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this is bbc news. the headlines at 10. a second person in the uk has died after testing positive for coronavirus. milton keynes hospital is isolating patients or staff who came into contact with him. 21 people have the virus on a cruise ship off san francisco — around 140 britons are on board. all passengers and crew will be tested for the coronavirus. those that need to be quarantined will be quarantined. those that require additional medical attention will receive it. scotland women's six nations match with france in glasgow, has been postponed after a home player contracted the coronavirus.
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after midday, we will be putting your questions and concerns favour orjust your questions and concerns favour or just specialising your questions and concerns favour orjust specialising in the virus. —— back to a virologist. —— to a virologist. in other news, £360 million will be paid by insurance companies to clean up the damage from storms dennis and ciara. and the travel show explores the hidden treasure underneath the streets ofjerusalem. that's in half an hour, here on bbc news. a man in his 80s has become the second person in the uk to die after testing positive for coronavirus. milton keynes hospital said he had underlying health conditions — and they've isolated any patients or staff who were in contact with him. the number of cases in the uk has now reached 164 — more than 20,000 people here have been tested. in america more than 140 british people — including 21 crew members — are stranded on a cruise ship which has been prevented from docking as planned in san
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francisco. it's now likely to go to a non—commercial berth. and scotland women's six nations match with france at glasgow's scotstoun stadium has been postponed — after a home player contracted coronavirus andy moore has the first of our reports. milton keynes hospital said the man in his 80s died on thursday shortly after testing positive for coronavirus. he had underlying health conditions. the hospital is operating as normal, while any patients or staff who were in contact with the man have gone into isolation. yesterday, the prime minister was on a visit to laboratories in bedfordshire where he demonstrated the proper way to wash your hands. you've got to do two verses of happy birthday. happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you... he pledged extra money for coronavirus vaccine research
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and quicker testing. there certainly will be a substantial period of disruption where we have to deal with this outbreak. how big that will be, how long that will be i think is still an open question. the uk has seen its largest single daily increase, with the number of cases now standing at 164, but that's still way behind the worst affected country in europe, italy, where there have been 4,500 confirmed cases and nearly 200 deaths. the tiny citystate of the vatican, population just 1,000, has reported its first infection. many sporting events in italy are being cancelled or played behind closed doors. a government meeting on monday will discuss the possibility of that happening here in the uk. sports governing bodies and broadcasters will advise on how events could be staged without fans should the measure be needed. andy moore, bbc news.
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0ur correspondentjon donnison is outside milton keynes hospital. what is the latest there? the hospital is saying that they are open as normal today for people with appointments, and they are now working to isolate and speak to any members of staff and also patients who may have been in contact with this gentleman while he was in hospital. he died, we understand, on thursday and, shortly before he died, he tested positive for coronavirus, having been in hospital with underlying health conditions. he was in his 80s. some reports this morning that he may have travelled overseas. the hospital said it is offering its condolences to his family and friends, but i think there will be some concerns for people who might have been in hospital showing a ward with this
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gentleman who will now have to be checked out. thank you very much. just to let you know you are hearing from scotland that one of the largest leisure complexes in glasgow has closed after a person who use that facility tested positive for coronavirus. they say the spoke person for glasgow a life that they are taking appropriate measures. —— the spokesperson for glasgow life. well, as we mentioned earlier, 21 cases of coronavirus have been detected on a cruise ship which has been given permission to dock at a non commercial port in san francisco. all 3.500 passengers and crew on board the grand princess — including 140 british nationals and it's captain. 0ur correspondent peter bowes sent this report. moored off san francisco since wednesday, test kits were allowed onto the ship by the us coast guard. 46 people were swabbed for the coronavirus. 21 tested positive, 19 crew members and two passengers. the test results were revealed by the us vice president mike pence, who is leading the country
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was my response to the disease. —— the test results were revealed by the us vice president mike pence, who is leading the country's response to the disease. we are taking all measures necessary to see to the health of the americans and those involved on the grand princess, and just as importantly, to protect the health of the american public and prevent the spread of the disease. through communities in this country. shortly after the news conference, the ship's captain made an announcement over the public address system to confirm the findings and to apologise for the way those affected found out. you may have heard this on the news by the media already, and we apologise but who are not given advance notice of this announcement by the us federal government.
