Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. Israel has announced a new three week nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of surging coronavirus infections. It will take effect on friday, making israel the first country to re impose such blanket measure. It comes as the number of global coronavirus cases has reached a new one day high, with the total rising by with me is our reporter paul hawkins. Talk us through these numbers, first of all below these are from the world health organization. They have dropped in the last couple of hours. One day total infections, deaths up by more than 5500. That brings the global total to over 900,000. The biggest increase is in infections stop no surprise there, they are in india, the usa and brazil. That means half of the roads confirmed cases are in the americas. Lets move from the americas. Lets move from the americas to israel. I wasjust menti
Hello and welcome. The number of officially recorded coronavirus cases across the globe has climbed above 30 million. According to figures from Johns Hopkins university, more than 940,000 people worldwide have died with the disease since it first emerged in china late last year. The worst affected countries remain the united states, india and brazil, but theres been a surge in positive test results across europe in recent weeks. Figures from the World Health Organization show that new weekly coronavirus cases in europe exceed those reported when the pandemic first peaked in march. It came as spain recorded almost 5,000 new infections in 2a hours, up from just over 3,000 the previous day. Almost 2000 were in the madrid region, which is planning targeted lockdowns. In france 10,593 cases were recorded on thursday marking the highest single day count since the pandemic began. In the uk, the government announced almost 3,400 new infections on thursday. To help prevent the spread of the vir
Hotspots including the north east of england, which is facing new restrictions later this week. Also tonight. Children in england should only be given a coronavirus test if they display the known symptoms thats the government advice. In south america, the Amazon Region is once again suffering more devastating fires as the brazilian Government Faces more calls to protect the rainforest. And we go to germany to find the syrian refugee who crossed europe in her wheelchair five years ago. Coming up in the sport on bbc news, an early everton goal in the carabao cup, so has Michael Keane spoiled the party for league 2s salford city . Good evening. Theres more evidence today of the severe problems being faced by people who need a test for coronavirus and of thousands of results being delayed. The Prime Minister blamed the shortage on what he called a colossal spike in demand with the re opening of schools being the prime cause of the spike. Borisjohnsons critics say its also the case that the
Brexit and the irish border. A stark warning from the World Health Organisation for europe. It says the covidi9 situation is very serious. This is why. Weekly cases have now exceeded those reported when the pandemic first peaked in europe in march. Last week, the regions weekly tally exceeded 300,000 patients. Over the past two weeks more than half of the countries in europe have reported a 10 increase in cases. Heres more from the who. In the spring and early summer, we were able to see the impact of Strict Lockdown measures. Our efforts, our sacrifices paid off. Injune, cases hit an all time low. The september case numbers, however, should serve as a wake up call for all of us. Although these numbers reflect more comprehensive testing, it also shows alarming rates of transmission across the region. What should European Countries do next . I spoke to doctor kluger a few minutes ago. We need two things. The governments to step up leadership and miscommunication which instills public tr
The other headlines. Care home staff in england are to be given personal protective equipment until march as part of government plans to protect them and their patients over the winter. A group of mps say the home office has no idea what its £a00m a year Immigration Enforcement unit achieves, meaning its unprepared for brexit. Us president ial candidate joe biden condemns Donald Trumps handling of the pandemic as close to criminal accusing him of deliberately playing down the impact of the virus, leading to thousands of unnecessary deaths. And seven years after leaving the Club Gareth Bale flies into london today to complete a season long loan from real madrid to tottenham. Good morning, thanks forjoining us this morning. Downing street is considering taking further measures across england to try to slow the surge of Coronavirus Infections just days after introducing the rule of six to limit gatherings. The measures which have been described by downing street as a circuit break have b