virus by staying away from other people for months. Protection of the vul
Warnings are on the website. The showers will get going in southern areas more quickly tomorrow. It will be the north and west once again bearing the brunt of the snow showers, just over 200 metres over the hills, hail and thunder about anywhere. Sunshine in between, but a more brisk wind. As a result of a cold start and cold air, temperatures will be two or three degrees down, it will turn windy through the day, severe gales through the day, severe gales through southern scotland, Northern Ireland and northern england. That low pressure whisks away quite quickly, bringing strong wind into the north sea. Then we have a ridge of High Pressure building on friday. A quieter window of weather. It is worth pointing out that at the moment we still have over 100 flood warnings in force for scotland, england and wales. Even the showers we are seeing today and tomorrow are not good news. More rain to come friday night. For the majority on friday, a drier day with lighter wind. Not especially wa
More than they need, saying there is enough for everyone if people are considerate. The Foreign Office advises against all but essential travel to the United States after President Trump introduced a travel ban on the uk. The eu warns its Member States against closing borders, saying checks at frontiers are increasing the risk of shortages. In this moment of crisis it is of utmost importance to keep our internal market going. Good evening. Welcome to bbc news. The department of health says 1a more people across britain have died after testing positive for coronavirus, bringing the total number of deaths here in the uk to 35. The Health Secretary matt hancock has warned that the measures the government will take to combat the coronavirus will disrupt the ordinary lives of almost everybody in the country. He confirmed that in the coming weeks, people over 70 and Vulnerable People would be asked to self isolate, staying at home and cutting down contacts. The department of health says they
This is bbc news. The headlines at 5pm 1a more patients who tested positive for coronavirus have died, bringing the number of deaths in the uk to 35. The Health Secretary warns that measures to combat coronavirus will disrupt the lives of everybody and older people and those with Health Conditions will be asked to stay at home. The protection of the vulnerable and elderly by asking them to stay away, to stay at home, that is in our action plan, but we do not want formally to say yet that people should do that. British companies are urged tojoin a National Effort to produce more ventilators and other medical equipment at speed. Supermarkets urge shoppers not to buy more than they need, saying there is enough for everyone if people are considerate. The Foreign Office advises against all but essential travel to the United States after President Trump introduced a travel ban on the uk. And Spanish Police use drones with loudspeakers to tell people to go home. The Foreign Office advises aga
We are quarantining the elderly, you and somebody under 70 might have too, but you may choose to decrease the risk of the person you are living with by isolating with them. The point of the isolation is to try to protect them from the viral load in the community, if you are bringing that back home with you then essentially we are not protecting them. It might not be enforcea ble protecting them. It might not be enforceable but it might be something you would consider giving. What advice do you have full lives in lanarkshire, she is a7, she has completed treatment for breast cancer, chemotherapy finished in mid december and she has had 18 sessions of radiotherapy which finished a couple of years ago. She is a deputy head ina couple of years ago. She is a deputy head in a local secondary school micro couple of days ago. She has been working a couple of afternoons a week as a phased return, she is due to be back full time at the end of april and she is very concerned about how her immune