This is bbc news. Im lukwesa burak. The headlines at four the number of people diagnosed with coronavirus in the uk has increased by 43 in one day, bringing the total to 206. 140 british people remain on board a cruise ship off San Francisco, where 21 passengers have tested positive for coronavirus. There is a rush for me to get off the ship. I have stage four neuroendocrine cancer and my tumours are actively growing. Its not going to be easy to off load the ship with 2500 passengers. Gay man in his 80s is the second person in the uk to have died after testing a man in his 80s is the
second person to have died after testing positive for coronavirus. We have five patients who have been tested. We a re have five patients who have been tested. We are waiting for the results to come back. We have asked nine stuff to self isolate. £360 million will be paid by Insurance Companies to clean up the damage from storms dennis and ciara. Good afternoon. Welcome to bbc news. In the past hour we ha
After midday, we will be putting your questions and concerns favour orjust your questions and concerns favour or just specialising your questions and concerns favour orjust specialising in the virus. Back to a virologist. To a virologist. In other news, £360 million will be paid by Insurance Companies to clean up the damage from storms dennis and ciara. And the travel show explores the Hidden Treasure underneath the streets ofjerusalem. Thats in half an hour, here on bbc news. A man in his 80s has become the second person in the uk to die after testing positive for coronavirus. Milton keynes hospital said he had Underlying Health conditions and theyve isolated any patients or staff who were in contact with him. The number of cases in the uk has now reached 164 more than 20,000 people here have been tested. In america more than 140 british people including 21 crew members are stranded on a cruise ship which has been prevented from docking as planned in San Francisco. Its now likely to
In other news, £360 million will be paid by Insurance Companies to clean up the damage from storms dennis and ciara. And coming up, click asks if ai can help fight coronavirus misinformation. That is in half an hour here on bbc news. Good afternoon. Welcome to bbc news. In the past hour we have learned that the number of people diagnosed with coronavirus in the uk has risen once again. The deputy chief medical officerfor england once again. The deputy chief medical officer for england says the country remains in the containment phase in dealing with coronavirus. But doctor Jenny Harries warned the chances of the uk now missing an epidemic are slim to nil. The number of cases in the uk has reached 206. More than 21,000 people here had have been tested. Dominic hughes joins 21,000 people here had have been tested. Dominic hughesjoins us now. Can you just break these figures down for us, please . Yeah, we are still waiting for the department of health and social care to give us a breakdo
Died after testing positive for the virus at Milton Keynes hospital. Globally there are more than 100,000 cases nearly 3,500 people have died, but many have now recovered. Heresjon donnison. The hospital says the man died here on thursday, shortly after he tested positive for covid 19. He was in his early 80s and was being treated for Underlying Health problems. The hospital says it remains open as normal and doctors are following nhs guidelines to try to stop the virus spreading. As in many places, a tent to test people has been set up in the car park outside. Doctors here say they are trying to trace and isolate not only staff who were in contact with this man but also fellow patients. These are the current numbers, 20,338 people have been tested for coronavirus, 164 positive. There are 147 cases in england, where cases have been confirmed. In scotland there are 11, fourin confirmed. In scotland there are 11, four in Northern Ireland and two in wales. They are quite small numbers com
Dennis and ciara. And as 290 million children are missing school and parts of the world are in lock down, the dateline london panel asks if coronavirus could mean permanent changes to the way we live. Thats in half an hour here on bbc news. This good morning and welcome to bbc news. A man in his 80s has become the second person in the uk to die after testing positive for coronavirus. Milton keynes hospital said he had Underlying Health conditions, and theyve isolated any patients or staff who were in contact with him. The number of cases in the uk has now reached 164 more than 20,000 people here have been tested. In america more than 140 british people including 21 crew members are stranded on a cruise ship which has been prevented from docking as planned in San Francisco. Good morning this and welcome to bbc news. Its now likely to go to a non commercial berth. And scotland womens six nations match with france in glasgow has been postponed after a home player contracted coronavirus an