just a second, let me just very busy as you can imagine. firstly, i will finish. there is the ramp up within the nhs, say thank you for getting up in the there is the middle of your night to talk to us on the programme. 0ur viewers existing testing do companies like thermo appreciated as we do, as well. thank you very much for fisher, and companies like thermo fisher, and companies coming new into this that. yesterday, space, and there is we saw the press conference with matt hancock and the chief the university la bs a cross medical space, and there is the university 0fficer. matt hancock and the chief medical officer. a lot more detailed labs across the board, where we have coming an awful lot of work to do to make in. just as a gp, and it happen, and that s why i talk in i know gps are some way along the line when it the language of a goal. of course we got to get there. but there is comes to testing, tell me what you initially felt about the change in a huge amount of work to do. o
very kind? also known as an antibody test, god bless which has yet to be her. they re rolled out. it can tell you if you ve a lwa ys very kind? god bless her. they re always there when you want them, so already had the virus it s marvellous really. and therefore may carers don t get a lot of praise, do be immune. let s speak now to saffron cordery, they? a low from nhs providers, i know they don t, but i ve got some and dr derek gatherer, good ones. it s lovely to who s a virologist. meet you good morning to you both, all. shall thank you we do very much forjoining us. derek, i one last wonder if we start with clap? in you, there s confusion as to what the tests liverpool, applause outside a care do, but perhaps which test home battling the virus. good is more luck to them, keep on going, important to make an impact on this the country pandemic and how we approach it, loves you, your what are your thoughts? saving lives. nhs the most important test is the direct test blue shone from ba
of days ago and it s just at the end patients coming to the practices, so a lot of consultations are being done by of days ago and it s just at the end of its trial period and this weekend it will ramp up. to cover phone, very few patients should come all the up phone, very few patients should come up apartfrom nhs staff that needed, how many does phone, very few patients should come up apart from dressings or wounds or not need to get to a things which really have to be done, and people have been appreciative of day and when? well, at the moment, we think that that and said, no, that s fine, there are around we don t have to come up. our waiting 35,000 front line room in the middle of the night, thatis room in the middle of the night, that is empty, almost all the nhs staff who aren t in work are due time, to coronavirus, the number is much apart from the covid 19 patients who come up and then we have to smaller than some of the anecdotal dress up evidence that we have been for those,
emergency rescue scheme. been announced by the health secretary. the government says it wants it s time to do your to carry out 100,000 tests a day bit. the health secretary urges by the end of the month compared premier league footballers to the current level to take a pay of 10,000 tests a day. cut to help out there was more clapping for during the carers and key workers yesterday coronavirus pandemic. evening, who are keeping the country running plus, in weather, a bit chilly out throughout the crisis. there this morning, frost we ll hear your tributes to for some, them. but by sunday, we could see we ll get reaction to all of that from the health secretary, temperatures as high as 21. i ll matt hancock, at have your full forecast in 07.25. first, our correspondent half an hour. it s friday, april the danjohnson has the latest. 3rd. our top story: cheering, applause plans to significantly increase and car horns sound. coronavirus testing in england have someone once said the nhs bee
without realising, and could now to try and minimise and stop have immunity. the community government transmission. ordered millions of these and ordered millions of these and ordered millions of these and there were another 569 ordered millions more, but reliability isn t guaranteed and a deaths across the uk, bad test is deemed worse than no which means the total is now test. this is definitely a step in close to 3,000. the right direction. as more people suffer, experts welcomed the increase here s the extra capacity but london s nightingale hospital, say more is needed. ready to open after being fitted this is not a out in just nine magic bullet that will days. kill the epidemic, it s got to be there are 500 beds here seen as with 3,500 more to follow, kill the epidemic, it s got to be seen as part of a multifaceted strategy. there s a lot to be said a hint of how much worse for testing to get things might get. help workers back dan johnson, bbc in the nhs, helping with news. let