On this scale in recent memory. A total of 1,408 patients have died after developing coronavirus in the uk, thats up by 180 from the day before. But the governments chief scientist says the social distancing of the last week is having an effect. Pausing for a minutes silence the people of madrid remember the more than 7,000 whove died in spain. The key workers struggling to find early years childcare as more and more nurseries shut down. And the army of key workers, often low paid, keeping the country going. And in the sport on bbc news, the Olympic Games will start on the 23rd ofjuly in 2021 and run until the 8th of august, after being postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. An entirely new hospital, built from scratch in a Conference Centre in just a week, will be ready to take its first patients on wednesday. The Nightingale Hospital in east london will be ready for 500 coronavirus patients, rising eventually to 4,000. Its the
Good afternoon. Well have the latest government briefing from downing street on the coronavirus pandemic, led today by the Health Secretary, matt hancock. That is in about half an hour. But first, ministers say theyre confident of hitting their target for the number of daily coronavirus tests, after the Prime Minister said the uk is past the peak of the outbreak. The government had pledged 100,000 tests a day by the end of april, with more than 81,000 taking place on wednesday. The target was 100,000 tests a day by the end of april. Its just under a month since the Health Secretary announced that deadline. Well find out later whether the ambition was achieved. Are you confident youll meet your testing target . More than 81,000 tests were carried out in the uk on wednesday, after more people became eligible including those over the age of 65 in england who have symptoms, and care home residents and staff who dont. Setting a challenging target was the right thing to do, because it galvan
To see crowds of fans returning to football matches any time soon. Good afternoon and welcome to the news at one. Six weeks into lockdown and many of us want to know when we can return to work as normal. We dont have a date for that, but the bbc has seen details of the new workplace rules being proposed by the government to help businesses when their staff do eventually return. Employers would need to stagger start times and limit the amount of desks and equipment that needs to be shared. Employers should consider providing ppe, or barriers if the two metre social distancing rules cant be observed. In other developments, small and medium sized businesses in the uk are able to apply for loans of up to £50,000 today, in a scheme backed by the treasury. This afternoon, the Prime Minister will host a Global Online summit aimed at raising more than £6 billion to develop vaccines and treatments for covid 19. With more details on the plans for the workplace, heres our economics corresponden