Weve been asking Frontline Health workers to keep video diaries. And today, our correspondent Catherine Burns catches up with dr Harmandeep Singh a consultant at Ealing Hospital in west london, whos been treated for covid 19 himself. He was born in india, but came to the uk in 2009, and has worked for the nhs ever since. Dr Harmandeep Singh normally treats cardiac patients but, for now, his focus is on coronavirus. First, though, hes a dad, with a nursery drop off to do. Come on, lets go the time now is 8 25. Im heading in to hospital now. Hello good morning. Morning. You look exhausted he laughs yes, lam ivejust been in the handover and it seems like the lockdown is working really well. Our numbers have gone down. But i wonder, up to how long . Because over the weekend, you could clearly see people are out of their houses, in the parks. All right, guys . Last month, he had coronavirus. His wife was sick too. They felt so ill that they trained their three year old to call 999, just in case. The team spends the morning seeing coronavirus patients who need some help breathing. Theyre all getting extra oxygen, but theyre not on ventilators, and the idea is to keep them out of intensive care. As a doctor, youre seen as a saviour, but people forget we are not invincible neither to the disease, nor to the emotions. Ive seen doctors and nurses and other Staff Members cry in silence when their patient has passed away. Back at home with his family, he says it can
be hard to switch off. He knows that many of the nhs staff whove died after having coronavirus have been from ethnic minorities, and he feels lucky to have recovered so well. Then, time away from the wards to pay tribute to key workers who have not survived the virus. Ifearfor all my colleagues who are unwell. Clearly, bame Ethnic Minority Group people are being more affected than anyone else, and a lot of our staff is actually bame. Despite all these fears, they do come to work, they do still do theirjob properly, as they should. Nobodys shying away. He knows all of this will come to an end one day and says he will fight until that day comes. Catherine burns, bbc news. One of indias best known actors, irrfan khan known to millions around the world
for his starring roles in Slumdog Millionaire and Jurassic World has died at the age of 53. The actor had revealed two years ago that hed been diagnosed with a very rare form of cancer. Our correspondent in mumbai, yogita limaye, looks back at his life and career. Lets see, then. Where to begin . Irrfan khan in life of pi, one of the several english language movies he starred in. Amongst his biggest hits overseas was Slumdog Millionaire, directed by danny boyle. Its a sad day, to think of his passing, but its also a day when you can remember everything that he gave us, all the lovely roles that he played. And an actor who effortlessly bridged two cultures. Abroad, he was indias best known international actor. Here in his home country, he was the unlikely leading man, who broke the stereotype of what it takes to be the protagonist in hindi language movies. Hes a big star in india. On a bbc programme seven years ago, he was asked if he sees himself as bollywood, or hollywood. I just see myself as an actor and i just want to engage the whole world. So, it can be bollywood, hollywood, dollywood, collywood, whatever wood. Over a career that spanned 30 years, irrfan khan acted in more than 100 films. His last movie, angrezi medium, hit cinemas in india just as they had to close down because of the coronavirus crisis. Many are hoping that when we all go back to the movies, perhaps theyll re release it, so they get to watch him on the big screen one more time. Two years ago, hed shared a note about his battle with cancer. Little had i known that my search for rare stories would make me find a rare disease, he wrote. Indian superstar Shah Rukh Khan called him the greatest actor of our times. He leaves behind heartbroken fans
in india and around the world. Todays tributes to the indian actor irrfan khan, whos died at the age of 53. Thats it. Emery is he on bbc two with newsnight in ten minutes. Now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. Have a very good night. In a few minutes, well have a review of the latest newspaper front pages from here in the uk and around the world. But we start with more coverage of the covid i9 pandemic. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are george eaton, senior online editor at the new statesman and emily ashton, senior Political Correspondent at buzzfeed. Tomorrows front pages, starting with the Financial Times reports on plans by the uk government to issue detailed workplace guidance for businesses setting out how safe work can take place once lockdown restrictions begin to be relaxed. But the telegraph says the uk Prime MinisterBoris Johnson will not push ahead with plans to ease the lockdown imminently
however, after it emerged the uk has one of the worlds worst coronavirus death rates. And the mirror calls the news that the uk could be one of the worst affected in europe a National Tragedy the New York Times says despite a relaxing of lockdown restrictions in china, consumers have been slow to start spending again amid health and economic fears. The express carries a message from captain tom moore on his 100th birthday. The veteran who raised millions of pounds for the nhs says together we will beat this enemy. And the guardian says uk Hospital Leaders have launched a strident attack on the uk governments
coronavirus testing strategy, as it became clear that a target of 100,000 daily tests a day will be comprehensively missed tomorrow. So, lets begin. Emily, lets start with you. Daily telegraph Boris Johnson racing bounding up the stairs of number ten with a side bar on that but the big story for the paper is to use his first press or two hopes of an early lockdown, this entry a lot of detail but in the past few days theyve been pretty accurate, havent they . You saw Boris Johnson hes taking a few weeks off after being in intensive care which is quite an extraordinary thing a few weeks ago. And given his first
