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BBCNEWS Breakfast April 1, 2020

And many mobile and broadband costs are going up, but water and energy bills are coming down. Ill have all the info. What pay sacrifices will top footballers make as the season stays on hold 7 players and clubs are meeting today to discuss all the options over pay and the end of the season. Ijust want i just want to say a massive thank you. I dont know how you do it. The whole country thanks you. Rick astley promises a huge free gig for nhs staff across the uk. Well speak to him just before 9 oclock. Good morning. Its a cold and frosty start to the day in southern england. Clear skies, early sunshine, the cloud will build, it will be a cloudy day generally with rain in the north. I will have more in 25 minutes. Good morning. Its wednesday i april. Our top story two teenagers, described by their families as healthy, have died in london after contracting coronavirus. The deaths of the 13 year old schoolboy, and a chef aged 19, were revealed as the Government Faces increasing criticism for a lack of testing for frontline nhs staff. Our correspondent dan johnson has the latest. This is luca, described by his family as a strong and healthy 19 year old. He was a chef from italy living in london. His brother both of this photo of them together, saying, i will express your wishes and fulfil your dreams. After feeling ill for a week, luca died within half an hour of arriving at hospital. And this is the fundraising effort to support another grieving family, mourning the loss of 13 year old ismail wahhab, a son they couldnt say goodbye to. Ismail was admitted here at Kings College hospital in south london on friday with reading difficulties. His family says he was given ventilation and put into an induced coma, but three days later, he died, isolated, on his own, despite his family saying he had no Underlying Health conditions. The statement ends, we are beyond devastated. Another stark illustration of the capacity of this virus to quickly claim the lives of even the youngest and fittest. And it was also underlined by the latest it underlined by the latest is a really sad reminder th matter it is a really sad reminder that no matter what age you are, you should be staying at home and observing all the social distance measures we have highlighted. And it was also underlined by the latest figures. 381 deaths in the uk in the last 2a hours. The highest number in one day so far. The official death toll has reached 1,789 in total with more than 25,000 confirmed cases now across the uk. But how reliable are those figures when testing remains relatively limited . Around 8,000 people a day are being tested for the virus. This is one drive through centre for nhs workers in england, but it is only a limited trial. And the government is still way off his ambition to test 25,000 people a day. Thats a big frustration, especially when a quarter of doctors are off sick or isolating at home, not knowing if they are safe to return to work. I think they are feeling fear, theyre feeling frightened. They dont know what everybody in the country is feeling and doctors and healthcare workers are no different. They are not sure what is around the corner, not sure if they will be protected when they go to work and increasingly they are not sure that they are fully believing what the government is telling them. So whats going wrong . Well, the government has admitted for the first time some problems making more tests available. We want to increase the number of tests, we are increasing the number of tests. I mentioned earlier that one of the constraints on our capacity to increase testing overall is supply of the specific reagents, the specific chemicals needed in order to make sure tests are reliable. It is also the case, as i am sure you are aware, that we have been working with the private sector and with academics and boots, for example, have increased the number of drive in centres for nhs and frontline workers to be tested. Last night, the chemicals industry said they are being produced and delivered to the nhs, but it may be some time before we know just how widespread the virus really is and how much worse things may get. Dan johnson, bbc news. More than 16,000 people may be needed to run the new nhs Nightingale Hospital currently being installed at the excel centre in london, according to its chief operating officer. The 80 ward facility was created in fewer than 10 days and should be able to take its first patients by the end of this week. Angus crawford reports. Archival commentary welcome back to excel arena, down in the royal docks, in east london. The crowd still pouring in. From a time of National Celebration to one of national crisis. The excel has a new role and name now, nhs nightingale. An army of civilian contractors and the military too transforming this vast space. Cubicles marching towards the camera. This is my last week in the army, well, it was, until i got the phone call. So ive built hospitals, planned hospitals around the world. Ive been a commander of med in afghanistan. Ive built hospitals in oman, in iraq, in the balkans, so this is what i have prepared for, its what i do, and that is why i have come together with the nhs to Work Together with them to deliver this facility at scale, at pace. 500 beds so far but with the ability to add 1500 more here and another 2000 in the whole just over there. Expected to be operational by the end of the week, only patients already on ventilators will be admitted and cared for by a team of as many as 16,000 people. Questions though still remain. Will there be enough equipment . And in a unit where some patients may not survive, despite the care they receive, how will doctors and nurses cope . Those stuff would be quite used to the realities of dealing with this disease and these types of patients, including the sad fact that not everybody will survive. It is for those stuff that might have stepped up to help, they are genuine heroes, that they found in themselves to actually come and help this facility, and we really need to look after them, to make sure that they can hope with realities of working in an intensive care unit. Nightingale is