a coronavirus, can you be infected a second time? we are not exactly sure of the answer to this, but we think not. there seem to be a few cases where people seem to have tested positive twice. but in those situations, it's not clear whether or not they cleared the virus in the first place. so we think that you cannot get it twice, but we cannot promise that at the moment. chris from redcar says when the over 70s go into isolation, as we are being warned they might have to full weeks if not months, will i be able to go out? he is 63 but has partner is 81. it depends on the staging of quarantine and it is likely it will be done in stages. at the moment we are saying if you have symptoms use stay—at—home, it is likely the next stage would be if anybody in your household has symptoms he would have to self quarantine for 14 days. if

we are quarantining the elderly, you and somebody under 70 might have too, but you may choose to decrease the risk of the person you are living with by isolating with them. the point of the isolation is to try to protect them from the viral load in the community, if you are bringing that back home with you then essentially we are not protecting them. it might not be enforcea ble protecting them. it might not be enforceable but it might be something you would consider giving. what advice do you have full lives in lanarkshire, she is a7, she has completed treatment for breast cancer, chemotherapy finished in mid december and she has had 18 sessions of radiotherapy which finished a couple of years ago. she is a deputy head ina couple of years ago. she is a deputy head in a local secondary school —— micro couple of days ago. she has been working a couple of afternoons a week as a phased return, she is due to be back full—time at the end of april and she is very concerned

about how her immune system would cope. i would recommend she spoke to her oncology team about whether she should be in a position where she should be in a position where she should be in a position where she should be at work or not. for people with cancer in general, if their immune systems are suppressed they are more vulnerable and i would be practising some social distancing and avoiding large gatherings, during the normal things about washing your hands, if you get a fever and she was somebody on cancer treatment, on chemotherapy, anybody and chemotherapy has to ring their oncology unit because they would be called in for a blood test, this is ina called in for a blood test, this is in a normal situation, to check they have white cells to fight infection. your local cancer clinic should have a protocol that you would be putting ina a protocol that you would be putting in a separate place so you would potentially not infect others. —— mcgregor would be put in a separate place. follow normal protocols if you are on cancer treatment. robin

and sutton coldfield asks what are the specific underlying health problems frequently mentioned in connection with coronavirus? we say those with underlying health issues but don't necessarily say which. chronic health conditions, chronic heart disease, any chronic neurological disease like multiple sclerosis or parkinson's, chronic kidney disease, chronic liver disease and chronic respiratory diseases, things like copd or asthma that requires more than just your blue inhaler. anything that is a chronic, long—term condition can increase your vulnerability to the infection. martin says are people with compromised health being treated if they have the virus, and how successful is that proving if they are? at the moment, there is no treatment, no specific antiviral treatments available for covid—19. if you need the treatment it is

supported, things like oxygen, medications to help open your airways and if need be ventilating you until your body recovers. i have seen a lot on social media about concerns from people that if they already have a condition, whether or not they would get that treatment. right now treatment is being offered to absolutely everybody that needs it. we have the capacity to do so right now. philip in swindon says her husband has a cover under temperature so he is self isolating, but should she and her daughter do so? they have come back from holiday, spent time together, slept in the same bed as him and been exposed to the same germs, potentially. if he is self isolating within that seven days and it is possible to not sleep in the same bed, i would very much recommended. at the moment the guidance is of somebody in your house is affected with the symptoms, a fever or cough, you do not have to quarantine

yourself. i think that is likely to change in the next few days or weeks and it is possible you would be advised to self quarantine for 1a daysin advised to self quarantine for 1a days in case you develop the infection, but at the moment that is not the advice, you can carry on. but i will try to separate, if it is possible where you live, he is in one room and sleeping in one room and you are not in the same room as him. theresa in sheffield says will win and —— will people still be able to go running if there is a lockdown? if there is a true lockdown, no. you can't go to the park or run in the streets and you would be leaving your house only for essential travel, that might be to the supermarket or the pharmacy or if you are in a profession considered essential like the health ca re considered essential like the health care services. i know that it's a real worry for lots of people who exercise for physical and mental health and there are lots of workouts available on youtube and there may be another way around it,

that we are not in lockdown yet. we are not. within hertfordshire is a breast—feeding mum with a six—week—old baby, what should she do if she gets the virus? —— ruth in hertfordshire. evidence from china is the virus does not transmit to the breastmilk. if you were to become unwell, some of the antibodies you are developing my tra nsfer antibodies you are developing my transfer through the breastmilk to protect your baby. there is evidence suggesting that if you have symptoms, potentially if you were wearing a mask during feeding, that is an option, or you could express your breastmilk and give it to somebody else to feed your baby, those are things to consider, but self isolation and isolating yourself are really important, but we understand entirely if you are a single mother with three children all you have a newborn baby, there will have to be close contact. ruth makes the point about face masks, it is hard to get hold of them. what is

a good alternative? most people do not need to use a facemask and there is not evidence that they are helpful for most people. if you are a front line health worker then, yes, we need to use protection because we are in a very different situation, but for most people an ill fitting facemask is really unhelpful because you end up touching your face unhelpful because you end up touching yourface far unhelpful because you end up touching your face far more because you are fiddling with it the whole time, and they would need to be changed really often, so for the general population i would say you do not need it and the kind of things i have seen on the tube at the moment are not effective and you will touch your face a lot more, if you have wrapped your scarf around your face you have wrapped your scarf around yourface or something, so i would not recommend that at the moment. my collea g u es not recommend that at the moment. my colleagues and a&e are saying that u nfortu nately colleagues and a&e are saying that unfortunately supplies of things like a prince in facemasks and hand gels, people are going into a&es to ta ke gels, people are going into a&es to take them. please don't, they are health care professionals on the front line and we want them to be well so they can continue to look at the people and we all need to take

social responsibility about using what works for us but in order to protect other people as well. finally, kumar says could you run through the symptoms of full—blown coronavirus? a fever over 37.8 degrees, the most common symptom after that is a cough. it is really quite rare in coronavirus to get a stuffy nose and sneezes. you can get aches and pains and tiredness, but generally the symptoms of fever and a cough. we have got through quite a few of them, there are many more, we will have to have your back, but for now, dr philippa kaye, thank you very much for answering all those questions and thanks to you for joining us and sending those questions to us for this edition of your questions answered.

