Fresh advice to britons whove travelled to italy as more countries battle to contain the spread of coronavirus. As the number of global cases tops 80,000, people returning from northern italy are warned to self isolate if they have flu like symptoms. Anybody whos been to italy north of pisa, should, if they have symptoms, flu like symptoms, should self isolate, which means go home and try to stay out of contact with other people. With new cases in many parts of the world, well have the latest from our correspondents in affected countries. Also on todays Programme Life expectancy among some women has fallen for the first time in a century, a damning new report reveals. High profile politicians
like sir cyril smith were protected, and a blind eye was turned to allegations of child sexual abuse, says the inquiry into abuse at westminster. Warnings of a danger to life parts of the midlands are expected to record their highest ever flood levels in the next few hours. And englands cricketing
Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport 0lly foster has the headlines tyson fury has arrived home, now its down to the battle of the promoters, can they make the fight Everyone Wants against anthonyjoshua . Its going to be tough. I would talk to you later about it. Thanks, 0lly and ben rich has the weather. Still too severe Flood Warnings in shropshire at the moment, with the ongoing flood situation, any vain in oui ongoing flood situation, any vain in our forecast isnt welcome, but it isnt quite as wet over the next couple of days as it has been. I will have all the details just before 2 30pm. Thanks, ben. Also coming up howzat englands cricket world cup hero ben stokes receives his 0be in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace. Hello, everyone this is afternoon live im simon mccoy. As the outbreak of coronavirus spreads to more and more countries, people returning to the uk from affected parts of italy have been told to stay at home for two weeks even if they dont feel unwell, and all tr
It, but also ever since the white house canceled regular press briefings the press just doesnt get many chances to actually gather in the Briefing Room and Ask White House officials or Administration Officials any questions at a formal briefing. As recently as yesterday, really up through today, it wasnt clear at all who was in charge of the u. S. Governments response to the coronavirus crisis. As recently as this afternoon the white house was specifically insisting that they were not going to put a socalled czar, a coronavirus czar in charge of the effort the way, say, the Obama White House had done for the ebola crisis. The white house was insisting as of this afternoon that Donald Trumps health and Human Services secretary, alex azar, was doing such a great job leading the effort, thats how things would continue, no reason to bring anybody else in, we can handle this through regular order, everything is fine. That was the line from the white house as of this afternoon. It changed as
Parts of the river severn reach record levels as severe Flood Warnings remain in place in shropshire. And in place in shropshire. On tuesday, where else cou be and on tuesday, where else could we be but only home to the worlds first ever pancake race . The Foreign Office has changed its travel advice for britons travelling to italy, after the coronavirus death toll there rose to ii. The government now says it advises against all but essential travel to ten towns in northern italy, which are currently in isolation. Meanwhile the impact of the coronavirus here and around the world is intensifying. In the Canary Islands hundreds of tourists have been told they cant leave their hotel after an italian doctor staying there tested positive. Here in the uk, two schools have closed after pupils went to affected parts of italy during half term. The vast majority of cases still remain in china, but there are significant clusters elsewhere. There are more than 77,000 cases on the chinese mainland.
Yeah, the Emergency Services working flat out here in shropshire. Rescue crews have spent the night in the town of ironbridge. Those are the flood barriers that were damaged yesterday. The good news, though, the river is going down. However, there is more persistent rainfor however, there is more persistent rain for those flood affected areas to come through tomorrow and saturday. As for the friday morning commute, a mixture of rain, sleet and snow. More details later. Its smash and grab for Manchester City in the Champions League. They enjoy one of their greatest Champions League nights, beating real madrid 2 1 in spain. Its thursday the 27th of february. Our top story the number of coronavirus cases in italy has risen by a quarter in the last 2a hours. There are now more than 400 infected people in the north of the country. Here in the uk, random testing of people with flu like symptoms, notjust those who have returned from asia, will be stepped up. Charlotte rose reports. Although t