Occupied in lockdown. Boxerjoseph parker tries out his hugh grant love actually impression. Good afternoon. The Prime Minister, borisjohnson, has tested positive for the coronavirus. He says he has mild symptoms and will self isolate in downing street, but will still lead the governments response to the crisis. The Health Secretary, matt hancock, is also having to work from home, after testing positive. Boris johnsons diagnosis came amid growing concern that nhs hospitals may be overwhelmed by coronavirus patients as early as this weekend. Well, a total of 759 people in the uk have now died of the illness thats an increase of 181 in the last 2a hours. Theres particular pressure on hospitals on the outskirts of london, where some Health Bosses have warned that intensive care units face whats being described as a tsunami of demand in the coming days. Globally, the us has overtaken china as the country with the most confirmed cases more than 85,000. And here, police have started issuing f
Good morning. Welcome to breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and mega munchetty. Our headlines today applause the nation comes together in an emotional thank you to nhs and care workers battling coronavirus. And this is an absolute nightmare, so its time that were alljust having to stand together, shoulder to shoulder, and show our appreciation. The chancellors multibillion pound bailout for self employed workers, but many wont receive payments for months. The United States passes china and italy to record the highest number of coronavirus cases anywhere in the world. If youre moving house, dont. The government warns house buyers and sellers to put off completion until after the outbreak, as home sales are forecast to slump 60 . Dont go out National Parks remind potential visitors they are are not open for business ahead of the weekend. And in weather, with the exception of scotland, plenty of sunshine around today. But it changes this weekend. More cloud, and it is going to feel significant
Work continues to turn the excel Conference Centre in east london into a 4,000 bed hospital. We are facing the greatest Health Emergency that we have seen ever in my career and indeed the history of the nhs. The us now has more confirmed cases than anywhere else though President Trump says the country will be back to work pretty quickly. Here, police have already issued some fines to people not following the rules about social distancing. And, how to keep yourself occupied in lockdown boxerJoseph Parker tries out his hugh grant love actually impression. Good afternoon. Its been announced that the Prime Minister has tested positive for coronavirus. Boris johnson says he has mild symptoms and will self isolate in downing street but will still lead the government response to the crisis. Matt hancock is also working from home after he too tested positive. The Prime Ministers diagnosis comes as there is growing concern that nhs hospitals may be overwhelmed by coronavirus patients as early a