Denied bail despite claiming his health is at risk from coronavirus we hear from a former u. N. Expert on detention. Welcome to r. C. U. K. The Prime Minister and Opposition Leader have clashed over the governments approach to corona Virus Testing thats as the government of buying 3500000 test kits to combat the spread of the virus a shot and was dashed he joins me with more on this hi there shabbiest so some difficult times today yes absolutely some very difficult times and we have just got this Daily Press Briefing right now we can hear from the Prime Minister. Thank you joining us for these Daily Briefing on credit cards. Id like to update you on the governments plan to defeat the virus and only the latest developments. Im joined once again by our chief medical officer professor chris wheat and sheep saw the goodbye this backgrounds. Grew very beginning of this crisis cycle of the price of a brutal beating scientists to defeat crude barbarous by taking the right measures at the right time. What do we need to recognize is that our n. H. S. Let again will cost health. As a limited numbers of doctors nurses and specialist equipment so the more people who become sick at any one time the harder it is for the n. H. S. To good and 6. 2 to delay the spread disease and reduce the number of people needing hospital treatment at any one time. Thats why weve given the appearance structure that people must stay home unless they have one of the reasons we set out and well help we will slow the spread of the disease. I want to thank everybody whos been following the clear rules that we set out on monday and i want to thank everyone in the n. H. S. The frontline of the fight against grave errors and of course all Public Service. Teachers of all schools throughout the trouble of this Police Officers everybody is keeping this country. But i also want to offer a special thanks to everyone who is not a volunteer to help the n. H. S. With leadership you last night we hope to get 250000 volunteers over a few days but i can tell you that in just 28. For hours 440000 people. Have responded to the call. Theyll be driving this in through policies to patients theyll be very patient so you can vote who very quickly go to thinking really the good news to general and support people who stay on the road. And they will be absolutely crucial in the fight against this virus. That is already in one day as many people and hears as the population because and so. To all of you to. Do it just stop who are coming back you know into the service i say. On the part of the entire country. You know if you take some questions good one i want to remind everybody both. Are cool policy still. Protect the n. H. S. And save lives. Thank you ive been going through 2 questions now and were going to hear 1st of all i think we need to go. Well the Prime Minister barr is johnson talking about testing and also thinking the n. H. S. Volunteers but had ever specially shadow what did the Prime Minister have to say about all of the well the kid message yet again from the Prime Minister to the general public is to stay at home he really did reiterate the lockdown measures that were announced on monday of this week now he also stress that there is a limited number of acquit meant for the n. H. S. And so its vital that they are used properly and accordingly he said yet again that the idea of the governments policy is to try and delay and suppress the peak of this virus so that the n. H. S. Can cope he stressed again people must stay at home to allow these people on the frontline to do their jobs and do them properly he made a spy. National science to all of the volunteers who have come out over the last 24 hours he said 405000 people have put their names for to help those on the front line staff helped in the way that they can is score patients to and from hospital and even monitor their progress at home so a special thanks from the Prime Minister to all of those volunteers again though i must stress he did mention those lockdown policy is not to leave your home unless for a really essential things like essential and necessary work and for medical use only the key thing again stay at home lets go back to what we were sort of we were discussing earlier before the Prime Minister made his Daily Press Conference what are the difficult times you said difficult times today certainly has been what what was the was the Prime Minister alluding to earlier well of course as the number of cases are ever increasing across the United Kingdom the big issue of the day is testing and so one of the most critical elements to trying to reduce the spread of this crisis just try and rapidly and safely test as many people as possible today weve heard from Public Health england has confirmed that 3500000 tests are being made readily available via Online Platforms such as amazon and boots online and theyre saying that could happen within a matter of days but. The. Leaders of the order. But we do. Have the other. Of course in this unprecedented and very precarious period times mean serious changes particularly that of Parliament Wednesday is of course the day of Prime Ministers questions in the house of commons todays session was extended to an hour session extended by 30 minutes it was split into 2 sections though so that m. P. s could go in a rotation so therefore they are abiding by that self distancing social distancing measure thats been pronounced by the government many m. P. s of course have already been self isolating during this time the Health Minister navy and doris of course track to cope at 19 this month she has now made a recovery and is back in the commons but the leader of the opposition Jeremy Corbyn he said on this matter of testing that the government needs to do much more on the. Trip over the past few weeks ive asked the Prime Minister many times what action has been taken to ensure testing has been prioritized and i received assurances that everything that could was being done yes mr speaker a leaked emails shows it was just 3 days ago that the Prime Minister wrote to