this is bbc news. the headlines: police officers across the uk are told to take a consistent approach when using their new emergency powers on restricting our movement, after some forces are criticised for being too aggressive. britian‘s transport secretary says it is a difficultjob. there will be one or two instances where perhaps they have not approached it in the right way, but in general actually across the country not only are people complying very well but generally speaking the police are taking a very sensible approach towards it all. the death toll in spain increases by 849, the highest daily number in since the epidemic started. spanish deaths now total to over 8,000. president trump says the next
six months until life returns to ‘normal‘. more than 1,000 people have now died with coronavirus in the uk. yesterday it was announced 209 people had died in a single 24 hour period. frontline nhs workers in england are to be tested to see if they have coronavirus. it comes after criticism from medics over a lack of screening. previously, only seriously ill patients in hospital were being tested for the virus. critical care doctors and nurses will be tested first. the roll out follows similar schemes in scotland and in wales. let s speak now to the welsh chief medical officer, dr frank atherton. thank you very much, really good to speak to you this morning. can i ask you first of all, coming to the issue of testing, we heard of the deputy chief medical officer yesterday, as part of the government s briefing here, talking in westminster about this six months until we can return to something like normality. does that fit in with this timescale that you have in
china became the latest with period. british locals will get cuts of 2020 basis point ‘s and a letter from the period. british locals will get a letterfrom the prime minister this week and he will a key rate. the singapore and be reminding people to stay at home and protect the nhs and central bank also eased rates with one clear message, things here, the economy is bracing will get worse before they get better. the uk government has for a very deep recession. new promised to ramp up virus zealand central bank said it would take a court and they testing in the uk, particularly amongst nhs staff amid pressure to ensure adequate protective equipment for those on the frontline. downing street says measures are in place to keep would take a court and they would be emergency cash supplies going to the nhs using payments for many families and the armed forces when needed. draw upa payments for many families and draw up a second budget soon to ease the economic impact of a coronavirus
who won t be offered that protective gearandi who won t be offered that protective gear and ijust who won t be offered that protective gear and i just offered who won t be offered that protective gear and ijust offered the muscular gloves which really doesn t protect us gloves which really doesn t protect us from anything. there is one thing needing to be protected and also our testing might help people get back to work. testing, thankfully they are offering the now to the intensivists from the hospital and will roll it out to the wider team. it s really important because household contacts, if that had a temperature or a cough, we are then supposed to isolate for 14 days which takes a lot of people off the front line. at our surgery last week, we had five doctors off for that very reason. if they could have got tested, they could have come back to work earlier, and relieve the pressure on the nhs workers. thank you so much for your time at such a busy time. we really appreciate it. go
with covid 19 symptoms also began over the weekend, so those self isolating as a precaution can get back to work. in spain, 12,000 health workers have had the virus. we do need this extended to all staff. certainly in general practice at the moment, we are still waiting for testing. so i have lots of doctors contacting me every day, saying that they want to get back to work. surgeon amged el hawrani became one of the first front line doctors in the uk to die at the weekend, after contracting coronavirus in leicester. doctors are calling for all medics to be eligible for full death in service if something happens to them during the outbreak. the welsh government has freed up £1 billion to spend on supporting businesses and public services. this fund will help businesses to survive the coronavirus challenge, so they are ready, when we come out on the other side of this, to go on providing jobs and futures here in wales. and this help is over