A worsening crisis or simply a switch in statistics and india loses an iconic actor who straddled bollywood and Hollywood Irrfan Khan has died at the age of 53. Im off its good to have you with us we begin with a stark warning about when the coronavirus pandemic will become history Germanys Health minister today said the country faces a long haul before approaching any end to the outbreak as a result germany is buying more flu vaccines than usual to prevent a wave of double infections in the fall. The latest figures from the whole bad Call Institute provided the clearest picture yet as to how the epidemic has developed in germany the calculations show when and how many people became infected and when key steps were taken to slow the virus spread the ban on public gatherings took a while to make a noticeable difference the closing of schools brought infections down considerably german Health Minister spans as the number of registered acute infections in germany has been falling for over
But is by 4500 in one day. Is that from a switch in statistics . Protesters in lebanon return to the streets. The lockdown silenced antigovernment protest actions, but that is no longer the case. German fans not ususing socicial media. They are not allowed in the stadium to follow their teams, so they found cardboard and got out scissors and glue. We will show you what they put together. Im brent goff. To our viewers on pbs and around the world, welcome. We begin with a stark warning about when the coronavirus pandemic will become history. Germanys Health Minister said the country faces a longhaul before approaching any end to the outbreak. Germany is buying more flu vaccines to prevent it a double wave of infections in the fall. The latest figures from the robert caulk Institute Show how it has developed in germany. The technician show how many people became infected and when the the ban on public gatherings took a while to make a difference. The closing of schools brought infections
Weve been asking Frontline Health workers to keep video diaries. And today, our correspondent Catherine Burns catches up with dr Harmandeep Singh a consultant at Ealing Hospital in west london, whos been treated for covid 19 himself. He was born in india, but came to the uk in 2009, and has worked for the nhs ever since. Dr Harmandeep Singh normally treats cardiac patients but, for now, his focus is on coronavirus. First, though, hes a dad, with a nursery drop off to do. Come on, lets go the time now is 8 25. Im heading in to hospital now. Hello good morning. Morning. You look exhausted he laughs yes, lam ivejust been in the handover and it seems like the lockdown is working really well. Our numbers have gone down. But i wonder, up to how long . Because over the weekend, you could clearly see people are out of their houses, in the parks. All right, guys . Last month, he had coronavirus. His wife was sick too. They felt so ill that they trained their three year old to call 999, just in
This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Borisjohnson and Carrie Symonds have announced the birth of a healthy baby boy. The Prime Minister is not expected at pmqs later. Millions more people in the uk will be able to get tested for coronavirus from today including all staff and residents of care homes. If they go to gov. Uk, they can find out how to get a test. There are a number of ways, including having a test sent to your home, where you can get a test. Spains Prime Minister predicts a recession on an extraordinary scale following the pandemic. The coronavirus outbreak in the United States has now killed more americans than the vietnam war over 58,000 have died. In the uk, patients with suspected cancer symptoms are being urged to contact their gp after a 70 drop in referrals since the pandemic was declared. And the bollywood actor irrfan khan, who starred in Slumdog Millionaire and life of pi, has died at the age of 53. The uk Prime Mi
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