secretary liz truss today. parliament has passed emergency laws, making it quicker and easier to target allies of the president and the kremlin. we rejoined now by our chief political correspondent adam fleming. adam, how damaging will this be for russia? we will find out later today when these we will find out later today when these new names are published in the official these new names are published in the official way these new names are published in the official way that they are done, and we get official way that they are done, and we get a official way that they are done, and we get a biography of the person and an explanation of why they are being sanctioned an explanation of why they are being sanctioned. that will become clearer through sanctioned. that will become clearer through the day. the truth is i think through the day. the truth is i think most of the financial firepower has already been deployed against firepower has already been deployed against the r
could come in the coming days. we have also could come in the coming days. we have also had a ukrainian official gave have also had a ukrainian official gave a have also had a ukrainian official gave a prediction that this war couid gave a prediction that this war could be gave a prediction that this war could be overcome in their words, by may, could be overcome in their words, by may, either could be overcome in their words, by may, eitherthrough could be overcome in their words, by may, either through a peace deal or russia may, either through a peace deal or russia running out of supplies to sustain russia running out of supplies to sustain this invasion is what is a large sustain this invasion is what is a large country. it does filo pizza if you go large country. it does filo pizza if you go online or you listen to what the government is saying. it does feel upbeat the government is saying. it does feel upbeat. president zelensky has not gone feel upbe
in this country. that is over1 million people infected in this country. if those numbers continue to rise, we will see hospitalisations rising after that and then i believe the government will have to act. but amid the current uncertainty about severity, about transmission and about the broader impact on society, i think it is reasonable to pause for 2h hours, maybe 36 hours until we see that other data. but hospitalisation rising at that stage, the government will have to act and would have to act in a more draconian way then might have been possible had they acted a few days ago. the leader of the democratic unionist party, sirjeffrey donaldson, has tested positive for coronavirus. in a tweet, sirjeffrey said he was croaky and had a sore throat. the lagan valley mp said symptoms started when he returned to belfast from london on friday. he said he would continue to work while isolating, and would attend a virtual meeting with the foreign secretary liz truss today.