almost ready, its empty beds one sign of the scale of the job which may lie ahead. Angus crawford, bbc news. President trump has warned of a painful two weeks ahead after the number of deaths linked to coronavirus in the United States overtook those in china reaching more than 3,a00. Mr trump said that up to 240,000 americans could die from the virus, even if social distancing measures are followed closely. I want every american to be prepared for the hard days that lie ahead. We are going to go through a very tough q. Week expect two weeks and then hopefully, as the experts are predicting, as a lot of us are predicting, as a lot of us are predicting, epidemics studied so hard, were going to see some real light at the end of the tunnel but this is going to be a real painful, very, very painful two week. 0ur correspondent david willis is in los angeles. David, how were mr trumps comments received . In stark contrast to some of the messaging with her from the president last two weeks. Absolutely and this is the first time the Trump Administration has put a figure on the number of americans who could die because of the coronavirus up break. That number coming on a day when the number of deaths here exceeded that of china on the coronavirus and also exceeded the number of people who died in the september 11 terrorist attack. President trump said the surge, as he put it, has yet to come. He predicted the next two or three weeks could be, as he put it, very, very painful and he said hospitals here could start to resemble warzones. All that from a president who not too many days ago was predicting predicting this country could be back in action as early as easter. Im sure you are well aware that big discussions from the Government Point of view around the Government Point of view around theissues the Government Point of view around the issues of testing, around personal protective equipment for health staff and also the use of ventilators and how many ventilators are available. What are those discussions taking place in the us . Very much so around that, but the warning that this 100 100,000 200,000 dead serious contingent on continuing to observe those social distancing recommendations. If they dont, presumably the death toll could be considerably higher. A lot of places, california is one of them, Washington State is another, have been observing those social distancing recommendations and they clearly have been having some effect, the scientists believe, in new york, for example, it is much more difficult and today, Charity Workers there are setting up an emergency Field Hospital in central park and the mayor of new york, bill deblasio, is warning he needs triple the number of hospital beds that are currently available to deal with the coronavirus out. David, thank you very much. The latest from los angeles. Italys 3 week lockdown will be extended today after 837 people died there yesterday, taking the countrys total deaths to more than 12,000. Among the dead are more than 60 doctors. 0ur rome correspondent mark lowen reports. Perhaps never again in our lifetime will we see rome like this. The virus is sucking the life out of this country. Three weeks on, italys lockdown is said to be extended today until. Well, until the outbreak stops killing. They lowered the flags to half mast across the country to pay tribute. From florence to rome, from italys south to the bergamo in the north, the town worst ravaged by coronavirus. It is a symbol of National Mourning to mark a month that has torn through italys heart. The country with the highest number of deaths from the virus and the highest fatality rate. Italians need to feel there is an end to the daily loss of hundreds of lives. To the constant morning. Medical unions say the huge loss of doctors here, at least 66, shows a failure to protect those trying to cure it. Translation they worked without the right equipment like proper masks and they werent given them. Not enough have been tested. We were completely unprepared. China showed us what we needed to do and we didnt follow it. Its like sending soldiers to war empty handed, unable to defend themselves. We could have avoided these deaths. Doctors paid for their commitment with their lives. We developed a valve. So young, inventive italians have stepped in to help, using 3 d printing to develop a valve that turns a sports shop snorkelling mask into a ventilator. The blueprint has been downloaded for free a million times by hospitals in need across the world. Two days ago, it was my birthday and a received a message from brazil in which a doctor says we have had 100 people breathing thanks to my idea. And i was very very, happy. I cannot receive a better present for my birthday. The Healthcare System too is improvising. Milans Exhibition Centre converted into a new hospital with 200 badly needed intensive care beds. Italy is being forced to adapt to this virus. Running after it, but still too far behind. Mark lowen, bbc news, rome. Weve seen a lot of communities pulling together over the past week and one street in cheshire has found the ideal way for Good Neighbours to become good friends. Neighbours theme plays thats just one of the dance routines led by fitness instructorjanet woodcock in frodsham, cheshire, every day at 11 oclock. Participantsjoin in from their doorways or the end of their drives. And that she is. Were going to be speaking to her later. The reason why they are playing neighbours s every day it starts with the neighbours theme. They always kick it off with neighbours and everybody comes out. They got a nice mix of young families on the street in older people and its a bit of social interact can, all it two metres distance, they are all socially distance. It works for their street, they love it. Lets take a look at todays papers. Fix the testing fiasco now is the headline on the daily mails front page. The paper says the shambles over testing has by a country mile been the governments greatest misstep in its handling of the coronavirus crisis. The mirror leads on the news that a 13 year old has become the youngest person in the uk to die from coronavirus. It says Ismail Mohamed abdulwahab from brixton in south london, was a healthy boy with no