hello and welcome. and it s been a week dominated by coronavirus. england s chief medical officer says the nhs could face huge pressures in the worst case scenario. but he does have some reassurance. it s easy to get this perception that if you re older and you get this virus, then you re a goner. absolutely not. the great majority of people will recover from this virus. the prime minister announces new measures on sick pay to encourage people to self isolate if they suspect they have coronavirus. if they stay at home, the house will understand that they are helping to protect all of us by slowing the spread of the virus. also more allegations emerge of bullying by the home secretary. we ask a former permanent secretary for his thoughts. one mp has her own take on the issue. with this government, it seems that allegations of bullying orjust being incompetent get you promoted, whereas standing up to it, you lose yourjob! but first: the chief medical officer for england has t
if they suspect they have coronavirus. if they stay at home, the house will understand that they are helping to protect all of us by slowing the spread of the virus. also more allegations emerge of bullying by the home secretary. we ask a former permanent secretary for his thoughts. one mp has her own take on the issue. with this government, it seems that allegations of bullying orjust being incompetent get you promoted, whereas standing up to it, you lose yourjob! but first: the chief medical officer for england has told mps that it s highly likely coronavirus is now being passed from person to person. he said the aim was to try to delay the spread of covid 19, so that the peak was more likely after other winter pressures on the health service had diminished. professor whitty predicted the number of cases would increase. there are now several, not large numbers, but several cases where we cannot see where this has come from in terms of the clear transmission. either becaus
forcing an almost unimaginable alliance. after severaling tie morse than 35 years ago, source says the u.s. is making overtures to iran with president barack obama writing supreme leader ayatole . jim sciutto has details. reporter: the communications have been necessary because the u.s. and iran are now operating in the same spaces against a common enemy, isis. as a result, quote, accommodations must be made indirectly, this official said. this includes airspace management so that u.s. and iranian aircraft do not conflict while carrying out military operations in the same airspace. the u.s. is also reaching out to iran via the white house. president obama addressing a led to the supreme leader last month, saying that the u.s. and iran have shared interests in fighting isis. but the prospects for cooperation hinged on resolving the nuclear issue. obviously we understand that they have concerns about the threat of isil which they have expressed as well, but i would not look
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