Good morning, after a showery end to the week it looks like our weather will settle down a little for the weekend. Nothing too warm to come just yet, we will save that for the end of the week ahead. More details a little later. Its saturday 2 may. Our top story the us authorities have approved the use of an anti viral drug which they believe may help to treat covid 19. Its called remdesivir, and is already used on ebola patients. Here in the uk, the government says it has beaten its target of 100,000 coronavirus tests in england per day but that includes 40,000 home tests being posted out with the results yet to be processed. John mcmanus reports. A moment of hope. Dane hardwick hugging his partner after spending five weeks being treated for the coronavirus at thameside General Hospital. His life, like so many others, saved by an nhs working at near full capacity. But with 27,510 people in the uk now having died with coronavirus, other families are grieving. This is 60 year old Deliver
Is made compulsory for all public and private Sector Workers in india. And uk Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his fiancee Carrie Symonds name their baby boy Wilfred Lawrie nicholasjohnson. Welcome to bbc news were bringing you all the latest coronavirus developments from the uk and around the world. We start this hour in spain where people have been allowed outside to exercise for the first time in seven weeks, after one of the strictest lockdowns in europe. They can now do any form of exercise outside, but only during set hours, as our europe correspondent Damian Grammaticas reports. Onto empty streets, tentatively, spaniards began emerging today, released from 48 days of confinement. Then the numbers began to swell. Adults first, allowed out to take a walk, to exercise for the first time in weeks. Until now, the only acceptable reasons for leaving your home were to buy food or go to the chemist. This is fantastic. Its amazing. The first time i ride with my bike this morning, it was
The uk lockdown puts the heat on warehouses, as cold Storage Space for frozen food with nowhere to go runs short. A Smartphone App to track coronavirus cases is made compulsory for all public and private Sector Workers in india. Smiling and smoking north koreas kimjong un reappears in public after a three week absence, putting an end to rumours about his health. And uk Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his fiancee Carrie Symonds name their baby boy Wilfred Lawrie nicholasjohnson. People in spain have been allowed outside to exercise for the first time in seven weeks, after one of the strictest lockdowns in europe. They can now do any form of exercise outside, but only during set hours, as Damian Grammaticas reports. Onto empty streets, tentatively, spaniards began emerging today, released from 48 days of confinement. Then the numbers began to swell. Adults first, allowed out to take a walk, to exercise for the first time in weeks. Until now, the only acceptable reasons for leaving your
Food with nowhere to go runs short. A Smartphone App to track coronavirus cases is made compulsory for all public and private Sector Workers in india. And smiling and smoking north Koreas Kim Jong un reappears in public after a three week absence, putting an end to rumours about his health. Today is the first day in weeks that millions of people in spain have been allowed out of their homes. Adults are now allowed outside to exercise, as the countrys tight coronavirus restrictions are further eased. Spain has suffered one of the worlds worst outbreaks of the coronavirus and imposed a stringent lockdown in march. Until last week, it was the only country in europe where children could not leave home at all. But exercise is subject to a timetable for different age groups. Officials in the United States have given emergency authorisation for the use of an anti viral drug which some Scientists Say could help treat coronavirus. Experts have warned remdisivir should not be seen as a miracle c
Every day, scientists around the world a re every day, scientists around the world are getting closer to finding a solution to the coronavirus pandemic. Here in the uk, its hoped this golden liquid could mean victory. This is blood plasma, and donations are now being collected from people who have had covid 19. Hospital doctor is one of them. We are trying to find a cure for this disease which has affected millions of people around the world, so i feel privileged and excited that i am playing a role in that. When somebody becomes ill their immune system produces antibodies to fight the virus. The idea is, if these can be given to someone else, it can help them recover more quickly. Meanwhile, in the united states, the drug ram to severe has received emergency approval, not full approval, but a trial has shown it reduced the time people spent in hospital with covid i9. But experts warn it isnt a magic bullet. Remdesivir was developed as a treatment for ebola and despite showing high pro