known existing illness. An image of soldiers helping to set up a makeshift hospital for coronavirus patients appears on the front page of the sun. The paper says army heroes worked round the clock in east london to help get the new facility ready. And the top story on the website for the New York Times says President Trump struck his most sombre tone on the subject to date, as he told americans to expect a very, very painful two weeks ahead. What have you got for us the inside . Iam sure what have you got for us the inside . I am sure lots of people saw this yesterday, but it is quite striking, ifi yesterday, but it is quite striking, if i can find it. Bear with me, everybody. This is how we are all communicating, over the internet. There is a bit like bbc breakfast looks like at the moment. Everybody is at home. And that is the Cabinet Meeting yesterday. The cabinet room host, apparently, you can see them concentrating on very important decision making. It is extraordinary, isnt it, how different our lives are and its a little glimpse into the homes of all these people who are running the country as well. My favourite one, i dont know if we have the actual picture of it. You are talking about liz truss . There is a silver medal, second row down, right in the middle. A full flagpole in her house metal. Middle. A full flagpole in her house metal. I always try to read the books that people have behind them. Iam sure books that people have behind them. I am sure if they ever did it at home i would rearrange them. This is interesting. They will tell you that ina interesting. They will tell you that in a moment. The other thing people picked up on was that you cannot see it on this picture, but the code for the zoom was at the top. Next time it happens they will try to login. Next time they do it they probably wont have the code, will they . We we re wont have the code, will they . We were trying to organise a family make get togetherfor my mum s birthday on zoom. Happy birthday, mum, for yesterday, she is probably not up yet. She might have been watching. The issue is we had that same problem, you know when you are trying to get technology to work for everybody and my dad has a hearing aid, so they were watching on the computer, but the computer sound is linked up to my dads hearing aid, so linked up to my dads hearing aid, so my linked up to my dads hearing aid, so my mum linked up to my dads hearing aid, so my mum cant hear, i am on the phone to my mum trying to get her to do it through her ipad, my dad can hear through what everyone else is saying on his hearing aid, my mum cant hear any of that, we are having this by way conversation, unbelievably awkward. It took 15 minutes to sort out. Pictures were upside down, sound was coming out of phones. But we got there in the end and we had cake togetherfor phones. But we got there in the end and we had cake together for my mums 70 for birthday in various parts of the guttering. Country. Most of the conversations about i cant hear you im muted i cant hear you youre upside down im glad that the element has the same issues with their meeting. The front page of the telegraph. Joyce, a wonderful colleague of ours, he did an interview on the six oclock news last night, he has been suffering from cancerfor last night, he has been suffering from cancer for the last six years and he has tested positive for coronavirus george. He is through it and he is really well. It was great to see someone who we know and love and respect who is already ill, but he is fine now. He went through it, he had attempted temper, but he is ok. That was really encouraging yesterday, we spoke to two people, one a teenager with cystic fibrosis, another an 81 year old man called charles, i think, another an 81 year old man called charles, ithink, they another an 81 year old man called charles, i think, they had been in hospital and both been told and felt they would not be able to come through the other side, but they did. Ithink through the other side, but they did. I think that was encouragement to many of you watching yesterday. So again today we are going to try to bring you the government picture, we will interview a number of people on the programme and bring some positivity as well. We have 70 celebrities on this programme. Do you think it is because they have nothing else to do . Rectally rick astley is coming on, he is doing a concert for the nhs, johnny vegas is handing out food to medical supplies where he is. Darcey bussell is coming on to talk about ballet classes. For the over 55 s. 50 coming on to talk about ballet classes. For the over 55 s. So much to talk about. Companies which force their employees to keep working in close proximity during the coronavirus outbreak should be forcibly closed down. Thats according to the trades union congress, which represents 48 organisations, and says too many firms are putting profit before people. Were joined now by the tucs kevin rowan, who is in newcastle. Good morning to you. Thanks very much forjoining us. What kind of problems are you seeing . We are literally hearing from hundreds and hundreds of people that they are being asked still to come to work, for whatever reason their employer isnt able to allow them, enable them to work from home, hasnt chosen to close down, some of these are essential services, obviously, but, unfortunately, those employers arent following the government guidelines and social distancing or other measures to enable them to work safely. The people who are contacting us see the difference between the new powers that the police have been given to enforce social distancing in their personal lives and yet they are going to work and their employers seem to be carrying on business as usual with impunity. And we think that is pretty u na cce pta ble impunity. And we think that is pretty unacceptable and we are getting lots of calls from workers who are pretty scared, pretty anxious about this. And if hundreds of people are contacting us as they have been, then you can be sure that there are thousands, tens of thousands of people experiencing that in the wider economy. Of course, it is a really worrying type of people.

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