Dana white says he is a day or two away from finding a location to host fights after being forced to postpone three events during the Coronavirus Crisis. Ufc 249 is set to go ahead on april 18th at a venue where fighters who otherwise would not be able to get into the United States can fly to. This is bbc news, im clive myrie, we will be bringing you the downing street News Conference in a short while with the latest on the battle against coronavirus but first the top stories. Borisjohnson is still in intensive care but not on a ventilator. Downing street says the Prime Minister is in a stable condition and in good spirits during treatment for coronavirus point he remains at St Thomas Hospital in Central London and has been given standard oxidant treatment but does not have pneumonia. The royalfamily sent their support to the Prime Minister, the queen, the prince of wales and duke of cambridge wish him a full and speedy recovery. Nhs england says a further 758 people who tested positive for coronavirus have now died in hospital. Elsewhere, there have been a further 74 elsewhere, there have been a further 7a deaths in scotland, 19 in wales and three in Northern Ireland. Abroad, the japanese Prime Minister declared a state of emergency in tokyo and six other regions as the country struggles with the pandemic but in china, where the Virus Outbreak began, there are no deaths reported in the last day for the First Time Since january. And whatsapp restrict the forwarding m essa 9 es whatsapp restrict the forwarding messages in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus misinformation. Good afternoon and welcome to this bbc news special programme ahead of the daily downing street News Conference with number 10 sake the Prime Minister, who was in intensive ca re Prime Minister, who was in intensive care at st thomas has hospital in Central London, has been in a stable condition overnight and remains in good spirits ponder the spokesman said mrjohnson is receiving standard oxygen treatment and is breathing without any other assistance. He has not required mechanical ventilation does not have pneumonia. The Prime Minister was admitted to hospital on sunday night after his symptoms worsened. Foreign secretary dominic raab has been asked to deputise for him. This morning michael gove announced he was also psycho foot self isolating is a member of his family displayed symptoms of the virus and in the last hour it has emerged the queen as sent best wishes and saying her thoughts are with his family and she wishes him a full and speedy recovery. Our first report is from our Political Correspondent nick eardley. Westminster and the country wait. Across the thames from the houses of parliament, the Prime Minister remains in intensive care, struggling to overcome coronavirus. Borisjohnson has shown persistent symptoms since testing positive 12 days ago. Alas i still have one of the symptoms, a minor symptom. I still have a temperature, and so. These pictures from friday were the last time we saw him, from self isolation in downing street, but his condition has got worse. He was taken into intensive care at 7pm last night after his condition worsened during the day and, im as we speak, the Prime Minister is in intensive care, being looked after by his medical team, receiving the very, very best care from the team at st thomas, and our hopes and prayers are with him and with his family. This afternoon downing street has said the Prime Minister remains stable and in good spirits overnight. He is receiving oxygen treatment but otherwise breathing unassisted. His spokesman said he hasnt required the use of a ventilator and hasnt been diagnosed with pneumonia. The foreign secretary has been asked to deputise for the Prime Minister. Hes in very good hands, dominic raab said this morning, arriving for the daily meeting with ministers and government advisers, to discuss the coronavirus strategy. The Prime Minister has designated dominic, the foreign secretary dominic raab as first secretary of state, that means that dominic takes on the responsibilities of chairing the various meetings that the Prime Minister would have chaired, but we are all working together to implement the plan that the Prime Minister set out shortly after this interview, michael gove confirmed he was self isolating after a Family Member showed symptoms. This virus is impacting the very top of government, at a time of unprecedented challenge. For now, normal political life is on hold. People are clearly anxious. I know the business of government will continue, i was in touch with the foreign secretary last night. And i want to say that the labour party will act in the National Interest. And thats why ive offered to act constructively with the government and support them where that is the right thing to do and push them further where we need to do it. I want to send every good wish to him, to his fiancee and to his whole family. We are all willing you on, boris, get well soon. One of mrjohnsons predecessors had this message. All of us are praying for boris and thinking of him and praying and thinking of his family and hoping that he gets well soon and gets back to number ten, where i know he wants to be and where we all want him to be. Boris is a very tough, very