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it would have been a preference to be the first to make this news available to you. these individuals will be notified of their test results as quickly as possible. plans are currently under way to bring the ship into a non—commercial port. all passengers and crew will now be tested and those that require it will be put into quarantine. crew members will stay on the ship. it is not known yet where the passengers will be taken. president trump appears to be at odds with his team you're dealing with the cruise liner. frankly, if it were up to me, i would be inclined to say, leave everybody on the ship for a period of time and use the ship as your base, but a lot of people would rather do it a different way, they would rather quarantine people on land. when we do that, our numbers are going to go up. either way, it means more days of uncertainty for the passengers. there is a rush for me to get off the ship. i have cancer and my tumours are actively growing, so we
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almost didn't come on the trip but because of some delay, insurance and such, we were encouraged to go and we've been looking forward to it and really wa nted we've been looking forward to it and really wanted to go. officials say the majority of passengers are in their 60s, 70s and 80s. the most vulnerable section. his advice to people planning a coup is to use common sense. leeann higgins and her daughter kailee are on the grand princess cruise ship. kailee explained how they found out that a case of coronavirus has been been confirmed on board. the vice president centred on the news and it was so to me. i am not scared for myself because i'm healthy and my mum's healthy, but it isa healthy and my mum's healthy, but it is a very scary situation. 0bviously i want to take all the precautions necessary but i do want to go back to school, because i'm in high
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school and i don't want to miss more school, but i think it is important for everyone was excited to take the proper precautions. to people on board that particular cruise ship. jenny hill is in tokyo for us. bring us up to date with the situation in japan and for us. bring us up to date with the situation injapan and the region. lets talk about the region. first of all, starting with the good news, which is coming out of china where the number of new cases today was, for the first time in weeks, below 100. that illustrates what the world health organization has been saying for a little while now that the situation in china is an improving one. and also in other parts of the region, notably south korea, where there are now over 7000 people testing positive for covid—19, that number has been rising steadily for days. injapan, number has been rising steadily for days. in japan, also number has been rising steadily for days. injapan, also rising but much lower. official figures suggestjust
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over 400 people have tested positive with that being separate to the 700 people affected on a diamond princess in yokohama but the suspicion here is that because the rate of testing of the general population is relatively low compared to many other countries, the real figures may actually be far, far higher. the concern in tokyois far, far higher. the concern in tokyo is that you're just five months away from the 2020 summer olympics and the olympic torch relay is due to kick off in just three weeks. the torch which will arrive from greece is expected to travel all the way through every one of japan's 47 prefectures before coming here to tokyo and the authorities are insisting the olympics themselves and the torch relay will go ahead as planned. there is a great deal of scepticism about that because we've already seen the japanese prime minister shinto abe
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making sure events are either —— shinzo abe making sure events are either cancelled or played behind closed doors was that they may ask spectators to stay away if they feel sick but they were always a bit longer before finalising the details of what will actually happen. every country is dealing with this crisis ina country is dealing with this crisis in a different way. in the region, and how much sharing of best practices there? are there measures? countries differ in their approach injapan has countries differ in their approach in japan has come countries differ in their approach injapan has come in for some criticism for perhaps, in some ways, being rather soft in its approach. the schools here have been closed for a while. they have just asked regional authorities to do so. there are some concerns about the way
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japan is handling this with critics of china saying the measures imposed there to hold the outbreak were somewhat draconian. it is a very different system in japan somewhat draconian. it is a very different system injapan but, in the last few days, we have seen a war of words broke out betweenjapan and south korea after the prime minister here ordered that any visitors coming in from south korea or china must go into a two—week quarantine. that has infuriated the south korean authorities who have accused japan of being far too soft in their approach, saying or implying that japan is far in their approach, saying or implying thatjapan is far more interested in ensuring the other books go ahead. thank you. as we've been hearing there has been a lot of speculation on the effect of coronavirus on our food supplies. we can speak to kate hardcastle, a retail and consumer consultant. she joins us from yorkshire. those people who are stockpiling.
