tv The Papers BBC News March 22, 2020 10:30pm-11:00pm GMT
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hello. this is bbc news. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment — first the headlines. the prime minister warns of tougher measures if social distancing advice isn't followed — he says people who are acting irresponsibly — are putting lives at risk. we will keep the implementation of these measures under constant review and yes, of course, we will bring
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forward further measures if we think thatis forward further measures if we think that is necessary. nhs england writes to one and half million of the most high risk people, who are told to not leave home for 12 weeks — to shield them from the coronavirus. spain's state of emergency has been extended for another two weeks — while in italy the death toll from the virus has risen again. germany bans gatherings of more than two people — in order to try and control the spread of coronavirus. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. joining me on webcam are tony grew, parliamentary journalist with the sunday times and the journalist and broadcaster, caroline frost. it is likely to see you both at a
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distance, more than two metres indeed. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the metro says "this is not a game" — and insists people are risking others‘ live by failing to social distance themselves. the daily mirror calls it "madness" — as it focuses on an 18—year—old becoming the uk's youngest victim. it also quotes a front line doctor describing nhs workers as "lambs to the slaughter" if they don't get help from the public. the ‘i' also reports on borisjohnson urging britons to stop flouting guidelines on social distancing — after large crowds gathered at beaches and parks over the weekend. the guaridan describes how the government's attempts to encourage social distancing are being ignored, after a weekend of mounting alarm. the daily telegraph say the uk is on the brink — warning britain potentially faces a total lockdown within 2a hours. the sun also has borisjohnson‘s warning — as the death toll in the uk rises to 281. the daily express reports military bosses are organising a massive
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operation to deliver food and medicine to the doorsteps of one and a half million people — judged most vulnerable to the coronavirus outbreak. and the financial times has spain calling on eu finance ministers to draw up a "marshall plan" to help europe's economy recover from the devastating effects of the pandemic. i think that is at. we are going to go through them anyway. it is not working so well but most importantly we can see and hear, i hope. let's start with the net, not a game. someone being structured out with health workers and hazmat seats. yet we have seen over the weekend that people just do not seem to wish to comply. they are still going to the shops and the pubs. near salons —— hair salons and nail salons. and mixing in the park. i fear how many more seriously at setting pictures like this one on the front of the metro we are going to have to see
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before the message does land and people's years. this morning's headlines will be on how the nhs is on the brink, heart raking stories from doctors and patients on what they are going through and these overcrowded hospitals and there is this that gets a hold of people. the blitz spirit was a propaganda play in world war ii but we did not have an enemy to defy. we can control this and we ignore it at our peril. the daily mirror has a similar headline on the front page, at nine nest and shows picture of people in bournemouth. a big group of people gathering. it is not the time to be going on holiday or the seaside. gathering. it is not the time to be going on holiday or the seasidelj noticed mcdonald's was closing at restaurants and others and some of
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the local councils are closing their parts and it seemed to me as i was watching the prime minister's questions that they seem to be taking this more seriously than he did. i expected him to come in there and be angry and condemned these people for the way acted as people to realise this is more serious than they may have thought. he was not following his own social distancing advice and that is the other problem, the government's response. they refer as advice and it is not advice, it is orders. they will have to bring forward more stringent measures. i was surprised by the unserious again today at the pratt democrats conference and did not even condemned these people which i thought was shocking and surprising. is at the right thing to do to shame people? is there a different way of doing it, to get people on site or
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are we beyond at? we have seen all the european counterparts taking the measured town and emphasising the seriousness. we measured town and emphasising the seriousness. we saw measured town and emphasising the seriousness. we saw a angela merkel giving a damn and grim message to the nation which was taken seriously but she added that with extra measures. but borisjohnson even use the word pleasure and that is not high on my hierarchy of needs at the moment. he said everyone passed my first instinct is to visit my stomach your mother to date, but my first instinct is to keep her alive and he did not communicate the gravity of the situation we are all facing with and at the wheel. gravity of the situation we are all facing with and at the wheellj gravity of the situation we are all facing with and at the wheel. i am not to open the door to anybody. and what is coming if people do not comply. and other countries have proposed fines and sanctions if you
