Improving but another environmental problem is piling up that is medical waste. And sport further talks are taking place to discuss English Premier League footballers taking a pay cut a deal is being negotiated that will see players salaries reduced by 30 percent. So the u. K. Government is holding its Daily Briefing on the current virus lets take you live now to downing street in central london. With covered 19 symptoms but the action of hospital admissions in england and wales has regional differences in the number of admissions folks like between the 1st and 2nd of april admissions a study in wales but in yorkshire and the northeast by 30 percent. And in the middle and the rate of hospital admissions has gone up by 47 percent 708 people have sadly lost their lives as a result of cover 19 the highest daily total yet recorded and that means that of those hospitalized in the u. K. The number who passed away now totals 4330 those numbers emphasize again the importance of maintaining soc
Now lets go over to westminster and join that bbc special on the budget with andrew neil. It is budget day, thejohnson government unveils its new plans, with special emphasis on its new voters in the midlands and the north. But for a rookie chancellor, only 28 days in the job, the north. But for a rookie chancellor, only 28 days in thejob, the biggest challenge is the growing Economic Impact of the coronavirus, and what he can do to vaccinate the economy from it. With me for this politics live budget special Political Editor laura kuennssberg, Business Editor simonjack, and economics editor faisal islam. It was meant to be the levelling up budget, to the regions and people that have not done well in the past decade but looks set to be the coronavirus budget. This morning he bank of england has already announced an emergency cut in Interest Rates. The bank of englands role is to help uk businesses and households manage through an economic shock that could prove large and sharp. Meanwhil
This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. A plan to protectjobs the uk chancellor will unveil new measures to replace the furlogh scheme a wage top up, and more Business Loans could be on the way. Critics say it may come too late for some we cant have this kind of last minute response again. Weve had it around wage support. Today it seems we had it around support for self isolators. We need to have much more future planning from the chancellor. The nhs covid 19 Contact Tracing app is now available in england and wales anyone with a compatible smartphone is being urged to download it. A screen will come up on your app and a notification saying that you have been in close contact with somebody with coronavirus and that you need to self isolate. 600 people at Glasgow University are self isolating, after more
than 120 students tested positive for coronavirus as freshers week ended. Two Police Officers are shot during protests over a decision not
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