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isn't there some common sense with them on getting some food supplies m, them on getting some food supplies in, some household supplies in, at least for a couple of weeks?m in, some household supplies in, at least for a couple of weeks? if we think about the reasoning and rationale behind the mindset, it is understandable that people want to almost try to get in control of the situation. they hear the news co nsta ntly situation. they hear the news constantly talking about things, they are worried, they want to provide for their family, they want to provide for those families and it may not be logical but it is something that they can actively do about the situation. when i have a look at all the major supermarket and websites, just the latest fine this morning, been looking all week. there has been enough quantity and delivery opportunities for what i would call a household shop, weekly shop on all of the major websites, soi shop on all of the major websites, so i think what we're seeing on social media, images of the empty shelves, that creates the panic,
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that creates the nervousness and it is more the reaction to the potential than an actual situation happening here. the supermarkets are well—planned for these types of scenarios. matt hancock said there was no need to —— no need to panic buy but that was contradicted from one supermarket boss who said they had not heard from the government but the question is how long our supermarket stocks of this crisis deepens, and goes on for some time? goal as i understand, the government and supermarkets have said there was no need to panic. whether we are speaking in enough detail is to be found out but i think what i can see from the stock levels, i've travelled up and down the country this week, different shops have different amounts available. i think what we have to try and reassure people on is the contingency teams,
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planners are receiving fumes who have come together and talking about a hard brexit last year, they are there to understand how they can provide the supplies we need all year round. they have staged plans that are brought in step—by—step shoot things start to change and they would include things like limiting the number of things per household or shop hours changing but, at the moment, no words that this would be brought into effect and nothing on the website for these operators so the question probably needs to be had is more about the home delivery services where i have noticed a slight delay in the slot you can usually book. they have extended a bit and that could be people saying they want to book more deliveries sooner but if you are going to be isolated, they would be pretty reliant on their services and there's only so much they can ramp up there's only so much they can ramp up in there's only so much they can ramp upina there's only so much they can ramp up in a speedy way to fulfil extra demand. you mentioned no—deal brexit
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preparations but those would only have affected this country. supermarkets globally will be affected, aren't they? that is why people are asking legitimate questions about how much supply any supermarket will have. and that is right. it's a balance of what we produce you're in the uk and what we are reliant on externally as well. i think when you're looking at the bigger economic picture, there will be an effect. we know that from the fa ct be an effect. we know that from the fact that we are reliant on a lot of non—food goods from china, component parts from china. there might be delays in shipping on certain non—food items and we could see a hike in prices on things like technology any longer term but when it comes to the actual provision in the supply on day—to—day household goods and groceries, the only thing seeing a hit as antibacterial gel, which has been wiped out everywhere. great advice in terms of the nhs website dealing with the —— and on
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the bbc website in terms of how you can use that to keep your family and healthy but there is a provision of antibacterial gel in the uk. we do have manufacturers who are ramping that up to sit demand. we need antiviral gel with alcohol content, not just antibacterial. very interesting to talk to you. thank you. don't forget, you can keep up to date with all the developments around the coronavirus outbreak online. you can find out about the symptoms to watch out for and what it means for you on the bbc news app and on our website. that's bbc.co.uk/news. and coming upjust after midday we'll be answering your questions on coronavirus. we'll be joined by the infectious disease expert professor sally bloomfield. get in touch with the hashtag #bbcyourquestions — or you can text 61124, or you email yourquestions@bbc.co.uk the headlines on bbc news... a second person in the uk has died after testing
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positive for coronavirus. milton keynes hospital is isolating patients or staff who came into contact with him. 21 people have the virus on a cruise ship off san francisco — around 140 britons are on board. in other news, £360 million will be paid by insurance companies to clean up the damage from storms dennis and ciara. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's mike bushell. we start out with how it is affecting sport because the six nations match has been postponed because a scottish player has it confirmed that they have the coronavirus. the men's match does go ahead as planned. they are being
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treated in a health care facility but are otherwise well. the both teams were in italy a couple of weeks ago when it was called off over coronavirus fears just if few hours before kick—off. the statement said... there are only a few fixtures remaining in the six nations. we can cross over to twickenham. just as the coronavirus has taken the edge of the tournament, it will be in eve ryo ne of the tournament, it will be in everyone was like mine.