u. K. Research institutes to ask for help so there was no testing machines available to buy why wasnt this done weeks ago if not months ago when the government was 1st warned about the threat of a Global Pandemic and what does what action is now being taken to get testing machines is quite right that testing is vital to our success in beating the corona virus and as the Health Secretary is explained many times we are massively increasing our Testing Campaign going up from 5210225008 day and in order to direct you to his question this is been a priority of this government ever since the crisis was obviously upon us for weeks and weeks. Well it comes as Prince Charles himself has already tested positive for corona virus after exhibiting mild symptoms throughout the day the worry is though of course that he is over 70 not to mention the fact that over 2 weeks ago he was in close proximity with the queen herself which means there could be various implications for the monarchy however people have exploded on twitter over the fact that Prince Charles was able to test for corona virus a tool where is the key of key workers like hospital staff and medical professionals are still not tested nor those who are very sick and displaying research of distress or fever many arguing that royalty can simply jump the queue over frontline staff who are even risking their lives to save others well as number of cases every increases we have now seen pm queues limited as i mentioned earlier one of those things that were mentioned in the Prime Ministers questions time is the lack of support for the selfemployed or restraint and says he is currently working on a package to alleviate the stress and financial strains in pressures on the selfemployed part that its a very complicated system that will involve looking at tax returns we understand though that russia syria not the chancellor will be providing that package for the selfemployed as of tomorrow into morris Daily Press Briefing so we can look forward to that but just to mention the it was actually Jeremy Corbin the leader of the opposition final Prime Ministers questions as the leader of the labor party and the leader of the house of commons has now confirmed that parliament is closing its doors tonight. Im group called colin turner into parliament to start for coming together to support the completion of emergency legislation essential to fight against covert 19 including the contingency spun bill that will large predator of 260000000000. 00 pounds on account once the coronavirus bill in the contingencies phone bill received royal assent and subject to the houses Agreement Parliament will rise for the easter recess later today it is obviously important that poland is able to sit over the recess further discussions with local continue within government with the poetry authorities and with members to ensure parliament all brute safely for all those who work here the Legislature Must be able to continue its vital democratic functions of conducting authorizing spending and making laws including look for an arms bill while theres a planned return for members of parliament to the house of commons back on the april 21st but in what capacity we dont know but in the meantime shadi i mean research is suggesting that britain could already have acquired herd immunity i mean what do you say to the well according to one researcher and her team the governments new measures to tackle coronavirus could be too little too late according to her studies she suggests that majority of the population may have already contracted the virus professor of theoretical epidemiology at oxford thinks that around 50 percent of the population have already been infected they believe corona virus hit british shores in mid january which is about 2 weeks before the 1st case was formally confirmed thats around a month before the 1st recorded death but its not exactly bad news because if this is true it means less than one in 1000 people who have the right virus in enough to receive hospital care that means a large proportion of the population actually gets really mild symptoms and some may not get any at all so if this bottle is correct the population already has heard immunity however professor Neil Ferguson who gave evidence at the Commons Science Committee earlier today fundamentally disagrees and has bases his research on a case in italy. Very. This year is the last few weeks where is for the who are. The. Stories that we are very. Very. Very good. We. Are. Very. Well of course this is now day 2 of the state of National Emergency the key message yet again from todays daily press and its a stay at home data hounds to washington shut in thank you very much indeed thank you. Well groups representing Frontline National Health Service staff say they feel abandoned and are expected to take risks with their own health care to shortages of personal protective equipment the longer this epidemic goes on for if doctors feel that there is a Widespread Lack of personal protective equipment then some doctors may feel they have no choice but to give up the profession they love because they feel so abandoned by not being given the p. P. E that the World Health Organization recommends but it comes after the government announced a new n. H. S. Volunteer responder skaven choose day but some n. H. S. Staff have said theyve had to improvise with nonmedical materials such as prostate banks to protect themselves. And for more on the situation in the n. H. S. Im now joined by intensive care Dr Ron Daniels but to daniel thank you very much indeed for joining us the new 405000 strong volunteer group should relieve the pressure on the n. H. S. Shouldnt it as well some of those returning from retirement as well know well its astonishing its now i mean its a fantastic response and weve been seeing anecdotes of individuals and Companies Behaving brilliantly but nearly half a 1000000 people weve got to remember though most of these are not clinical staff they will help but theyre not going to be delivering the care to the most what about testing