address in downing street a couple of days ago, you could see even in that in tomorrows first press conferences is come back that even in that address of downing street, you could see that he was hinting that the lockdown was not going to be lifted in its entirety and is going to be a step by step process and little by little and it also points to the fact that germany, they have lifted or starting to, but that rate is starting to rise and what people are trying to do is prevent that second peak from happening. Notes dominic raab thats it Angela Merkel had to look at the second lockdown. We look at the number of dead, we are now third behind the us and spain. The per capita, it is only spain and belgium who have got the worst death rate
than the uk at the moment. The figures today were truly horrific. Ca re figures today were truly horrific. Care home death for the first time we re care home death for the first time were included in such decisions have been putting after weeks of the true figures always are worse than the daily figures were getting which on the counter for hospital deaths, but i dont think people quite necessarily realise how bad the situation care home since and i do not think it is a surprise at all the difference in into the lockdown. And an indication of when that lockdown could potentially stop because the group for emergencies that the government consults is two to present evidence next week and i believe those a potential hint that perhaps things might start after that. I think they review it every three weeks and that was the point with which things can change and looking to that point as ok, maybe
this is it . But i do not think it will be a moment where everything is fine, go and hug everybody and get on Public Transport again. This farce is hanging around for the next few months and theyve now got to figure out which sectors of society are able to mix a bit more and maybe certain businesses can go back to work, though i dont think. Phased Traffic Light system as it we re phased Traffic Light system as it were just phased Traffic Light system as it werejust on phased Traffic Light system as it were just on Traffic Lights, most interesting of the telegraph is that cornwall could be perhaps the first area in the phase relaxation of the lockdown just because of where it is geographically and they can control traffic in and out. They will take a localised approach on this and perhaps moving at different speeds and we have known all along that london is responsible for the highest infections, the densely
populated area, and opinion polling is proved remarkably popular policy among all age groups and i think thatis among all age groups and i think that is the reason why the government feels relaxed and maintaining it because there was this position at the start that people might start to revolt against the lockdown and all the people are increasingly becoming weary of it, i think they also recognise that there isa think they also recognise that there is a Significant Health justification for because of be increasingly damaging to come out of lockdown and then be forced back into it due to economic instability magnifying. It was interesting but a few hours ago that traffic has picked up a little, not significantly, but a little and also the cold weather in the uk was preventing people from going out perhaps the need in the sunshine. A
tragedy. Awful figures came out today. Returning to a part time basis, looks as though the summer term is a write off for a lot of people. What you make of the holiday giant putting a stop on the beach trips to mid june . Giant putting a stop on the beach trips to midjune . I think it is expected, really. People had holidays booked injune and july and they are not expecting that to go forward and airlines are not yet cancelling the cf went to the very last minute to find out and most people see that as a write off now and asa people see that as a write off now and as a traveller, do you want to ta ke and as a traveller, do you want to take that risk of travelling . Owners of british airways, we have also seen stories about the Insurance Companies are airlines not being prepared to actually give
refunds and on going to give vouchers for people had to cancel their trips. Moving on, vouchers for people had to cancel theirtrips. Moving on, Boris Johnson, speaking of care homes being the new front lines and interesting how the testing has now been extended to them. Do we get any idea of how many people have been tested in the new front line . |j think far too few is the answer to that. A target of 100,000 tests a day, it is remarkable when you consider how many people have been dying of covid 19 and it is only now that they can officially be tested for virus and it has been spreading among care homes and it is tragic, really. I think the other point worth making is the increase in not
related covid 19 deaths and that is because the burden that coronavirus is imposing on the system, on the service that they have less to take you make time to attend to those suffering from other illnesses and this is a problem we are sitting across the Public Sector but it may be acute in the social care sector which every politician would privately admit, or publicly has been underfunded by parties of both parties for far too long and weve been talking about the need to reform social care since 2010 and it has not happened. Sol reform social care since 2010 and it has not happened. So i think one hopeful positive outcome of this tragedy is that finally you will see the investment that is needed in social care because we are an ageing population and increase number of people are going to be reliant. But i say dont torture breath and look at the damage in the economy and all
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