Long ban for nonessential travel to the eu. Nonessentialtravel long ban for nonessential travel to the eu. Nonessential travel should be reduced right now too in order not to spread the virus further, be it within the European Union or by leaving the European Union, but also to avoid nonessential travel, not to have more potential strain on our health care system. Germany becomes the latest european country to closes its borders and the french president will make a National Address this evening. The psa group which owns peugeot, citroen and vauxhall is to pause Vehicle Production in europe including their plants in Ellesmere Port and luton. The Foreign Office says its working around the clock to help bring home 600 britons stuck on a cruise ship in the caribbean. Its 4 30, welcome to viewers on bbc one and the bbc news channel, for this special programme with the latest on the coronavirus pandemic. In around 15 minutes, the Prime Minister borisjohnson and his chief medical and scientif
Now on bbc news, its time for click. The race to make more ventilators. Robots on the frontline. And how to look sharp on a digital date. This week, the uk went into lockdown over the continuing coronavirus crisis. We were told to limit all of our activities and stay at home. This comes as the World Health Organization says the pandemic is accelerating across the globe. Hospitals everywhere are facing a shortage of equipment, including ventilators. This life saving equipment helps patients to breathe in the most critical cases when their lung function fails. The uk currently has around 8,000 ventilators in the country, but needs many more. So, how do we urgently get access to more of these machines . Can we manufacture more of them in this country . Jen copestake has been looking at some of the possible solutions. The uk government has put a call out to big businesses to help manufacture new ventilators. Already, dyson have answered saying they are hoping to start production on 10,000
Pictures from new delhi. The pictures show what shouldnt be happening right now because the country are supposed to be in lockdown. The Prime Minister announced a lockdown this week. These are some of the countrys Migrant Workers, with less resources , Migrant Workers, with less resources, less ability to deal with the lockdown, who are trying to get out of the country, get out beyond the borders, try to get away on ships orfrom the the borders, try to get away on ships or from the countrys airports. I would ships or from the countrys airports. Iwould be ships or from the countrys airports. I would be surprised if they were to have much luck in doing so. They were to have much luck in doing so. It is a remarkable testament to the fact that even in a country like india where there have been strict rules imposed, you can deal with the fa ct rules imposed, you can deal with the fact that many people might choose to ignore the advice. Every year more than 9 million Migrant Workers move fro
Work continues to turn the excel Conference Centre in east london into a 4,000 bed hospital. We are facing the greatest Health Emergency that we have seen ever in my career and indeed the history of the nhs. The us now has more confirmed cases than anywhere else though President Trump says the country will be back to work pretty quickly. Here, police have already issued some fines to people not following the rules about social distancing. And, how to keep yourself occupied in lockdown boxerJoseph Parker tries out his hugh grant love actually impression. Good afternoon. Its been announced that the Prime Minister has tested positive for coronavirus. Boris johnson says he has mild symptoms and will self isolate in downing street but will still lead the government response to the crisis. Matt hancock is also working from home after he too tested positive. The Prime Ministers diagnosis comes as there is growing concern that nhs hospitals may be overwhelmed by coronavirus patients as early a
Gradually we will be able to, hopefully, adjust some of the social distancing measures. As italy grapples with the worlds highest death toll from coronavirus, theres a severe shortage of medical staff in the north. And President Trump decides not to impose quarantine on new york and two adjoining states despite saying yesterday that he was considering the move. Another 838 people die from covid 19 in spain the countrys highest daily number of deaths. The Prime Minister, borisjohnson, has just posted this video on twitter. I want to update you on the latest steps the government is taking to fight they coronavirus. First and most important thing is that our policy is unchanged, that is to delay the spread of the disease, so to reduce the pressure on the nhs, reduce the demand on the nhs at that critical peak moment. That is how we hope to save many thousands of lives. I want to thank everybody who has been complying with our instructions to stay at home. We have already seen massive fall