for frontline staff though i mean it could mean that suspected cases or people with suspected cases whove been in self isolation could go back to work or it could also mean the opposite as well i couldnt. Well it could in a as you say its a bit of a double edge sword really i mean this is the time of year where having a bit of a sniffle having a bit of a cough a bit of a runny nose is relatively normal and what we havent seen is brilliant guidance on exactly what symptoms are imports and weve talked about temperature we know temperature isnt brilliantly predictive of how ill someone is so it may be that i suspect not 50 percent of the population but it may be that a fair number of Health Professionals have already had it what would that mean for them if they were able to get this test it would mean a degree of confidence would be reinstalled it would mean that they would still quite rightly use the personal protective equipment but theyre be less fearful for their own safety it might mean that theyre more able to do more hours or more work and it may well mean that their Mental Health is better in the long term were looking at the person they quit when they were talking about before doctors say theyve been forced to stuff like plastic bags we had to protect themselves and you seen anything like that. I work in intensive care but i cover the entire hospital and i would like to think that certainly in n. H. S. Acute trusts such occurrences are very very rare indeed we have personal protective equipment weve been assured that we have 6 months supply centrally of personal protective equipment naturally some clinicians are a bit concerned as to how those Central Stores are going to get to the hospitals where theyre most needed well once we succeed in flattening the curve which is the aim isnt it when things get easier. So if we can successfully flatten the curve and ive seen personally fantastic behavior in and around my region today in terms of people distancing themselves by well well far more than 2 meters outside the chemist shop for example earlier on in the queue a nurse fantastic behavior that might help us to flatten the curve its not going to make this go away until we have this herd immunity so whats likely to happen is we will socially distance will then start to mingle more a few more people will commit fact it and the strain on the Healthcare System will go up against slightly and then once again we may decide to socially distance so i would suggest that this is more of a a curve of peak some plateaus rather than a single plateau but in front of the doctor that you see you dont anticipate the u. K. Then following italy in terms of cases overtaking facilities and also the numbers theyve been seeing as well. So were hearing some anecdotal reports out of some London Hospitals and are ive not seen news reports qualified by senior medics or medics experienced in discussing with the media where resources are massively overstretched the claims are and capacities be next seeded with outside london at present were not seeing that were anxious that it might happen and whats key now is the publics behavior to help the n. H. S. To be able to cope date on that particular and then well leave it dr ronn daniels thank you for joining us. Coming up after the break. A judge denies culina sarge bail after the wiki leaks founder requested release from prison over fears spec is health and made the coronavirus outbreak of a joint where all that un. Luck. From donald trump in 2016 to tulsa gobert in 2020 there is part of the electorate response to him tie war anti interventionists rhetoric in fact there is evidence this significantly helped get trouble like that but the fact remains the establishment is to downplay and even demonize any candidate who questions orthodoxies why is this. Welcome back amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic president putin has announced a nationwide lockdown in russia starting on saturday and last thing until april the 5th or but essential workers will be instructed to stay at home Vladimir Putin advised russias citizens not to underestimate the challenge that lies ahead arties taylor reports from moscow 1st and foremost she does all the medical professionals who are on the front line of the battle with covert 19 he says he said they deserve the utmost admiration and respect and it was really a very comprehensive set of new social guidelines and economic measures that will be taken by the government as they start to try and fight this pandemic there are lots of key points to run through but lets start with probably the most important which will affect every single russian citizen barring those who walk in the Critical Services and that is the announcement of a non working week so lets listen to the details on that hes just doing your version but it would sort of the 2 girls are right you know the 6th really important to prevent the threat of a fast spread of the virus so thats why im declaring the next week of your holiday with ongoing salary payments this week long holiday was provided to slow down the speed of the spread was appealing to all citizens of the country and do not think it wont happen to me is to see if you can happen to anyone believe me the safest thing you can do you know is. Also. Worth mentioning is the. Referendum that was due to take place on changes to the constitution the date that was put into the calendar was april the 22nd but the russian president said that obviously in this climate where certainly people cannot be gathering together in masses that is out of the question health must come faster so that will be delayed until a later date which will be determined again later were not sure what the exact date will be. And then he sent out a series of economic measures which are all intended to alleviate the Financial Burdens on people like families small Small Businesses local businesses that includes for example delaying your tax payment getting a brief response from loans and thats all of course to ensure that they are adults theyre not dealt rather