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there are medical supplies on hand, hand sanitiser. even the details you've just been describing of a strange week building up to the combination of a strange tournament that may well never even end. you've just got to ask the people involved in england versus wales this afternoon about how important it is. eddiejones talking afternoon about how important it is. eddie jones talking about afternoon about how important it is. eddiejones talking about the most intense rivalry for england, and wales captain talking about how important it is for him personally, given all his experience, to beat england. it is the one he wants to play in and he was there last year at the principality stadium, wales beat england and eddiejones saying they would like to put one on them because they owe wales a victory. as for wales, here at twickenham, it has been since 2015 you've been waiting to beat england. in any context, a huge this afternoon.
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great stats. thank you very much. to the football, if you weeks ago, liverpool were wondering if our side could go all season unbeaten. now they have won three out of the last four games they have won three out of the last fourgames in they have won three out of the last four games in all competitions. liverpool were knocked out of the fa cup this week by chelsea and will look to bounce back against relegation threatened bournemouth at anfield this lunchtime. let's not forget, in terms of the league, they are still 22 points clear at the top of the table. winning gives you confidence, losing costs you confidence. that is completely normal. you start thinking about different things. one defeat feels like two defeats, it's not a massive difference. it's just how you get back on track immediately. you can do that only by hoping that things are going to be good, you have to fight back. tiger woods has pulled
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out of next week's played championship due to back problems. the —— he missed this week's arnold palmer invitational complaining of back stiffness. he won it for the first time last year. british number onejohanna first time last year. british number one johanna konta first time last year. british number onejohanna konta is through to the semifinals of the majri open in mexico. —— of the monterey open. she will next face the check number 57 in the last four. that's all this water now. the la la kers the la lakers has said they would refuse to play if they had to stage games wind to close doors. after the wettest february on record, the association of british insurers says the total value of pay—outs to people hit by flooding will be around £360—million—pounds. the cost covers damage from storms ciara and dennis. here's our business
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correspondent katie prescott. are people getting back everything they need? girl—mac yes, it will cover things like re—flooring, the amount they get passed. and rebuild costs. they are finding it expensive to insure properties because come on the residential side, people are covered by a scheme that the government introduced in 2016, which is really to say things will not go up is really to say things will not go up in plant that might flood prone areas and they can get insurance. if the house is flooded again, they are covered ? the house is flooded again, they are covered? they are still covered all of us put into this scheme when we pay our home insurance. about £10 go into a pot and that money goes to
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subsidise about 350,000 people who live in flood prone areas. the scheme will last for the next 25 yea rs scheme will last for the next 25 years and only covers homes built before 2009. that is to encourage developers to make sure they don't built in flood prone areas. premiums depend on so many other things. flooding is one but it can be if you are in an area prone to burglaries for example. people should not worry because if they have to renew the policy, they will not be factored out? gel —like exactly. most home insurance companies are part of the scheme so most people who are in those areas will be very aware of it. and they will be in one of the schemes. three saudi princes — including king salman's brother and nephew — are reported to have been arrested. the detentions are said to be linked to the country's de facto ruler, mohammad bin salman. while no reason has been given, it's being seen as a move to consolidate his power, and remove any threat to his authority. here's our security
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correspondent, frank gardner. if confirmed, this would be a significant move by saudi arabia's powerful crown prince mohammad bin salman. he would be able to lie on from his position. one of the senior princes reportedly detained as one of the last surviving sons of the country founder. and widely respected amongst all the members of the ruling family. the other senior prince detained was next in line to the throne before he was suddenly replaced three years ago. there's been no official confirmation or denial of the story but palace affairs in saudi arabia are often shrouded in secrecy. the french publisher hachette has cancelled plans to publish a memoir by the oscar—winning film—maker, woody allen — after dozens of employees of its new york subsidiary staged a walkout in protest at its plans. the director of "annie hall" and "manhattan" has long been accused of molesting his adoptive daughter in the 1990's — when she was seven years old.
