Atall . You know, as i said before here, when you look at an outbreak, its two Dynamic Forces opposing each other. If you leave the virus to its own devices, it will take off if you do nothing to stop it. If you put into place the kinds of things that we talk about, first containment, and then hopefully you never get to mitigation but containment is important. Those two forces are going to determine whether youre going to have a big outbreak. What dr. Redfield was saying, first of all, is that we will have coronavirus in the fall. I am convinced of that because of the degree of transmissability it has and the global nature. What happens with that will depend on how were able to contain it when it occurs. And what were saying is that in the fall we will be much, much
better prepared to do the kind of containment compared to what happened to us this winter. Now, the complicating issue is that unlike the syndromic and influenzalike observances that we have that you could pick it up by cli
Deaths in england and wales have risen sharply new figures show theyve hit a 20 year high they also reveal more than 1,000 covid related deaths recorded at care homes in the week before easter last week, we were looking at 217 deaths that had been registered up to the 3rd of april in care home settings. Now, we are seeing over 1000. Well be assessing the latest figures from the office for National Statistics also this lunchtime. As the number of victims grow relentlessly Health Workers, too, find themselves mourning the loss of colleagues and friends the tragic story of barbara one of many disabled Covid Patients to be transferred to hospital where she had to face death without family or friends the collapse in oil prices at one point producers were paying
others to take barrels off them. But will it mean cheaper petrol at the pumps . And portraits of nhs heroes. The artists who decided to celebrate the work of Health Care Workers by painting them and in sport, a government adviser say
The invasion would be cancelled. At dozens of airfields, the spitfires and the hurricanes came home. The main skill was luck, you had to be lucky. No matter how good you were, for instance my boss, dickie lee, was the best pilot ive ever seen. But he was shot down and killed. So he had no luck. I had bags of luck. I couldnt do that. But here i am. Like so many events this year, battle of britain day will be a quiet affair, but this light show at the uks first ever radar station in norfolk is a reminder that we celebrate and remember a true team effort. Robert hall, bbc news. Time for a look at the weather
heres louise lear. A heart warming story deserves heart warming weather. Sparkling blue sky and sunshine for many, almost picture postcard perfect in norfolk today, this is where we will probably see the highest values, High Pressure is dominating the weather and allowing the southerly feet of air to come all the way from africa and get us above average temperatures. There are some w
This is bbc news, the headlines. Search teams in the lebanese capital, beirut, say they have found possible signs of life in a collapsed building a month after the huge blast which destroyed parts of the city. Rescuers said theyd detected a pulse two metres deep in the rubble in a residential area. Joe biden has spoken by phone to jacob blake the black man whose shooting by police in wisconsin sparked days of unrest. In a speech in the city of kenosha, mr biden accused donald trump of legitimising the dark side of human nature. South korea has now imposed a near lockdown in the capital after a surge in cases. Experts say the situation has been made worse by extreme evangelical churches whove convinced many followers that the pandemic is part of a government conspiracy. Now on bbc news, newscast with adam fleming and jo coburn. Rich preston will be here at the top of the hour. Big news in the podcasting world, Alan Partridge has now got a podcast which got me thinking, what other 90s ce
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