resilient, very fit person i know that from facing him on the tennis court and i am sure he will come through this. Friends of the Prime Minister say he a fighter. Hes a pretty fit guy, he may not look that fit, hes got a heavy frame, played a lot of rugby at school, fairly big guy but he plays tennis very well to a high standard, he runs regularly and i think if anyone has got a chance of beating this, then borisjohnson has a chance of doing that. An Unprecedented Health emergency for the country, an unprecedented situation in government, and an uncertain road ahead. Nick eardley, bbc news, westminster. And intensive care unit provides treatment and close monitoring of patients who are too seriously ill to be cared for in other parts of the hospital. With more on help the Prime Minister may be receiving, here is our Health Correspondent, richard galpin. Intensive care units are where severely ill patients are brought. Their lives, potentially at risk. The Prime Minister was taken into an intensive care unit like this one, yesterday, after his condition deteriorated. He was conscious, given oxygen via a mask but not put on a mechanical ventilator, a more intrusive procedure. But most patients do need ventilation quite soon. So whats it like to be on a ventilator, which takes over the breathing process . To be able to cope with that breathing machine, one needs to be very heavily sedated and usually given a paralysing agent that stops the muscles working so the breathing machine can do its work. The patients are often nursed lying flat, in a rotation between lying flat on their tummy and on their backs in a roughly 16 hour cycle. The doctors and nurses working in these intensive care u nits a re co nsta ntly checking their patients. In normal times you might expect your Blood Pressure, heart rate, breathing rate would be recorded probably once every few hours. Perhaps slightly more frequently if theyre quite unwell. In intensive care we do it continuously and there is a monitor by the nurses station that can be monitored all the time, even when a nurse is not at the bedside, so we can keep a much closer eye on people. Mrjohnson may also have a special needle into one of his arteries that allows us to take blood samples that can very accurately monitor his blood oxygen levels. Going through intensive care is, of course, a very difficult experience. Getting out of hospital is a huge relief. I came out last week on monday and i dont know exactly, when i came out, ijust felt. I thinkjust coming out of hospital made me so much better, because it was a lonely period whilst i was in there, i had nobody really and to be around my family, and tojust. Now i try to get out in the garden. Get fresh air. And im really doing so well now. Assuming borisjohnson recovers and is discharged from hospital, how quickly would he be able to return to work . If this is a short term thing and he responds well, just needs a little bit of oxygen and recovers over the coming few days, then he will probably feeling. Regaining his strength over the next week to ten days. Downing street says Boris Johnson is not on a ventilator at the moment. But he is getting oxygen, using a mask. Richard galpin, bbc news. Lets get more from our correspondent Charlotte Gallagher who is out of hospital in Central London where the Prime Minister is being treated. Is there any update on the Prime Ministers condition . Borisjohnson remains on the Prime Ministers condition . Boris johnson remains in on the Prime Ministers condition . Borisjohnson remains in intensive ca re borisjohnson remains in intensive care this afternoon. We had an update earlier from downing care this afternoon. We had an update earlierfrom downing street saying he is in a stable condition and in good spirits and receiving oxygen. Crucially, he is not on a ventilator. That is the most important thing at this point, he is breathing unaided and does not need mechanical assistance. Only the sickest patients are treated in intensive care, however, so the situation is very serious and they are monitored 20 a7. As you can see, idid not are monitored 20 a7. As you can see, i did not look like a normal hospital, Security Holdings have gone up around the building monitored 2a 7. They are checking peoples passes, making sure they come into the hospital when they should or should not be so an unprecedented and dramatic situation here arejust a unprecedented and dramatic situation here are just a few minutes walk from the houses of parliament. Obviously very worrying for Boris Johnsons family and that is the coolest thing about coronavirus, when you are in hospital being treated the most cruel thing. You cant be visited by friends and family. The Prime Ministers partner is pregnant and a self isolating after showing symptoms. We have heard from a lot of people who know the Prime Minister and say he is tough and resilient and fit and they are confident he will get through this. Nadine dorries, one of his conservative colleagues, has recovered from coronavirus herself and she said she had spoken to him a few days ago and he said he was feeling down and a bit sad he had not bounced back as quickly as he had expected to do. But a lot of people are offering well wishes recently Prince William who tweeted, also