Us President Donald Trump denies downplaying the severity of the coronavirus pandemic. Drinking when youre pregnant official advice in england is dont drink at all now its being proposed that even one glass of wine should be marked on your childs medical records. The uk government says it will announce details in the next few days of how it will limit access to coronavirus tests as the system struggles to cope with the surge in demand. Staff and patients in the nhs and social care sector will be given priority after the Health Secretary, matt hancock, said it might be weeks before the problems are resolved. Another cabinet minister, Robert Buckland, acknowledged the government is facing real challenges and insisted it will do whatever it takes to increase laboratory capacity. Greg mckenzie reports. The signs are clear, the testing system is struggling to cope, with reports that some in desperation are turning up at accident and emergency seeking coronavirus tests. It has led to this wa
The Bangladeshi Navy has begun transferring 1,800 more rohingyas to a low lying island in the bay of bengal but Rights Groups say some of the refugees are being forced to move. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. Stay with us for the latest news and analysis around the globe. Military personnel are to provide remote support to schools and colleges with coronavirus testing programmes, as they reopen in england from next week. 1,500 Armed Forces Staff will form local response teams, providing telephone and online advice on setting up Testing Facilities. It comes as the chief of the National Health service in england warns Health Workers are back in the eye of the storm as coronavirus cases rise at the end of the toughest year. Around the world, russias coronavirus death toll was revised to 186,000, more than three times higher than it had previously reported, making it the country with the Third Largest number of fatalities. Spain is to set up a registry of
And the r number across the uk has increased from 0. 9 to 1, to between 1. 1 and 1. 2 it means the number of coronavirus cases is increasing rapidly. Idid not i did not feel a thing. Us Vice President mike pence takes the pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine live in front of tv cameras as part of a Safety Information campaign. Headteachers say the last minute demand for testing of secondary schoolchildren across england is a shambles. As brexit trade talks continue, the eus chief negotiator says there are just a few hours left, for the two sides to agree a deal. Cyber hackers have gained access to two us departments which manage the countrys Nuclear Stockpile. Long covid doctors are urged to follow up with patients who may still suffer symptoms months after contracting the virus. And the winners of the rspca young photographer awards are announced from 11,000 entries. The reproduction rate of coronavirus is estimated to be growing again a sharp reversal of the shrinkage seen during Englands Nati
Prosthetic limb is helping children like phoebe. The head of the nhs in england has warned that workers are back in the eye of the storm as coronavirus cases continue to rise. Simon stevens praised the efforts of staff at the end of what he said was for most the toughest year in living memory. Hospitals in england are currently treating more Covid Patients than at the peak of the first wave in april. Heres our Health Correspondent catherine burns. Every christmas, the nhs chief executive puts out a message thanking staff. Today, and acknowledgement it has been the toughest year most of us can remember and its not over yet. We are back in the eye of the storm. With this second wave of coronavirus, sweeping europe and indeed this country. The number of Covid Patients in england peaked in the first wave in april at nearly 19,000. Over the summer, the first wave in april at nearly 19,000. Overthe summer, things the first wave in april at nearly 19,000. Over the summer, things got much bett
I would like to take the opportunity to pay tribute to a Computer Centre who have done an amazing job of distributing hundreds of thousands of devices right across the country. The honourable gentleman is right to say that we did direct award on the first contract as Computer Centre where one of the few businesses that we re where one of the few businesses that were ina where one of the few businesses that were in a position to be able to assist us at that time, but since then, tenders have gone out and Computer Centre however when those tenders through fair competition. Have won those tenders. Some North Yorkshire schools are operating a full formal timetable with checks and balances including roll calls and balances including roll calls and marking, but some schools are not. Does my right honourable friend agree that all schools should use this kind of best practice to make sure students work as hard and is effectively remotely as they do when they physically attend school . Effectiv