time for a look at the sport with katie. hi, martin. now, lots of sports fans may have felt rather lost this weekend as the majority of events called off. premiership rugby are now considering a number of options, including a 12—week suspension of top flight matches due to the coronavirus outbreak. a meeting will take place tomorrow with to dicuss the next steps. the pro1a and french top 1a have made a call already to indefinitely suspend matches, and i understand the premiership clubs will make this decision in the next day or two, to postpone matches for the foreseeable future. how long that is for is up in the air, it will all be discussed on monday, it could be four weeks, it could be ten or 12, that there is a feeling that continuing to play in the current climate, both in the sporting world and society as a

whole, is simply unfeasible. that call will be made in the last day or two and i'm hearing that european cup rugby will also be postponed. the quarterfinal be counted scheduled for the first weekend of april, that will not be happening, they will put their rugby on hold for the foreseeable future. tomorrow will also see the british horseracing authority discuss whether meetings should be held behind closed doors. last week's cheltenham festival went ahead with an overall attendance of over quarter of a million people across the four days of racing, only slightly down on last year. tomorrow's meeting at kelso will take place without spectators after the scottish government ruling which bans gatherings of more than 500 people. ferrari has suspended its formula one team operations and closed its road carfactory in italy until the 27th march to reduce the spread of the virus. the company say they've taken the decision to protect its staff. 0ther f1 teams are still working for now, despite the uncertainty over when the season

will actually start. netball‘s super league is the latest league to postpone their fixtures due to the pandemic. matches were played yesterday but the three remaining games that were meant to be played tomorrow, have been called off. the league's board and all clubs will meet on tuesday to consider options for the rest of the season. super league champions st helens have suffered back—to—back defeats after losing 28—1a at castleford, who are now joint top of the table, as michael redford reports. this has been a rare sight around sporting venues this weekend — supporters in the stadium ready for some live action. after suffering defeats last time out, both castleford and st helens were ready to make amends. only one team looked like doing so, castleford in control from kick—off and soon in front. two more tries would follow in a dominant first half, the home side looking unstoppable. st helens were struggling to reach the same heights

until tommy makinson went over. a lifeline for the defending champions. castleford proved too quick, too strong, too good. there was a reaction from st helens, with two second—half tries, but it was too little too late and castleford had the final word. three successive home wins for them and the tigers now have wigan in their sights. a nick rawsthorne try seven seconds from full time prevented a shock in the fifth round of rugby league's challenge cup, as hull kingston rovers squeezed past leigh 22—19. sheffield eagles and widnes were among today's other winners. leicester riders have won the women's british basketball league trophy for the third year in a row. they beat durham by 70—66 in a replay of last year's final, thanks to a game high 23 points by match mvp sara hinriksdottir.

in the men's final, this free throw from darius defoe for the newcastle eagles helped them secure their eighth bbl trophy. the eagles managed to hold on, despite a late comeback from semi—professional side solent kestrels to win 96—9a in overtime. it's finals day at the all england badminton championships in birmingham. victor axelsen of denmark has been crowned the mens champion. axelsen beat the top seed, chu tien chen in straight sets to become the first danish winner of the men's title since 1999, with a certainly different way to celebrate his victory. and in the women's final, tai zu—ying won her third all england title in four years, with a straight sets victory over the world number one, chen yu fay, from china. that's all of the sport. bye, for now. thank you, katie. back to the coronavirus outbreak

now, and as we've been reporting, the health secretary says people aged over 70 will be asked to self—isolate in the future in order to shield them from the coronavirus. matt hancock said the new measure would be introduced in the "coming weeks". it's worth listening to his appearance on the bbc‘s andrew marr show at length he was speaking this morning. i'm joined now by the health secretary, matt hancock. welcome, matt hancock. it is good to be here. you were here two weeks ago and when we were speaking then 36 people were infected in britain and nobody had died. what do you think will be the situation two weeks hence? so far we have seen over 1000 people affected on the formal figures. we think the figure is higher than that. much higher? that is right. sadly now we have seen over 20 people have died and we are working round the clock to protect life and to keep people safe, in particular to protect the vulnerable and those who are most vulnerable to this disease, the elderly and people with pre—existing health conditions.

it is a 2a/7 effort. when we spoke a couple of weeks ago, some people were surprised at the extent of the measure we were saying we were prepared to take, that we set out in the action plan. no longer. now people are saying these are the sorts of measures that we need. on thursday at the press conference we were told around 10,000 people were probably infected. what is your guess about that number now? it will be a little higher than that. we can see the number of infections is rising and that is why we are moving through the action plan to take the further steps that are needed. we have always said that we will do the right thing at the right time and guided by the very best science. they are the bedrock of the whole response and to do