Bollywood actor irrfan khan, who starred in Slumdog Millionaire and life of pi, has died at the age of 53. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Im victoria derbyshire. The Coronavirus Testing Programme is being expanded by the government. It will include all care home staff and residents, and anyone over 65. The government says the 100,000 target set by the Health Secretary is due to be met by tomorrow. Downing street is this morning still declining to say whether Boris Johnson will appear at Prime Ministers questions in the commons this lunchtime following his return to work. A recession on an extraordinary scale is predicted by spains Prime Minister following the outbreak. Over 58,000 us citizens have now died from covid 19. Thats more than the number of americans killed in the vietnam war. Almost 18,000 more people could die from cancer over the next year in england because of the impact of covid 19, according to researchers. Well have more on all those stories shortly. 0urfirst re
The other issues that are going to have to be confronted on this as well. Dominic raab singh there is no sugar coating the problems. The other problem is with care homes that often it is doctors that go in and sign the death certificates and people die there, they are not doing that now, theyre relying on with the carriers are saying is we might not have a completely accurate picture of how many people have died of covid i9 or other things. Picture of how many people have died of covid19 or other things. The death toll today is just her in this. But it is probably going to be the real number of deaths toll, and we did a story recently about a gentleman who had gone into hospital for a day, discharged back to his ca re for a day, discharged back to his care home and without, the hospital had suspected him of having covid i9, the care home was untold, the family was not told in the only found out after he died a week later. Sometimes it is on the death certificate and sometimes it doesnt
Fall in patient referrals how lockdown could sound the death knoll of thousands of high street shops with independent, family run businesses hardest hit. This is bbc news and tributes are paid im reeta chakrabarti. To the bollywood actor irrfan khan, the headlines at 4. 30 the Prime Minister is back who starred in Slumdog Millionaire and life of pi, at work in number 10, who has died at the age of 53. After he and his fiancee Carrie Symonds announced the birth of their son this morning. Hell take a short paternity leave later in the year. Millions more people in england are eligible for covid 19 testing, after the government loosens rules on who can apply. More than half of scotlands coronavirus deaths are now happening in care homes, new figures show. And the us economy shrinks by nearly 5 the biggest drop since as news on the coronavirus pandemic continues to dominate, an announcement this morning the 2008 financial crisis. From downing street that caught everyone by surprise. The Pr
And tributes are paid to the bollywood actor irrfan khan, who starred in Slumdog Millionaire and life of pi, who has died at the age of 53. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. We start in the us where the economy is shrinking at the fastest rate in more than a decade, as figures from the last quarter show the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on economic activity. There was a 4. 8 contraction, but economists warn that the worst is yet to come, because the data only covered the first few weeks of the us lockdown. Here in the uk, the number of dead has passed 26,000 as official figures include deaths in the community, such as in care homes, for the first time. But as the impact on human life and the Global Economy continues to grow, theres been some hope. The White House Health advisor Dr Anthony Fauci says theres been positive data from the trial of an existing antiviral drug
In Coronavirus Infections, with more than 10,000 people testing positive. Churches in germany reopen for sunday services with strict regulations in force and singing forbidden. Top stars from india and around the world perform from home in a concert raising funds for coronavirus victims in india, where the number of cases is surging. 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 uk government says its considering a series of measures which could help control the spread of coronavirus as the lockdown is relaxed. Its ahead of an announcement due to be made in a weeks time which will set out the next steps about how the country gets back to school and to work. Meanwhile, the government says only 76,500 coronavirus tests were carried out yesterday, falling short of its daily target. The deaths of 315 more people from coronavirus have been recorded in the latest 2a hour period the