Back to work, because there is a massive, massive Economic Cost to what were having to do Health Reasons. Back to school new guidance for england will see class sizes of 15 pupils, staggered break times and frequent hand washing. The Health Secretary matt hancock says the number of deaths in care homes from covid 19 is falling. Borisjohnson urges people to use common sense as he defends his plan to relax the lockdown in england. More than six Million People in the uk will hear today whether their wages will continue to be subsidised beyond june. The chancellor, rishi sunak, is to announce the future of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme which is currently due to end on the 30th ofjune. In other developments, borisjohnson has defended his plans to relax the lockdown rules in england and has issued guidance to clear up some of the confusion. So, from tomorrow, people in england can go outdoors as often as they want and can meet with one person from another household in a public space a
It is important that people can get back to work, because there is a massive, massive Economic Cost to what we are having to do for Health Reasons. A fire at a St Petersburg hospital has killed five coronavirus patients recieving treatment in an intensive care unit. Russian News Agencies are reporting that the blaze was started by a short circuit in a ventilator. A hospital in the Afghan Capital is under attack by armed men. A doctor who fled the building told the bbc that about 140 members of staff were inside at the time. Figures released by the ons this morning show that the number of deaths mentioning coronavirus has dropped substantially for the First Time Since the epdemic began. Theyre down a quarter in the week up to may 1st. The number of total deaths is also down. Meanwhile today more than six Million People in the uk will hear whether their wages will continue to be subsidised beyond june today. In other developments, borisjohnson has defended his plans to relax the lockdown
Been worse hit by coronavirus, according to new figures. The Prime Minister says its absurd and shameful that a statue of churchill has had to be boxed up to protect it from anti racism protesters. And tomorrows official birthday celebrations for the queen will go ahead but not like this. And coming up on bbc news. Another blow to the formula 1 season as three more races are axed. The grands prix in singapore, azerbaijan and japan have all been cancelled. Good evening. The dramatic economic effect of the lockdown was laid bare today. In april the uk economy shrank by more than a fifth thats the largest monthly contraction ever recorded as we spent our first full month in lockdown. The slump of 20. 4 in Economic Growth is three times larger than the decline seen during the whole of the financial crisis 12 years ago. The office for National Statistics says its affected almost all areas of Economic Activity with housebuilding and car manufacturing particularly badly hit. The uk is now on