hopes infections have now reached their highest level. we are living in the peak of this epidemic. i believe in one week s time, maximum ten days, we will see a drop, a significant drop of positive cases. spain is to introduce even tighter limits on who can leave their homes, as it announces a new record number of deaths in the past 2a hours. and the world s oldest man is celebrating his 112th birthday, but there ll be no party due to self isolation. now on bbc news, victoria derbyshire has the latest information and health advice on coronavirus including what the symptoms are and how to self isolate. hello and welcome to this special programme. i m victoria derbyshire. over the next half an hour, we are going to try and tell you as much as we can about coronavirus to help you that you can share the information with others. for the latest on the spread of the disease, you can always head to our website for information on how it s affecting people in your community and your
with a strong bounce back. on wall street, in asia and this is trading right now in europe. and we ll be getting the inside track on.kids entertainment. we re spending more on children s parties than ever before. we ll be talking to the artistic director who is stretching imaginations, as the bar for the perfect party gets higher and higher. also in the programme samsung says its latest model is the future of smartphones. do you agree? just let us know your thoughts using thr hashtag bbc biz live. hello and welcome to business live. it will be good to hear from you about the prospect of a folding phone. we start in brussels where the european commission unveils its autumn economic forecasts in a few hours‘ time. europe s growth is flagging to the extent that some now fear the region s economy could be heading for recession. in the three months to september, the countries that share the euro currency posted overall growth ofjust 0.2% the weakest rate in more than fou
to protect against it. but how far are we from developing them? tim muffett visited a coronavirus testing lab to find out more. in this quarantine unit in east london, a doctor monitors people in fact it where the respiratory virus. they have got the virus through choice, they are paid volunteers on him vaccines and drugs are being tested. the plan is to other volu nteers tested. the plan is to other volunteers here to soon be given a mild strain of coronavirus. we will take healthy volunteers and we will inoculate them with a version of the human coronavirus, follow their disease time course and then return them to healthy. it is known as a controlled human infection model. it will deepen scientific understanding of the virus. volunteers will be paid around £3000 and will have to stay in a room like this for two weeks. so this is the room where our volunteers will be staying. this isn t a big room, how hard to some people find it to stay in a room the size of two weeks? for
pressure grows on the international olympic committee to postpone the tokyo 2020 games. canada becomes the first major country to officialy withdraw. hong kong tightens its borders, as authorities there suggest they re on the brink of another coronavirus outbreak. good morning. you re watching the bbc news channel with me, geeta guru murthy, and welcome to our audiences around the world. our top story this morning, the uk s health secretary matt hancock has described people ignoring government advice on social distancing as very selfish . mr hancock said the government was willing to take ‘more action‘ if needed to spread the virus from spreading. this could include advising nonessential retail businesses to close. action‘ if needed to stop the the virus from spreading. this could include advising nonessential retail businesses to close. later today, mps will debate emergency legislation that would grant powers aimed at tackling the spread of the virus. under the propo
hello and welcome to bbc world news. when italy first quarantined 11 northern towns over fears of a potential coronavirus outbreak in mid february it was a small part of a global story that still largely centered on china. today one month on europe finds itself at the heart of the world s coronavirus pandemic, ramping up restrictions on its citizens whilst straining to cope with the explosion in infections. thousands of army reservists have been called up in switzerland to relieve hospitals under pressure as the number of people testing positive for coronavirus jumped by fifteen percent in twenty four hours; it is now more than eight and a half thousand. spain has again registered its highest daily death toll of people from the virus, four hundred and sixty two have died in the past day. the deputy prime minister, carmen calvo, is being tested in hospital. in italy there is some good news, the rate of infection has dropped for the second day in a row but it s still