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lengthy investigations have cleared woody allen who has always denied the abuse. the new chancellor rishi sunak is due to hold his first budget this week with all eyes on what measures he will announce to help people though the coronovirus outbreak. one separate expected move is the scrapping of the so—called "tampon tax" from january next year. five percent vat is currently added to female sanitary products under eu rules. the treasury says removing the levy will make a pack of 20 tampons 7 pence cheaper, with 5 pence coming off the cost of 12 sanitary pads. since 2015, women in the uk have paid around 62 million pounds in tax on sanitary products, most of which is passed on by the government to charities. our political correspondent jonathan blake is here. first of all, on that tampon tax, doesn't seem like a huge amount to come off each packet but it is something a lot of people have
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campaigned on. yes, there has been calls on yours for this vat to be removed. as you say, it's only a saving of a few pence on each but campaigners argue that so many women suffer what they call period property and cannot afford to buy these products, and adding that tax is simply making it more difficult for them, so this is a long planned move which is now because of eu rule, and the member states, which the uk was one of until we left the eu, couldn't reduce the tax below 596. eu, couldn't reduce the tax below 5%. now we are leaving and come the end of the transition period at the end of the transition period at the end of the transition period at the end of december this year, the chancellor has confirmed that tax will go in january. chancellor has confirmed that tax will go injanuary. that will be confirmed in the budget on wednesday. interestingly, you mention a figure of £60 million which is going to be charities helping people who cannot afford these products, they are saying the funding needs to be made up somehow because while they welcome the move to get rid of vat, they say the charities will lose out on the
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funding, so they may well be watching to see if he goes any further than scrapping tax. you may have been thinking, although new to hisjob, this would be have been thinking, although new to his job, this would be a have been thinking, although new to hisjob, this would be a brexit focused so much but a lot of things about the virus. will people be compensated for loss of earnings if they have to self—isolate or look after family members and over what period? that after family members and over what period ? that is after family members and over what period? that is a potentially very expensive move for the government. yes, i think we will see some form of measures aimed at businesses to help mitigate what will be an economic hit that they will take and the country will take as the coronavirus plays out. we have seen projections saying a fifth of the workplace could be offered at any one time on sickness leave. it is not something the government is not planning for. we will hear in detail more about that. but businesses will be watching. sickness is paid by
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employers who have to meet the cost. if self—employed, you don't get statutory sick pay and have to look to universal credit. we cannot expect to see the government footing the bill for everyone's sick pay. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. more rain and western areas, turning wetter again later from northern ireland, patchy rain and drizzle. the best of any sunshine probably around the moray firth, but it could brighten up at times in england and wales with temperatures lifting in the west and south westerly winds. 11-12dc the west and south westerly winds. 11—12dc by the end of the day but bit wet this evening, scotland, northern ireland, that red bull into pits way eastwards into england and
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wales over night. heavy rain over the hills, hours following on behind, a windy, noisy night and a much milder and i can be seen for a while. it will be a day of sunshine in blustery showers, not too many across eastern scotland, eastern england are all silly best of the sunshine. further west, hail, thunder, snow and the scottish mountains and habitus by the end of the afternoon typically

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