The very small number of coronavirus cases we have in the uk, those would include washing your hands with soap and water, covering your mouth when you cough or sneeze and disposing of tissues, as everybody knows. It also would include what anybody would get advice from their gp, if you have got serious respiratory tract infection, you have five high fever and and runny nose, if you phone up yourgp, they and and runny nose, if you phone up your gp, they would say, stay at home and do not infect your workmates or elderly people. This is iio workmates or elderly people. This is no different from anything else we would normally advise at this time of year and would normally advise at this time of yearand remember would normally advise at this time of year and remember in terms of perspective on an average year 8000 people a year die of flu. It is very important we do this for all respiratory Tract Infections and with the coronavirus those who are older and with pre existing Health Conditio
Dana white says he is a day or two away from finding a location to host fights after being forced to postpone three events during the Coronavirus Crisis. Ufc 249 is set to go ahead on april 18th at a venue where fighters who otherwise would not be able to get into the United States can fly to. This is bbc news, im clive myrie, we will be bringing you the downing street News Conference in a short while with the latest on the battle against coronavirus but first the top stories. Borisjohnson is still in intensive care but not on a ventilator. Downing street says the Prime Minister is in a stable condition and in good spirits during treatment for coronavirus point he remains at St Thomas Hospital in Central London and has been given standard oxidant treatment but does not have pneumonia. The royalfamily sent their support to the Prime Minister, the queen, the prince of wales and duke of cambridge wish him a full and speedy recovery. Nhs england says a further 758 people who tested positiv
About mrjohnsons health. Japans Prime Minister, shinzo abe, declares a state of emergency in tokyo and six other regions, as the country struggles with the pandemic. China where the coronavirus outbreak started reports no deaths in the past day the First Time Since january. Whatsapp restricts the forwarding of messages, in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus misinformation a spokesman for number 10 downing street has in the last few minutes said that the Prime Minister who is in intensive care for coronavirus at St Thomas Hospital in london has been stable overnight and remains in good spirits. The spokesman said that borisjohnson, is receiving standard oxygen treatment and is breathing without any other assistance. He has not required mechanical ventilation and does not have pneumonia. The Prime Minister was admitted to hospital on sunday night after persistent coronavirus symptoms over several days, which worsened. The foreign secretary dominic raab has been asked to deputise
You absolutely do, hallie. Lets start there with the latter news out of the white house this morning. As you say, President Trump has really thrown a wrench into these highstakes trade talks with china. Essentially threatening over the weekend to slap a new round of tariffs on china. Take a look at these numbers, hallie. Essentially starting to raise tariffs from 10 to 25 on 200 billion worth of goods. And then to raise them another 25 on all goods a short time thereafter. So, why this pivot . Why this move now . President trump indicated he doesnt feel as though the talks are progressing quickly enough and doesnt feel as though the administration is getting what it wants from china. Now, chinese officials scheduled to come this week, hallie, for that final round of talks. This, again, has rattled the markets. It caught chinese officials off guard. But, look, this is thenegotiate. Folks who follow him shouldnt be that surprised. Getting some support from chuck schumer, hallie. An unlik
Also in the programme bushfires are still burning in australia with temperatures forecast to get higher in some places. And the bbc speaks to carlos ghosn the fugitive businessman now banned from leaving the country he fled to. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london and 8pm in ottawa where the prime Ministerjustin Trudeau has said theres evidence from multiple sources that the ukrainian passengerjet that crashed near tehran was shot down by an Iranian Missile. All one hundred and seventy six people on board were killed, including dozens of canadians. Irans Civil Aviation chief has dismissed reports that a missile had hit the aircraft as scientifically impossible. Nick bryant has the latest from washington. American media say these images appear to show the moment the ukrainian airliner was hit by an Iranian Missile shortly after take off. The plane did not explode immediately and continued flying for sever