South korea from a fresh outbreak of coronavirus. The worlds oldest man is celebrating his 112th birthday, but without a party to celebrate. Hello and welcome to bbc news. Countries around the world are grappling with the coronavirus as the global death toll reaches nearly 31,000. There are now more than 665,000 confirmed cases worldwide. Heres the latest. Every person arriving in south korea from overseas will have to undergo two weeks of quarantine. The country has nearly 10,000 confirmed cases. The british Prime Minister has warned that the crisis will get worse before it gets better. More than 1,000 people have died there, with over 17,000 cases reported. Across europe, the number of People Killed by the virus has risen to more than 20,000. Spain has ordered all nonessential workers to stay at home for two weeks after reporting more than 800 deaths in one day. Australia is reporting a decline in the rate of infections. And in the us, the global epicentre of the outbreak, the number
Booth type testing service, you get these sort of plastic phone booth type testing centres, where you can walk in and be tested in a matter of minutes. Before you arrive here into this area, you go through a series of checks. A temperature check, then you have to fill in all your Contact Details and they verify that. All arrivals have to download this application on their mobile phone and have to fill in their symptoms for m days while they are in self isolation. If they fail to do so, the authorities will track them down. When it comes to self isolation, the government has said that anyone who breaks these rules, if south korean, will be fined, and if you are a foreigner you will be deported. The latest measure that they have introduced is that all passengers coming in on flights must pass a temperature check. Coming in on all flights must pass a temperature check. If they dont, they will not be allowed on the flight. Now, the south korean authorities are coming under increasing press
Could be put in place if necessary. Our correspondent Angus Crawford reports. Empty streets, empty parks. What a difference seven days can make. Last sunday, social distancing meant little to some then came the lockdown, an urgent attempt to stop the spread and protect the nhs. Despite that, more than 17,000 people have tested positive, including borisjohnson, now chairing cabinet meetings from self isolation. Hes also writing a letter to 30 million homes across the uk, in which he says. I cant make an accurate prediction but everyone does have to prepare for a significant period when these measures are still in place, and the response so far from the british people has been fantastic, as i say. I wish i could predict when this will end. But its vitally important that, at the moment, and four weeks ahead, people maintain the strict social distancing guidelines that have been laid out. The new nhs nightingale taking shape in east london. A makeshift command centre created in less then 2
Time, ten days maximum, we will see a drop in positive cases. And President Trump decides not to impose quarantine on new york and two adjoining states, despite saying yesterday that he was considering the move. Another 838 people die from coronavirus in spain marking the countrys highest daily number of deaths. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Youre watching a bbc news special. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments globally and here in britain. The uk government has said all parts of the country are now on an emergency footing, as the pandemic continues. At the latest downing street briefing, it was announced that millions of items of personal protective equipment were being delivered to nhs staff. Across europe, the number of People Killed by the virus has risen to more than 20,000. Italy has seen the most deaths from coronavirus and the countrys Deputy Health minister says he believes italy is currently experiencing the peak of the outbr
We havent done anything like this since world war ii. 10,000 people in italy have died from the virus the biggest death toll in the world but ministers hope infections have now reached their peak. We are living in the peak of this epidemia. I believe that in one weeks time, ten days maximum, we will see a drop. I think we will see a drop in positive cases. And President Trump decides not to impose quarantine on new york and two adjoining states, despite saying yesterday that he was considering the move. Another 838 people die from coronavirus in spain, marking the countrys highest daily number of deaths. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Youre watching a bbc news special. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments globally and here in britain. In the past hour, the uk government has said all parts of the country are now on an emergency footing, as the pandemic continues. At the latest downing street briefing, it was announced that millions of ite