Now on bbc news, its time to click. This week the race to trace the coronavirus. The pop up groups trying to help us all get through it. And breathe helping children to use their inhalers. Theme music 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
But many, particularly the self employed, are still worried about their future. From fast cars to saving lives formual1 teams will switch their skills to produce ventilators, urgently needed in the fight against the virus. I mainly imainly dry i mainly dry weekend with plenty of sunshine but a chilly, brisk easterly wind. All your weekend weather is on the way. Its saturday the 21st of march. Our top story radical measures aimed at reducing the spread of coronavirus have come into force across the uk from today. It follows an announcement by the Prime Minister that all public venues, including pubs, restaurants, gyms, theatres and cinemas, must close, with the decision set to be reviewed on a monthly basis. For the first time in history, the British Government will help to pay wages. Here on breakfast, were going to talk to Stephen Barclay, chief secretary to the treasury, to find out how those measure will work. Well also get reaction from businesses about how the latest closures will
Now on bbc news, we simply dont have mass Testing Available for the population now its time for click. And theres a big effort going on to try and get that this week the race in place as quickly as possible to trace the coronavirus. To be able to manage this. The pop up groups trying to help us all to get through it. 00 01 16,001 2147483051 37 22,715 and breathe helping children 2147483051 37 22,715 4294966103 13 29,430 to use their inhalers. Were in negotiations today to buy a so called antibody test, as simple as a pregnancy test, that can tell whether you have had the disease. There are two types of test being worked on. Diagnostic tests, which identify people who currently have coronavirus, and antibody tests these look for antibodies in the blood to see if a person ever had the virus in their system and if they did, when. The diagnostic tests are primarily based on a technology called is pcr polymerase chain reaction. This is a standard molecular technique that identifies the gene
Good morning. Welcome to breakfast with Rachel Burden and ben thompson. Borisjohnson urges people not to visit their families on mothers day, as he warns the nhs could be overwhelmed if people fail to slow the spread of coronavirus. As italy struggles to contain its coronavirus outbreak all non essential businesses are ordered to shut down. Here, the National Trust is closing all its parks and gardens saying its no longer possible to maintain social distancing. More nations call for the olympics to be postponed as pressure continues to mount on organisers of the games. Usa track and field say moving forward wouldnt be in the best interest of the athletes. No one could say it is warm out there but the chilly wind isnt as strong as yesterday. Sunday forecast is coming up. Its sunday the 22nd march. Our top story borisjohnson has warned that the nhs could be overwhelmed if people do not act to slow the spread of coronavirus, and has urged families not to visit loved ones on mothers day. T
Generous, loving. Mum. Katy austin reports. Kimberley finlayson, who was 52, died after two Emergency Operations in indonesia. Now its time for a look at the weather with nick miller. Hello. A lot of fine, settled weather out there, this weekend, with High Pressure in control. Though there is a brisk and chilly easterly wind. The best of the sunshine today will be the eastern side of england and scotland, that is where we will have the bluest sky. A lot of high cloud to the west, the sun will be quite hazy here. Temperatures around 8 12 degrees or so. This is the brisk easterly wind. These are average speeds. It gusts higher, around 50 miles an hour, around some of the coasts of south west england. So it will feel colder as a result. Bit of low cloud toward some north sea coast overnight. We will see a bit of patchy rain edging towards the Western Isles of scotland but for most of us, dry, clear overnight and temperatures a few degrees either side of freezing. So, frost for many going