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do not do what you are told. this is the same prime minister and the press conference said he would go to a gathering on sunday and he is undermining his own message. i frankly think this is a prime minister who is wanting to be like which is frustrating and the good times and is catastrophic in north times. headlines are trying to put forward much more assisting and forcefully than the prime minister has and several secretaries of states have massive pressure to make efforts not the least of which the chancellor who played huge amounts of money into the economy and people need to get this message, if you go out and mix with people, more people will die because of what you have done. i wonder whether we are being too euphemistic? we talk about social distancing and we have never heard of that phrase until a few weeks ago. maybe we need to spell it out to people, do not go out unless
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you are going to buy food or a doctors appointment.” you are going to buy food or a doctors appointment. i think you are right, as well as social distancing, we have social isolation and this could almost be flipped and just used. everyone has their own sort of interpretation because we all have a cognitive psychology depending on what we feel like doing and we build the rules around it and these are very open to interpretation. if you look at the press conference today, on one hand we had it was very important for everyone to get fresh airand go to important for everyone to get fresh air and go to the park and five minutes later, please take our advice and stay in and we have proof that we are on the mic beyond being advised what to do and we are clearly now at being enforced what to do. military to provide a lifeline for one and a half million people. these are the most vulnerable who are going to be told in no uncertain terms you are to stay—at—home and provisions will be brought to you. this is the scale
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and speed up the government is scrambling to react to this crisis. this is the most fundamental shift in the role of the state and our society and lives that we have seen since the second world war and this is the biggest shift in terms of thinking we have had since 1979 when he came and. and just think about the scare the max kellerman that. the government are effectively saying they will provide food and medicine for one and half million people in that would have been inconceivable. this is a week of inconceivable. this is a week of inconceivable measures from the government. and particularly the departments and the government are trying their best and advising for the challenge but i worry that some are not taking this seriously and the terms of the fact that they are using terms like advice or a terms like social isolation which no one really understands and we need to get more of a grip on the message and the scale of that is unbelievable. to think that the secretary set up today and announced
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the government, that people would have to stay in their homes for 12 weeks but also the government is going to guarantee they will get food and medicine. there is a lot of ways i could go wrong and i sincerely hope that goes right. people in italy have been saying what are you doing, why have you not learn from what we are going through, and we are so blessed be two or three weeks behind them?m is heartbreaking to hear those stories and they have incurred stronger extremes today and now band cycling and running, off their list and they already have lockdowns around the country and have imposed travel between different areas and people have been calling for that in the uk and so far as tony said has resisted everything and reading it ourselves. i do not know why we alone in europe i left with this idea that we can be responsible for ourselves when every other leader has not left that up for discussion and have ta ken has not left that up for discussion and have taken the reins. we will
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see what happens and obviously boris johnson is leaving himself a few options and threatened that lockdowns will happen and it is almost like behaved children or you will have your toys taken away from you. iam will have your toys taken away from you. i am happy to have toys taken away at this moment but there are... people most at risk are those we rely on when we get sick. spain calls for new marshall plan from eu states to drive recovery and we are a long way from thinking about that but spain are already considering it's topley to pick up on something carolyn was saying, he said other measures, but then the ft headline that shows the seriousness of the times we are in and how this will com pletely times we are in and how this will completely change things and the relationship between the state and bea relationship between the state and be a individual and spain is asking for the eu to and and to start
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finding the emergency measures they have been taking forward but that is a day to ask for the eu and... lets explain what the picture as. at his hospital beds all spread out to get the gap between each one and it is a temporary hospital set up as an exhibition centre in madrid. the death toll has risen to almost 700 and spain and that is where people will have to go if the hospitals are. he the other story, i want take spacing postponement up to two yea rs. spacing postponement up to two years. it is bizarre for many people following this story at the decision has not already been taken to not hold them. we have seen the great dominoes fall in the last couple of months. glossary that my class and long as they can and others think that this will right itself but we had seen glastonbury followed by the wayside in your ovation and anything