a heavy blow from which they cannot recover so a really comprehensive set of guidelines russia is still behind europe in terms of numbers of coronavirus sufferers currently were looking at around 658 thats at last count but inside we cannot be complacent we have to take all the preventative measures that we need to as early as possible so every must unite in this challenge and he expressed confidence that it was something that they would be able to deal with together so in this flux with numbers constant going up and down of borders opening and shutting a really clear message from from the russian government on how they are going to ensure both the physical and Economic Health of russia and all of its citizens well here in the u. K. Critics continue to accuse the government of not providing enough protection for self employed people many are unsure if their work is deemed essential by the authorities and can claim just 94 pounds 25 a week in universal credit if they dont turn up. Well currently the government says anyone who works in the Oil Gas Electricity and Water Industries or the utilities all key was and all permitted to travel to work while builders and laborers are not designated t. Workers the housing secretary Robert Jennings said that they can continue to work on science during the lock down restrictions when a significant portion of those workers are self employed but the government advises workers to also employer if their role is an essential Public Service well this isnt possible for self employed work as i do that any perceptions they could face bankruptcy is that unable to trade. Well the government says theyre working towards a solution for the self employed but havent committed to it turns go on to discuss all this im not joined by the founder of pimlico promised Charlie Mullins charlie many thanks for joining us how is the shutdown if you could even have the shutdown affected you personally and your business well yes actually. Manage some of the time a cold most. Of them which is there to support the local well clearly and i just close to the store article or process so you know were actually just sort of this is scott who i once went through a check in with i was. Going exists as a florist we were at model. For where i live where all the customers go into another room while we cover have you noticed the service no call checks its all d. You know i would be the. Lucky was no ive been. Told so also we spoke with. Just my gosh you can see in that sense in the case is it would be an emergency so as you say somebody else office still working in terms of the spaces that all they self employed or are they full time. Well we have a big job and were trying to treat everybody the saudi men and to be honest you know. Im actually so mad at all people that have volunteered to come so look you know to cover the process of the model and the motives its all good and all weve weve reduced prices to the and ive just all said because im the scab with sharon at its 44 hour service so we can go get one some of these and i just present on next year and. You know as much as possible with for a couple or a lot of you know also the people get over it thought i literally. Got gas and i havent got sewage problems days like cutting out all emergencies that the basics making sure people are ok in terms of the government but the main problem for the government in trying to sort out self employed people is estimated count myself employed people actually on it because i can there is you know im. Actually going to be a separate issue im going up next im going to be dealt with a lot of stuff and i think we started with a simple one so we. Connect so this is not only possible we will. Be an access to all the facts of the so employed i think thats something to help move the ball quickly do it at the start each. Time i asked all the comments about the apple choice but i feel uncomfortable with the blow up like. Theyve been told to come in by the people that have come in a lot of kids and i will certainly be applying them coldly so we have a large plate l one news the prices for lots of sockets located on the n. H. S. And so as many members of my family that work with the company and would have been covered as many of the stock to fall into the back so that we could get the rattling off the grid find a solid mass you know make it sucks so looking elsewhere everybody exactly telling thank you very much indeed for joining us thank you. Now we can expand it earlier society has had his request for bail denied having no idea that hes at risk of coronavirus as large as being held at belmarsh prison in south london awaiting possible extradition to the us scientists currently facing 18 charges including conspiracy to hack a government computer which his teams founded and allies throughout his detention concerns have been raised over the 48 year old health or former u. N. Expert on detention professor at math and then us things should be released on both medical and legal grounds the extreme isolation the sarge is under was criticised by the United Nations special rubber turners and the working group bob trade attention as far back as in 2010 so hes 1st part of all of detention in 2010 in isolation not completely different from from now and the un looked at it and the un next expert said this is disproportionate it is disproportionate to such an extent that it constitutes arbitrary detention that much at risk is he i mean hes been a fugitive in prison and i just said that its almost 10 years what toll has this taken on him that thats the apps that is the most important point and that links him look with what the torture reporter has said hes house has the period into care it did thats not a question of the high and legal argument is the question of the man being in a situation where his health is well hes life he may not survive this the extra added risk of the current and be demick is extremely serious this man should be kept in isolation in a private facility and not in a prison. 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