There are calls for a new lockdown there. Welcome. Its been almost six months since covid 19 was declared a Public Health emergency and this is whats happening. The pandemic continues to accelerate. In the past six weeks, the total number of cases has roughly doubled. Across todays 0utside source well take a detailed look at the pandemic, how its escalating and how its being tackled. Lets start with the headline statistics. Theyre stark. There are over 640,000 confirmed fatalities. And more than 16 million confirmed cases. And look at the infection rate the who was talking about. It took 38 days to go from 5 to 10 million confirmed cases. To go from 10 to 15 million took only 2a days. The last million confirmed cases million took four days. The infection rate is increasing. You can see the global story of the pandemic in these graphs. The virus was first identified in china. There were then major outbreaks in europe and north america in april. As they began to ease in may, latin americ
Quarantine on arrivals from spain. Vietnam sees its first coronavirus cases for three months and reacts by flying 80,000 tourists out of one city. Plus an update from lebanon where there are warnings it is on the brink of losing control of the virus these pictures are of an underground car park in the north of the country being used to train medics. There are calls for a new lockdown there. 0n awful lot to get through. Its been almost 6 months since covid 19 was declared a Public Health emergency and this is whats happening. The pandemic continues to accelerate. In the past six weeks, the total number of cases has roughly doubled. Lets take a detailed look at the pandemic, how its escalating and how its being tackled. Lets start with the headline statistics. Im afraid its stark. There are over 640,000 confirmed fatalities. And more than 16 million confirmed cases. And look at the infection rate the who was talking about. It took 38 days to go from 5 to 10 million confirmed cases. To go
Buy one get one free deals will be banned, and junk food adverts restricted as the government tries to tackle obesity in england. The scottish pilot described as the sickest patient in asia after contracting covid 19 has warned people to not become blase about the disease. I contracted it and i was under for ten weeks, on life support. Its no laughing matter. Its a very serious thing. Commentator and a red card for david beckham. And. Remember this . David beckham does and hes been talking to Prince William about the abuse that followed, and the effect on his Mental Health. And coming up in sport on bbc news, with england on the verge of victory at old trafford, rain delays the start of day four of the final test against the west indies. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Thousands of british families are being forced to reconsider their Holiday Plans after the governments decision to reimpose quaratines for those visiting spain threw peoples trips into disarray. The su
Britains most famous tennis family talk lockdown, keeping in touch and becoming team mates in a new tournament judy, morning. You are on mute. Yes, you are, can we keep it that way an unsettled start to the week and turning warmer or hotter depending on where you. Details later in the programme. Its monday 27th july. Our top story officials in the balearic and Canary Islands are trying to negotiate an exemption to new rules forcing british tourists coming from spain to self isolate for two weeks on their return to the uk. They say infection rates on the islands are low. Meanwhile, the travel industry is warning that these new quarantine requirements could leave some firms unable to survive. We can now get more from andy moore, who is at Gatwick Airport. Morning andy, whats the latest . Good morning. When these were established two a number of countries, people thought the doors on travel had been opened just a little but now it has been slammed shut. In normal time, when the Foreign Of
And are affected you can get in touch on twitter its annita underscore mcveigh or hashtag bbc your questions. Also coming up this hour. Grim Economic News for spain, italy and france as new figures reveal the dramatic imapct lockdown has had on their economies. Vietnam confirms its first death from covid 19 after an elderly man who had tested positive died in the city of da nang. In wales, up to 30 people can meet outdoors and children under 11 will not have to social distance from monday. Bas owners posts huge losses and say it will take until at least 2023 for passenger levels to recover from the impact of the pandemic. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Im annita mcveigh. More than four Million People across parts of Northern England have been told to comply with new lockdown rules because of a rising number of coronavirus cases. The changes, which were announced late la