You are watching bbc news now lets recap on todays downing street briefing, led by the chancellor rishi sunak. He was joined by angela maclean, the governments deputy chief scientic adviser and yvonne doyle whos the medical director of Public Health england. The chancellor spoke about the government scheme that began today to keep staff on the payroll, even if the pandemic means they cant work and he took questions both on business measures and on the continuing concerns surrounding the supply of personal protective equipment for front line medical workers. Good evening from downing street where i am joined by professor let me start by addressing the issue uppermost in peoples minds. Personal protective equipment, ppe. This is an international challenge, that many other countries are experiencing. Alongside the efforts of British Businesses, and our embassies around the world, we are working hard to get the ppe our front line nhs and social care staff need. We have appointed paul deigh
Welcome to bbc news, the latest on the coronavirus pandemic. We will be talking about the shortage of protective equipment and indeed, the fa ct protective equipment and indeed, the fact that there is no sign of an early end to the lockdown itself. More warnings from hospitals in england over shortages of protective equipment. Supplies of gowns are very low in some areas. The government insists a big consignment will arrive from turkey as soon as possible. A total of 16,509 patients have died in hospital in the uk after testing positive for coronavirus. Thats up from aa9 from the day before. No hurry to lift the lockdown. Borisjohnson tells cabinet colleagues that stopping a second peak of coronavirus cases is now his priority. Were expecting the official Daily Briefing from the government at 5 00pm. This afternoon, well be hearing from the chancellor rishi sunak and well bring you that live. The governments furlough scheme to keep staff on the payroll despite not working goes live. Th
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