To the monty python star terryjones either to wuhan and i think there who has died at the age of 77. He had been suffering from dementia. Are risk is extremely low and a precautionary measure,. We are a he was the most wonderful friend and as i say, just a terrific person to be with and i wont be the only long way away in terms of person who says this. Precautionary measures, we assume were doing there in the latest move he had an enormous number of friends who loved him dearly. Is to shut down public transport and the city temporarily, but do you make of the chinese authorities approach in trying to contain this . I think it is the right thing to do because one thing we can do at the moment is control and you have to stop you from trying to infect other good evening. People and shutting down london the Foreign Office is advising against all but essential travel to wuhan roughly in the same sort of scale of the chinese city at the centre of a new virus that has already things and plus
Good afternoon. Ten more people in the uk have died after testing positive for coronavirus, bringing the total number of deaths in the uk to 21. Englands chief medical officer, professor chris whitty, said all of the latest to die were patients in at risk groups. The rise comes as the government draws up plans to ban Mass Gatherings, in response to the escalating outbreak. The total number of cases in the uk now stands at 1,140. Almost 38,000 people have been tested. Elsewhere in europe, spain has announced 1500 new cases today. As a result, the authorities there have urged people to stay at home, unless theyre going to work, buying food or drugs, or in need of medical attention. The airlinejet2 has cancelled all flights to the country and even turned planes back mid flight earlier today. Holidays to spain organised through tui, which were due to begin in the next few days, have also been cancelled. Several European Union countries have now said theyll close their borders to most, or a
Populations the same, and we might be more vulnerable to this than we think. Now, if we start to add in millions of more americans who are at risk, were truly looking at overwhelming our system. Every single doctor and nurse in every single hospital should be wearing n95 mask all the time. I have a friend who got covid19, confirmed yesterday, from a patient who presented with a stroke. No other symptoms of cough or fevers. Every patient that comes in could have this. Your coworker at work could have this. We have to social distance at work. And we have to protect ourselves maximally. N now, imagine if we require all healthcare workers to wear an n95 and not just those of us in the Emergency Department or Critical Care areas, we dont have enough. And i need to hear from the president and the task force who is making these masks . When are we going to see them . And i just cant understand why we would invoke this act and not have any production being done. It blow my mind. Well, so, and
It comes as one Critical Care nurse appeals to people not to buy more than they need. People are just stripping the shelves of basic foods. You just need to stop it because its people like me that are going to be looking after you when youre at your lowest. Just stop it the number of dead in italy overtakes that of china almost three and a half thousand people have now died. The queen issues a message of solidarity to the nation, saying she and her family are ready to play their part. And in sport the olympic flame arrives injapan amid doubts over whether the games will be able to go ahead. Good morning. The government has announced new measures to boost the resilience of the Health Service, as infections from the coronavirus grow in the uk. Englands top nurse and doctor have urged medics to re register and return to the workforce, to help tackle what they call the greatest Global Health threat in history. Letters are being sent to more than 65,000 retired doctors and nurses, saying yo
Of the United States, the authority is total, and thats the way its got to be. Total . In defense of President Trump, he makes his case on the handling of the coronavirus pandemic all the while the death toll continues to climb in the u. S. Europe are starting to see restrictions being lifted slowly. South korea getting ready to host local elections during the pandemic. What theyre doing to keep voters safe. So the u. S. President is fiercely defending his response to the coronavirus pandemic even as the death toll continues to rise at a high rate in the u. S. So according to Johns Hopkins university, the virus has now killed almost 24,000 people across the country. However, in some areas the outbreak appears to be leveling off and several governors are now discussing plans to gradually reopen their parts of the country. The u. S. Insists only he can make that call. Just to clarify your understanding of your authority visavis governors, just be very specific, for instance f a governor