It really is, sophie. Its called level four, the most extreme travel advisory the Us Government issues. Normally it applies to war zones and countries are beset by civil disorder. Now it applies to every single country in the world. Americans are being told, do not travel internationally. As for us citizens abroad, they are being urged to come home immediately if you dont want to be stranded indefinitely, because of the severe travel disruption. Now, these are recommendations. They are not rulings. But, nonetheless, they would have been unthinkable before this pandemic took hold. Here in america a concern is that younger americans are not taking this seriously. The Us Government stressing that almost 40 of hospitalised cases have involved those between the ages of 20 and 5a. We passed a grim threshold today, 10,000 cases here in the United States and over the coming days as more test results come through we are told to expect a dramatic increase. Nick bryant in new york, thank you. In
To people on the front line . Thank you, and can i also give my deepest sympathies to members of his family. The Prime Minister has written to all of the households in this country setting out clearly the task thatis country setting out clearly the task that is before everyone. We see on the news the difficult scenes in other European Countries like italy for example, and the deaths that we are reporting daily in these press conferences are reporting daily in these press c0 nfe re nces a re are reporting daily in these press conferences are very sobering. Every death is a tragedy. We dont want to see any unnecessary death so what the Prime Minister has said in that letter is we all have the power to influence events in respect of this virus. If we want to help the nhs to be able to have the capacity to continue to perform the good Quality Public Service we all wanted to do throughout the course of the virus, then we need to take heed of the medical advice. We do need to stay at home. B
Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are kate proctor, Political Correspondent for the guardian, and asa bennett who is brexit commissioning editor at the telegraph. Tomorrows front pages. We start with the metro. It leads, like many of our papers, with a picture of the Prime Minister back at downing street. The headline, boris becker number10. Street. The headline, boris becker number 10. The daily express has that story reporting the Boris Johnson returns to work to be leading the country out of lockdown while vowing to prevent a second wave of cases. The telegraphs as the Prime Minister may ease the lockdown as early as this week. The situation in europe is the focus of the Financial Times with italy spain and france looking to ease their own restrictions. The front page of the times shows a picture of a loan runner in london where the London Marathon should have finished today, if it had gone head. The paper also has a story a
And with the London Marathon postponed, how do you raise money for charity from your own home . Good evening. The government is rejecting calls to relax the coronavirus lockdown, saying the outbreak remains at a delicate and dangerous stage. Ministers are asking us to adjust to what theyre calling a new normal for some time yet. The government is reiterating the current restrictions are having a positive effect, with fewer people being treated in hospital. Well, the latest number of dead is up by 413 in hospitals across the uk. Its worth noting the numbers often come down over the weekend because of a lag in reporting. The total number of dead now stands at 20,732, not including deaths in care homes or the community in england and north ireland. And northern ireland. With more, heres our science editor, david shukman. In towns and cities, usually busy streets remain empty, a scenario set to continue, as scientists warn that any relaxation of the lockdown could risk killing tens of thou
To be beneficial. Theres continuing concern in care homes in england over testing for staff and residents. Italy, the first country in europe to introduce a lockdown because of the coronavirus outbreak, is to ease some restrictions from early may. Meanwhile, children in spain are allowed out for the first time in six weeks as the daily number of deaths fell to its lowest level in more than a month. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are kate proctor, Political Correspondent for the guardian, and asa bennett who is brexit commissioning editor at the telegraph. Tomorrows front pages, starting with. The metro leads, like many of our papers tonight, with a picture of the Prime Minister back at downing street tonight and the headline boris back at no 10. The daily express has that story, reporting that borisjohnson returns to work to begin leading the country out of lockdown, while vowing to prevent a second wave of cases. The Da