About the importance of Mental Health in a world of isolation and lockdown. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. First. We start here in the uk, where a leading Health Expert was warned that there could be a0 thousand deaths in the uk by the time the pandemic is over. Speaking to british mps, professor Anthony Costello said britain could well end up with the highest death toll in europe and criticised the uk government for being too slow to take action. Latest figures show that in the last 2a hours, close to 850 people died in uk hospitals having tested positive for coronavirus, bringing the total number to more than 1a and a half thousand. At the daily downing street press conference the business secretary announced the government had set up a new task force to back the development of a Coronavirus Vaccine. It will bring together experts in government, industry and academia. B
That. That inevitably means there will be smaller quantities over shorter periods of time until individual ppe line stabilise. Is there anything further he would like to ask . Just on the reopening of schools, if i could . Is the timing of that dependent on you feeling that schools have an adequate supply of cleaning materials, hand sanitiser and that sort of thing . If so, what guidelines are being drawn up so, what guidelines are being drawn up to give to the schools and the trusts to make sure that schools can be as safe as possible for parents and children and staff when they do eventually reopen . Kit, we have already issued a lot of guidance on this and it is available on the gov. Uk website. If you want to be able to access, i can organise someone able to access, i can organise someone to send you a link in terms of how we have been advising schools in order to deal with the challenges. Because we must not forget, many thousands of schools have continued to remain open over the
The English Premier League holds talks with ministers about how football matches could resume with televised matches played behind closed doors. And we cant go to the zoo at the moment but weve got the next best thing a virtual tour round Edinburgh Zoo, courtesy of its keepers. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. First, the number of deaths in hopitals in england has risen by 771, taking the total number of deaths 711 in hospitals in the uk to more than 20,000. It comes as the World Health Organization has warned that people who have recovered from coronavirus may not be protected against reinfection. In other developments, the majority of coronavirus tests for essential workers here in the uk were booked up through the government website within an hour of it reopening today, with some Still Available in scotland. As European Countries start to ease their lockdowns, belgium ha
Scotlands first minister says its time to have a grown up conversation over when to relax rules on social distancing. In south korea, no new reported deaths from covid 19 in a 2k hour period for the first time in over a month. And the bbcs big night in raises more than £27 million for those affected by the pandemic, with the return of some much loved comedy characters and a very familiar face. Have you seen anything good on tv . Its hell without eastenders. They tell me tiger king is rather good. Yes, i tend to avoid shows on royalty. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in the uk and globally. First to england, where teachers, supermarket workers and delivery drivers are among up to ten million essential workers and their households, who will be able to book a test from today, to tell them whether they have the coronavirus. All key workers will be able to register for a test on the governments websit
Good afternoon. Well have the latest government briefing from downing street on the coronavirus pandemic, led today by the Health Secretary, matt hancock. That is in about half an hour. But first, ministers say theyre confident of hitting their target for the number of daily coronavirus tests, after the Prime Minister said the uk is past the peak of the outbreak. The government had pledged 100,000 tests a day by the end of april, with more than 81,000 taking place on wednesday. The target was 100,000 tests a day by the end of april. Its just under a month since the Health Secretary announced that deadline. Well find out later whether the ambition was achieved. Are you confident youll meet your testing target . More than 81,000 tests were carried out in the uk on wednesday, after more people became eligible including those over the age of 65 in england who have symptoms, and care home residents and staff who dont. Setting a challenging target was the right thing to do, because it galvan