Hello and welcome to bbc news. The death toll in italy is now higher than anywhere else in the world, including china, where the coronavirus outbreak began. Another 427 people have died in italy the past 2a hours alone, bringing the death toll to more than 3,400. The bbcs mark lowen is in rome. In this theatre of war, the heroes hardly rest. Brescia in northern italy is seeing one of the highest rises in daily cases. The hospital is overwhelmed but resilient. Translation there is a strong commitment from all doctors and nurses. Sometimes they come in even when they are not on shift, or after they are on at night they come in the morning after to help us out. Some of them have cried, but ive never seen anyone complain. More than 8 of cases in italy are medical staff, almost double that of china. The 13th doctor died today. One of the patients here is a doctor, she says, born in 1982. He was in the emergency room, fell ill and tested positive. Now hes been intubated. Thousands of medics
And at 11 30pm, well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers, kate proctor from the guardian, and the broadcaster, John Stapleton. Stay with us for that. Good evening. Welcome to bbc news. The Prime Minister says hes confident the country can defeat the coronavirus as long as everyone takes seriously the governments restrictions and instructions on how to live our lives for the next few months. Borisjohnson said he thought it would take 12 weeks to turn the tide on the virus in the uk. But he said that depended on the public following government advice social distancing, working from home where possible, and washing our hands. Today, the bank of england slashed Interest Rates to an historic low to try to shore up the economy. The number of confirmed cases in the uk rose to 3,269 today, and the death toll now stands at 144. And there was a message today from the queen. She praised the work of scientists, medical staff and the emergency services, saying the uk was ent
The Prime Minister says hes confident we can send coronavirus packing as long as everyone takes seriously the governments restrictions and instructions on how to live our lives for the next few months. Borisjohnson said he thought it would take 12 weeks to turn the tide on the virus in the uk. But he said that depended on the public following government advice social distancing, working from home where possible, and washing our hands. He warned that stricter measures may be imposed in london because compliance in some parts of the capital has been very patchy. Today the bank of england slashed Interest Rates to an historic low to try to shore up the economy the latest death toll in the uk is 144, thats up by a0. 3,269 people in the uk have tested positive for covid 19. Meanwhile, the queen issued a message to the nation praising the work of scientists, medical staff and the Emergency Services as the uk enters a period of great uncertainty. Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg has been
And warns against people relaxing the stay at home message. Everybody may be getting a bit stir crazy and there may be just a temptation to get out there, hang out, and start to break the regulations, and i just urge you not to do that. Please, please, stick with the guidance now. A move to get help to struggling businesses the scheme offering government backed loans will be expanded so more firms will qualify. The exams regulator rules that this years gcse and a level grades will be based on teachers assessments of pupils work. Google is to publicly track peoples movements to show how visits to Public Places are changing during the pandemic, here and abroad. The first of the nhs Nightingale Hospitals has been opened set up to expand capacity during the coronavirus outbreak. Its been built in less than a fortnight, inside the excel Conference Centre in east london, and the first patients are due to arrive early next week. Prince charles took part in the Opening Ceremony by videolink fr