go as clear the infection. it would go as a 1—2 punch. that's so rationale for extending it to two weeks. in terms of what to do if you live with someone of what to do if you live with someone who's in a vulnerable state, and obviously they are at high risk, one has to use and obviously they are at high risk, one has to use common sense and obviously they are at high risk, one has to use common sense here. the best device to people living with people who might be at high risk or with underlying health disorders, which means they may, you just have to use your common sense. if it's possible to avoid infecting those people, you willjust have to do that by perhaps giving them their owi'i do that by perhaps giving them their own bathroom or bedroom to go into all you're occupying the rest of the house and you've arranged to clean up house and you've arranged to clean up carefully after the person with symptoms, etc. thank you for that. here's another question for hugh. this is from esther. should we still attend local hospital appointments? the interesting thing is, will there be any patient appointments? the

strong guidance has been that at some stage, and england, all elective surgery that is nonurgent will just be cancelled. elective surgery that is nonurgent willjust be cancelled. it's already happened in wales. if you have an appointment for cancer treatment, that i think we'll go ahead, but there's been a lot of speculation about whether the nhs and cope with the overall workload. if it's what we might call a routine and appointment, obviously very important, at some stage itjust won't happen but i think people should take advice from their local nhs trust as to what is happening in wales. it's already been completely satisfied. following from that, this is from catherine. she says what is considered a serious underlying condition? i have ms but i am not sure whether this is considered less serious at this stage. there are many underlying conditions. i think

there's quite a lot of questions i've been asked already by question two patients. what is serious and what is not? i think what i can say oi'i what is not? i think what i can say on that is, there are many underlying conditions such as cardiovascular disease and heart attacks, blood trust that are very common. attacks, blood trust that are very common. there is diabetes and respiratory conditions. making sure whatever condition they have they can manage that well. i guess that's what we try to do as gps they today. i think a lot of them are very worried, because it covers a very broad range of various diseases. surely one would have to check with one gp, and that in itself is going to put an extra burden on the nhs in the middle of this pandemic. well, today gps are

still taking a lot of consultations on the phone, so we do a lot of work on the phone, so we do a lot of work on the phone, so we do a lot of work on the phone. may be reducing our face—to—face to reduce football, and both to protect patients coming out and also the staff working in gp surgeries. a lot of those questions are being answered on the phone and we've given quite a lot of advice to people on how they manage their own particular condition. i'm sure that advice will be going on as far as i can tell for the moment. sure. i'm gonna turn to you, chris. another question, what advice is being given to people with asthma is very chris whitty, and his press conference with boris johnson made whitty, and his press conference with borisjohnson made a very useful remark. they said the people they are most worried about are the people who would fall into the criteria of having the flu vaccine

so criteria of having the flu vaccine so that's a good way to remember the kinds of conditions that are regarded at slightly high risk in this circumstance. people with asthma could have poorly controlled asthma, because asthma in some cases is very mild and for instance, a person may experience symptoms when they walk too fast or go out in the cold and that might make them wheezy. some people on the other hand have very severe asthma. this is referred to as brutal asthma. you ta ke is referred to as brutal asthma. you take lots of medication to control that. —— brutal asthma. take lots of medication to control that. —— brutalasthma. in those circumstances, they are regarded as high risk. those individuals should ta ke high risk. those individuals should take steps to try to reduce their likelihood to the greatest extents they can. another person with the same age as they can. another person with the same age as you they can. another person with the

same age as you is they can. another person with the same age as you is at high risk and you could have a worse outcome from this infection, so under those circumstances, if you do know it's making you worse or you catch this and suddenly get symptoms and they appear to be exacerbating, then you would be urged to phone 111 and ask for further advice. it may be you need more help. back to you, hugh. in light of new advice, can i still ta ke in light of new advice, can i still take a week and break —— weekend break? today the prime minister's words, especially if avoiding nonessential contact. i guess if you've already booked it, nobody will say "you're not allowed to go." it just will say "you're not allowed to go." itjust means will say "you're not allowed to go." it just means people will say "you're not allowed to go." itjust means people have to exercise common sense. if they go on there we can break, maybe don't go into a crowded pub or bar or whatever. the issue of enforcement is another. these are not measures that could be enforced, this is

