Public Health England, after a review has found that being overweight greatly increases your chances of being hospitalised, or dying, if you have covid 19. Ministers are due to publish a new strategy for tackling obesity this week. Simonjones has the story. The warning from Health Officials is clear if youre overweight or obese and get coronavirus, youre more likely to end up in hospital, more likely to become critically ill. This graph illustrates the scale of the problem, based on a study of over 19,000 people who have tested positive for covid 19. It shows the bigger the bmi, or body mass index, the risk of intensive care increases. Someone who is severely obese has over four times the risk compared to someone who is the normal weight. Being overweight increases the chances of insulin resistance. It puts up your blood pressure. And all of these extra pressures and strains on the body are likely to be part of the reason why people, when they contract covid, if theyre also overweight,
But nothing like that today. These are the best temperatures you can expect, 19 to 23 degrees and quite a few heavy downpours drifting through. Some thunder and lightning mixed in with some dry, bright spells in between. I think the emphasis will be on more dry weather as we go through tonight, many of the showers will fade, well keep some going up towards Northern Ireland and western scotland. Not as mild as last night. Tomorrow, a lot of fine weather around with some spells of sunshine, a few showers here and there and some more persistent rain into north west scotland. It is going to be quite a windy day tomorrow, those are the average wind speeds, gusts will be a little bit stronger than that, and it is going to feel fairly cool and fresh out there with top temperatures between 17 and 23 degrees. Hello. This is bbc news. Im shaun ley. The headlines gyms and swimming pools reopen in england, but theres a warning up to a third may stay shut because of financial troubles. It comes as
The latest headlines for you from bbc news the head of the World Health Organization has said covid 19 is easily the most severe Global Health immune emergency the organisation has ever declared. The chief is to reconvene the Emergency Committee this week to review its assessment of the pandemic. Spains Prime Minister has strongly criticised the uks decision to impose a quarantine on everyone arriving from his country. Pedro sanchez said british tourists are safer from the virus in most regions of spain than they are at home. There was particular anger to at the decision to include the balearic and canary islands. In brazil, one of the worst affected countries, Health Workers have urged the International Criminal court to investigate president bolsonaros government. They accuse it of crimes against humanity of its handling of the virus. Almost 2. 5 million cases have been recorded there. A new strategy to help people in england lose weight has been published by the government. Health e
That his government didnt understand the nature of the coronavirus pandemic in its first few weeks and months. Speaking to the bbc, mrjohnson also said there were open questions about whether lockdown had been imposed too late. Huge crowds attend friday prayers at hagia sophia the president of turkey, recep tayyip erdogan, has he said 350,000 people took part inside and in the surrounding streets. The 1500 year old World Heritage site became a museum in 1934. Authorities have created a city interactive very the Record Number of people have died in the technician of coronavirus. Doctors have warned that a return to normal life would be premature. Due to the number of people have
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Youre watching bbc news. Our headlines. The head of the who says covid 19 is easily the most severe Global Health emergency ever declared. The doctor says he would reconvene the who Emergency Committee this week to review its assessment of the pandemic. It was the worst affected countries, brazil, Health Workers have said the International Criminal court to investigate president on the government who accuses it of crimes against humanity on its handling of the virus withdrew two and a half is being recorded since march. In the us civil rights leaderjohn lewis has been lying in the state, he died ten days ago from pancreatic cancer. The coffin across the river from alabama is now on the steps of the capital. And new strategy for england has been published by the government comes after Health Experts are saying that obese people were more likely to have a severe reaction to covid i9. Proposals include a ban on tv adverts for unhealthy food before 9pm and also no more buy one get one free