the queen and prince charles, Nicola Sturgeon, a lot of good feeling out there for the Prime Minister. Thank you, charlotte. Lets speak to our chief Political Correspondent vicki young whos in westminster. The reverberations of this are wide ranging and through government . Yes and the spokesman said the Prime Minister was determined to fight the virus on every level and that includes of course making sure the Health Service is prepared product there is extra capacity. That testing goes ahead in the way they wa nt testing goes ahead in the way they want it to. Of course the economic impact, making sure enough money will save businesses and livelihoods. And there is a plan, thatis livelihoods. And there is a plan, that is what they say, that has been put in place and Everybody Knows what the pm wants them to do, including cabinet ministers who have daily briefings, a meeting chaired this morning by dominic raab who is deputising as is necessary. Of course, a lot of questions about what that means in terms of Decision Making. There is a plan in place which they are following but if Big Decisions need to be made next week, for example, and the Prime Minister is still unable to do that, is that something dominic raab can do . A lot of questions about that but there is of course a cabinet government, they get together and can meet and make decisions collectively and the role of the cabinet secretary who is the most senior Civil Servant will be crucial to make sure this is all pulled together and every department knows what its doing to. But no doubt it is having a huge impact not just with the chief medical officer who has been in south isolation, the Health Secretary, to date michael gove having to do the same when a Family Member experienced symptoms. It is affecting everybody but of course the Prime Minister is the most serious at the moment and is still in intensive care. And former Prime Minister theresa may has been speaking . Yes, we heard from David Cameron earlier, talking about how government can keep running at times like this and theresa may of course, the predecessor to borisjohnson, has also been speaking. My thoughts and prayers are with boris and his loved ones today, it must be a terribly difficult time for him and those around him. But i wish him well and i want him to have a speedy and good recovery. Obviously people are worried about his health but also the functioning of government. Is the infrastructure in vital robust enough to deal with Something Like this . Yes, cabinet system of government in this country and in boriss absence, dominic raab is leading that cabinet andl dominic raab is leading that cabinet and i know from everything i have seen and heard, the cabinet which is supported by excellent scientific advice from a first class Civil Service, they are absolutely committed to dealing with this crisis. They have been doing the right thing, listening to the scientific advice, putting a good plan in place. And they are ensuring that that place is being, that plan is being put into action. And i know that it isntjust about government, people need to listen to what the government is saying and stay at home and only leave in those very limited set of circumstances that the government has set out. And we must remember that out there today there are excellent nhs staff, and i would like to thank them all, who minute by minute are dealing with those and caring for those and treating those who have covid 19. This is about saving lives. And protecting our nhs. Of the cabinet system and that well oiled machine, the starts to fray and you get disagreements. We know there is mild tension between Health Secretary matt hancock and rishi sunak about when the lockdown might come to an end and the economy can start to pick up again. Thats when you need a figurehead and mrjohnson simply isnt there at the moment for that. Thats the thing. Michael gove was talking today about a team spirit at the moment, as everyone tries to fight the same enemy. But of course there will be situations where people dont agree with what is the best way forward. As you allude to, this three weeks will be up on monday, three weeks after the Prime Minister announced to the nation this effective lockdown he said it would be reviewed but the question is, what are the next steps. Since we are heading towards what is the peak of the pandemic, certainly in london, its unlikely a big decision will be made on monday but its that kind of thing where there are disagreements, you can have all the committees in the world and the cabinet sitting together but they wont always agree and thats the role of the Prime Minister. Downing street very keen to make it clear the Prime Minister remains the Prime Minister even though he is in hospital, that is still his role, but at the moment dominic raab has been given that role of making decisions. Vicki young at westminster, thank you. Lets speak now to the former International Trade secretary, doctor liam fox, who worked as a gp before entering parliament. And you know the Prime Minister very well, good to see you. Thank you for joining us. Mere mortals like myself, i suspect we alljust gasped when we heard the Prime Minister was going to have to go into intensive care. As a former gp, when you heard the new