guidance, although there will be legislation at some stage on government powers. the prime minister made it clear that there are enforcement measures that they can take or there are mechanisms by which they can enforce certain things. but he still hasn't gone that far. i'm wondering if, what the psychology is as a result. if everybody knows that they aren't supposed to go to pubs or clubs or restau ra nts supposed to go to pubs or clubs or restaurants or something, they don't wa nt to restaurants or something, they don't want to be seen in there because people will ask why are they going out. maybe that's a behavioural psychology and the prime minister to talk about everybody as an individual having a responsibility here and maybe most people will take that responsibility seriously and not go out. obviously there may be some who do, but there doesn't seem to be any enforcement action there. maybe it's the power of persuasion

which will have an impact. that's the hope. this is from virginia. she sent us via e—mail, is it possible to test covid-19 sent us via e—mail, is it possible to test covid—19 retrospectively? if someone to test covid—19 retrospectively? if someone thinks they have had the illness, is it possible to test for the presence of antibodies? that's probably being developed as we speak. once you've had a virus, you do develop antibodies towards it and often that's what they look for when they test for common diseases like, if you have an infectious disease such as whooping cough, i suppose they will be developing a way to test for it. i understand that's not quite what they are doing now. it would be a useful thing to know because it would mean that people

can get back to work if they've had it. that's the rationale behind the concept of immunity right? yes, sort of. i think that's another sort of big question. 0k. of. i think that's another sort of big question. ok. in terms of answering the e—mail question, i'm sure there is something that is being developed, but i don't suppose that in service right now. it would be to keep things going and keep the important people that need to be out there out there working. absolutely. let me turn to you, chris. are there any precautions taken for dentists, nurses and dental colleagues who are in close proximity to a large number of the population on a daily basis? he says he's a dentist working in a large, busy nhs trust. the answer is

yes, and guidance was issued and revised. initially around all kinds of respiratory infections, revise la st of respiratory infections, revise last week. the guidance is that people with an unknown respiratory illness, people who are exposed to those individuals should wear the surgical mask in the first instance. when we know that diagnosis, is his personally infected — — when we know that diagnosis, is his personally infected —— is this personally infected —— is this person infected? we would use more stringent protection, which includes a mask that filters down to a much smaller number of particles in the surgical masks do and also people would wear eye protection as well and other things like an apron and blogs. yes there are guidelines, but along these other practices, a lot of that will be cancelled probably because it's regarded as

nonessential. it wouldn't be helpful. —— an apron and gloves. i suspect that will become less important than protecting health ca re important than protecting health care workers in the hospital setting and in general practice, where the guidelines are the ones that we're all using. thank you for that. i think we have time for one more question. hugh, this is from natalie. can you clarify who exactly are in the at—risk groups? a0 weeks pregnant. what i not be able to take my newborn baby out even if we do not have the virus? there is a complicated bit of this today, because these measures were only an ounce in the last hour or so. there seem ounce in the last hour or so. there seem to be two strands to it. one, if you are over 70, if you're pregnant and you have a health condition, then you should take particular care with observing these new suggestions, guidelines or social contact. be very careful

about going out into public areas. then they say for people with no serious health conditions, this is about1.a serious health conditions, this is about 1.a million people. there's no clear guidance on who exactly that covers but certainly it would be cancer and leukaemia as far as we know and others. the advice is basically stay—at—home for 12 weeks. avoid any social contact at all. that's a big thing to be telling those people and we do wait for the guidance on who exactly that would cover. many thanks, hugh. thanks very much for your perspectives and expertise on that. that's it for your questions. as this pandemic continues, i'm sure we will be having more opportunities for you to send us your queries and your questions concerning this enormous topic. i will be back at eight p:m.,

that's all. here's a look at the weather. —— here's nick miller. the rain moved into scotland today, tonight it will head into parts of england and wales. not everywhere though and it's particularly towards western areas of england, especially northwest england and wales, where the rain will be heavy and persistent into the hills. weekly the rain from scotland and northern ireland to leave a few blustery showers with clear spells, and the clearest spells pull into the northeast scotland as well. for most of us, a milder start to tuesday, lots of cloud across england and wales. patchy light rain into the west. maybe some coastal and hill mist and fog around. more rain coming back towards northern ireland and scotland during the day as well,

and scotland during the day as well, and this will be heavy in places. it will be a breeze your day across the border, when gust will be higher in places. it will turn colder as the week goes the bbc‘s news teams where you are.

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