Now on bbc news, its time to 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
Now on bbc news, click. This week the race to trace the coronavirus. The pop up groups trying to help us all to get through it. And breathe helping children to use their inhalers. As the coronavirus has swept across the globe, the ability to know exactly where it is has become the crucial key to stopping it. We have a simple message for all countries test, test, test. Some countries have really cracked how to do this. South korea, with its drive through ten minute tests, is held up as a model for others to follow. But many countries are struggling to test at scale. In the uk, testing is having to be limited the cost to infrastructure, the time the test takes are all holding up the battle against the disease. Now, there are dozens of efforts going on around the world to try and solve this. And jen has been looking at one close to home in west london. Around the world, companies and increasingly, individuals, are racing to find ways to accurately test people for the coronavirus. The situ
Watford, who are fourth from bottom, take on eighth placed tottenham. Watford have won their last three premier league matches. Ashleigh barty, has got off to a good start, just a few days before the Australian Open begins. The world number one has won the Adelaide International after beating her opponent Dayana Yastremska 6 2, 7 5. She said she couldnt wait to get going in melbourne on monday. The eyes of a nation will be on barty at the first grand slam of the year shes aiming to become the first home winner of the womens singles title since chris oneil in 1978. Its a retrun that many ufc fans are eagerly waiting for, and this weekend, las vegas will be full of them. Thats becasue after 15 months out of the, Conor Mcgregor is back. Despite there being no title on the line, the bout is set to break pay per view figures. The irishman is stepping up to welterweight making it far from is stepping up to welterweight making it farfrom clean is stepping up to welterweight making it far from
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Sylvia Beckett passed away. This is the full obituary where you can share condolences and memories. Published in the Bluefield Daily Telegraph on 2023-12-20.