More dangerous than we expected. Spain records its biggest daily rise in coronavirus deaths, the number there passes 8,000. The uk also records its highest number of coronavirus deaths in a single day as the infection rate gathers pace 381 people die. And well go to a refugee camp in greece to find out how people are dealing with the threat of coronavirus. Welcome to outside source. Lets start in the us, where the death toll from the coronavirus has now passed chinas. More than 3,400 people have died, and there are now almost 175,000 confirmed cases. Three out of four americans are now or about to be under some form of lockdown, as more states tighten measures to fight the coronavirus. Were expecting an update from donald trump in the next few hours about whether those guidelines will be toughened up. This is what he said yesterday. By very vigorously following these guidelines, we can save more than one million american lives. Think of that, one million american lives. 0urfuture is in
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
The Prime Minister, borisjohnson. He began by confirming that there have been a further 121 coronavirus related deaths in the last 2a hours, bringing the total number of deaths in all settings to 36,914. The Prime Minister praised the countrys collective effort, the key indicators are heading in the right direction. With this in mind, he signposted towards the next set of restictions that will be eased. He confirmed that the government intends for Outdoor Markets and car show rooms to open from the 1st ofjune, and that from the 15th ofjune, the government intends to allow all other nonessential retail to reopen, but only in premises that are covid secure. Responding to questions about his chief adviser Dominic Cummings, borisjohnson said he regretted the confusion and anger caused by the the row. Mrjohnson said that people must make up their own minds about mrcummings trip to County Durham during lockdown. Lets have a listen now to what mrjohnson had to say. 3,532,634 tests for coronav