Of life in a time of death. And the Legendary British motor racing driver, sir Stirling Moss, has died aged 90. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were in the uk and around the world. Covering all of the coronavirus were covering all of the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. In the past few moments the european death toll has a capacity 5000 with spain announcing their latest casualties. The number of dead air has risen by 619 in the past 2a hours taking the total number of deaths to 16,972. Here one of the governments most senior advisers has warned the uk is likely to be one of the worst, if not the worst, affected countries in europe by the coronavirus pandemic. It comes as uk debts are expected to pass pass 10,000 today. We will find out the figures later today. The leader of the comments Jacob Rees Mogg says parliament will return on april the 21st. It is expected to reconvene using Technology Rather than in the usual way. Els
Thank you ever so much, liz. On the latter pa rt thank you ever so much, liz. On the latter part of your questions, a few weeks ago much of a debate was about ventilators and the need for more ventilators. There was concerns about the Health Service as to whether the Health Service would be able to cope. What you saw was a National Effort to make sure that we had enough ventilators and what you are seeing in terms of ppe is very much a National Effort to make sure we do that. We recognise we need to be backing up though so many amazing people, not just within be backing up though so many amazing people, notjust within the Health Service but more broadly right across the country. We need the right levels of ppe and we are going to do everything we can do to deliver them. We recognise they are doing an incredibly importantjob and every part of government and every pa rt and every part of government and every part of the nation is doing everything it can do to meet that. Jenny, i am every
Than 20,000 people have now died. In his easter message pope francis has delivered a prayer for those affected by the pandemic that has killed more than 100,000 people worldwide. And the Legendary British motor racing driver, sir Stirling Moss, has died aged 90. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. We start with some breaking news. The official figures of the number of recorded deaths in the uk passes 10,000. This comes as the british Prime Minister borisjohnson has been discharged from hospital. Spains daily death toll rises by 619. That was after falling for three days in a row. The total there 110w three days in a row. The total there now 16,972. In the United States the death toll has overtaken italy as the worlds highest. More than 20,000 people have died in the United States and the pope has urged people not to yield to fear over the coronavirus. 0ur Health Correspondent is with me now. Talk us correspondent is with me now. Talk us through the latest fig
0n the lockdown, scotlands first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has said while there are optimistic signs its working, until theres solid evidence, its unlikely that restrictions will be lifted. It comes as one of the European Countries worst hit by the pandemic, spain, relaxes some of the restrictions it announced last month, allowing manufacturing and construction workers to return. And an nhs boss has warned the number of protective gowns available to front line nhs staff in parts of the uk has become critically low in recent days. 0ur Health Correspondent katharine da costa is with me. Another very miserable number again today, the number of people who have died of coronavirus in the last 2a hours, 717. But we look every day and every week at the trends in terms of the number of deaths and cases so terms of the number of deaths and cases so how do you read this . Thats right, often you see a delay in reporting deaths over at weekends as we saw last weekend and with this being the ankle
Charged with murder. In sport, liverpool may have to clinch the premier league title away from the city at a neutral venue with six fixtures set to be moved at the request of National Police bosses to avoid fans gathering outside. Good morning. Its saturday may 30. Our top story today two of the governments leading scientific advisers have questioned the decision to ease the lockdown in england. SirJeremy Farrar and professorjohn edmunds say that ministers are taking risks by allowing the gradual reopening of shops and schools, while there are still thousands of new infections confirmed every day. Their warning comes amid fears that this weekends warm weather will encourage people to ditch social distancing and ignore the rules. Charlotte rose has the latest. Ahead of the official easing of lockdown restrictions in england on monday, beaches and beauty spots have already seen an increase in crowds. With more hot weather expected this weekend, there are fears some people are dead in soc