Social care officials in the uk deliver a scathing assessment of the governments handling of the pandemic in a leaked letter they describe the distribution of protective kit for carers as shambolic. And the 99 year old war veteran captain tom moore completes 100 laps of his garden before turning 100 himself raising over £12 million for the nhs. Im surrounded by the right sort of people, so yes, i feel fine. I hope youre all feeling fine too. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. And here, the uk Health Secretary says everyone can see it is too early to make changes to the nationwide coronavirus lockdown. Matt hancock says a formal decision will be announced this afternoon. The Opposition Labour Party says it will back the government, but is asking for more clarity on how and when the lockdown will end. Well, as the number of people whove died rises, tributes have been paid to a
Lets hear what was said at todays downing street briefing earlier today. It was led by the first secretary of state, dominc raab. Good afternoon and welcome to todays downing street press conference. I am pleased to be joined by the deputy chief medical officer and also professor yvonne doyle. Public health england. I think on behalf of all of us, huge congratulations to the Prime Minister to carry on the wonderful news of the birth of their baby boy. I spoke to the pm and i can tell you that both mum and sun are doing really well. Next, lemme give you an update on the latest data on coronavirus index report that through the governments testing programme, as of today, there have not been 18,530 nine tenths of the virus that took place yesterday and a teddy make an increase of 76 cases on yesterdays number. As out secretary announced yesterday, a system for deficits tested positive for covid 19. Rather than just those in tested positive for covid 19. Rather thanjust those in hospital. A
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 7 the first human trial of a Coronavirus Vaccine in europe has begun here in the uk. With a simple injection in a laboratory in oxford this afternoon, a highly significant moment in the scientific response to the pandemic. We will talk more about that in a second. Among the other main developments this evening the uk government has reported another 616 more coronavirus deaths in hospital, bringing the total to 18,738 that does not include deaths in care homes or in the community. Matt hancock the Health Secretary for england pledged 18,000 people will be hired as Contact Tracers and will be ready to begin work in a matter of weeks in the us, the house of representatives is about to vote on another massive coronavirus bailout package, as new figures today show another 4. 4 million americans lost their jobs last week. In europe, 27 leade
Beyond italy could face too, as the lockdown leaves it scars. President trump says hes happy for the president ial election in november to be a referendum on his handling of the coronavirus crisis. And fears that the amazons indigenous population could be devastated by the virus, as the number of deaths in brazil passes 7,000 the highest in latin america. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. Coronavirus developments first. Coronavirus developments new rules to help businesses in the uk emerge from lockdown are being considered by the government. Under draft proposals seen by the bbc ani employers x under draft proposals seen by the bbc employers would need to stagger start times and limit the amount of equipment that needs to be shared. Employers should consider providing ppe or physical screens if the 2 metre social distancing rules cant be observed. Also from today small and
Hello and welcome to this bbc news special. In around half an hours time, well be bringing you the governments daily news briefing on coronavirus, which will be led by the foreign secretary, dominic raab. But first, as news on the pandemic continues to dominate, that baby announcement this morning from downing street that caught everyone by surprise. The Prime Ministers fiance, Carrie Symonds and their baby boy are said to be doing very well, and mrjohnson has thanked nhs workers involved in the birth. The Prime Minister is back at work in downing street, and is expected to take a short amount of paternity leave later in the year. Hes spoken to the labour leader, keir starmer, about the coronavirus pandemic, and was congratulated on the birth at pmqs. Heres dominic raab and keir starmer expressing the well wishes of both political parties. The pm and his and his fiancee Carrie Symonds have announced the birth of a healthy baby boy this morning. Both mother and baby are doing well and i