As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, putting the country technically into recession. The World Health Organisation says up to a quarter of a billion people in africa could catch coronavirus this year. But says the outbreak is likely to be less deadly than in europe and the us cafes a nd restau ra nts have begun reopening in many parts of australia, but with limits on the number of customers allowed in. And calls for nhs workers in the uk whove treated coronavirus patients to get the same Mental Health support as soldiers returning from war. It would be like having, you know, 15, 20 patients who are really on the edge who are going to die in the next few hours if you dont do anything every 12 hours. That is how bad it is. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Im Annita Mcveigh with the latest developments on the coronavirus outbreak in the uk and around the world. Here, unions representing teachers and school staff will meet the governments top scientific advisors today, as they dem
Britain is on the countrys hardest hit. With the deaths of 17000. 00 the government has faced criticism for being too slow to prepare for the outbreak and imposing. It says it is quote throwing everything at a vaccine but the 1st human trials due to start today. A country scrambling to deal with a coronavirus pandemic this Convention Center in Northern England has been turned into a makeshift hospital the transformation took less than 3 weeks the u. K. Is racing to increase Hospital Capacity to cope with an ever increasing caseload the British Government has been heavily criticized for failing to prepare for the outbreak its now hoping to beat the virus by investing heavily in vaccines being developed at universities in oxford and london trials on humans are set to begin on thursday in the long run the best way to defeat corona virus is through a vaccine after all this is a new disease. This is uncertain science but im certain that we will throw everything weve got at developing a vacc
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
Navy captain breathy crow zio was fired for criticizing the navys response to the pandemic bring you analysis of the political fallout. Also on the program why fund a lockdown is heating low income households the hottest here in germany some charges of closed in children could no longer rely on Free School Meals a family of 6 who are feeling the pinch. Cos they earn hundreds of thousands of pounds per week the English Premier League once its full fall is to take a coronavirus pay cost play is pushing back. Im tired read im glad you could join me there are now more than 300000 confirmed cases of corona virus in the United States this is more. And anywhere else in the world right now in hard hit regions like new york state and california medical supplies have started to run lawyers the death toll already stands at over 8000 speaking to the American Public on saturday President Donald Trump warned that the coming weeks would likely see that number climb even higher this will be probably t
The Foreign Office is advising british holiday makers in spain to return home as soon as possible, as hotels their are to close by tuesday. Supermarkets take action to reduce stockpiling and panic buying. The bbc suspends production of hit dramas like eastenders and casualty. And the Glastonbury Festival is called off as is this years eurovision because of coronavirus. Good afternoon. Schools across much of the uk look set to close their doors and shut down by the end of the week the governments in scotland and wales have been first to announce their plans as part of the measures to tackle the coronavirus crisis. Borisjohnson says an announcement on the rest of the uk is imminent. Our correspondent lorna gordon is in glasgow. This announcement from the first minutes there was a short time ago. Nicola sturgeon made this announcement within the last hour. It is not entirely unexpected, there have been increasing reports of growing absinthe in schools and people keeping their children hom