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that depends on a enthusiastic mobilisation by people across the world. the olympics is at the top of the rest. the ioc president as a german man and he only has to look in the nakaitaci what is going on and they have delayed and delayed and they have delayed and delayed and still had not called it officially. there is an agreement in hand that there was an agreement that will be made, and it may happen next year. the latest they want to leave it as another two years time which has huge implications for poor athletes who have chain to my train for it so many years and preparations for what will happen this summer but obviously other things are more important. the daily express has eight page that says hero sports stars volunteered to play front—line rules in response to the coronavirus and they are putting themselves forward to help.” commend them for that and we talk
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about national effort and in four weeks this will be a national effort. people will be required and lam sure effort. people will be required and i am sure people will want to volunteer to try to support the country and i just volunteer to try to support the country and ijust think volunteer to try to support the country and i just think that we have seen so many examples, i did not know anything but gary neville will hand over his hotel to nhs workers and the fact that footballers seem to be taking it more seriously than our own prime minister. the stewards... it feels like we are split into two groups, those who are putting themselves up to do the right thing and sometimes putting themselves at risk to help and others who are just carrying on as if nothing has changed. you had seen it today, on social media, we have water stones and almost a people's revolt with staff complaining that they are forced to stay in the shop and we will hear
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that water stones is closing because i doubt anyone would want to go and because of the stories and then we have the other stories saying they will do anything they can to help and they will. .. will do anything they can to help and they will... people reveal themselves at such times. that's it for the papers this hour. tony and caroline will be back at 11.30 for another look at the papers, and don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. next on bbc news — the latest information and health advice on coronavirus, including what the symptoms are, and how to self—isolate. presented by victoria derbyshire. coronaviruses are a type of virus. the one we're all talking about is new and it causes a disease called covid—19. now, most people will only be mildly
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affected by it, but it can kill. it starts by infecting your upper respiratory tracts, which are the airways from your nose to just above your vocal cords. you may develop a fever as your immune system starts to fight the virus, and a dry cough — that's one where you do not produce any phlegm. the virus can then spread to the lungs, making it harder for people to breathe, and it can cause pneumonia. in the most serious cases, people can die from the coronavirus. this is because the immune system can go into overdrive and that can lead to organ failure. so we need to do what we can to stop this virus from spreading. as it gets into your body by breathing it in or through your eyes and mouth, the best thing to do is wash your hands regularly and properly for at least 20 seconds, catch your colds and sneezes in a tissue, and avoid touching your face. the two main symptoms of coronavirus to look out for are a continuous dry cough and/or a fever. if you are sneezing a lot,
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got a runny nose or a headache, you may be ill but you've probably not got coronavirus. so how high a fever is a coronavirus one? and what exactly is a continuous dry cough? well, it's when you cough and there's no mucus or phlegm — basically no gooey substance in your tissue. and this is not the odd cough here and there — it has to be coughing regularly for no other reason, such as clearing your throat or smoking. so how high a fever is a coronavirus fever? well, if you have one, you will know about it! technically, it's a body temperature of more than 37.8d celsius, or 100 fahrenheit. but if you've not got a thermometer, basically you will feel hot and your chest and back will be hot if someone touched you. if you have either of these symptoms, then you need to stay at home for seven days. and if you live with other people, they need to stay at home for at least 11; days. but if your symptoms get worse or they do not go away,
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if you live in the uk, then you need to contact the online in nhs 111 coronavirus service. if you live abroad, then call your local healthcare provider. washing your hands often and for at least 20 seconds is vital in helping to stop the spread of coronavirus. not sure how to? well, here's how, and make sure you watch until the end when we have got a special treat for you. so first, we create a lather. rubbing the back of my hands. in between the fingers. do the ends of my fingers. here as well. and again, my palms. my wrists. the top of my hands again. rinse. but i'm going to use a tissue to turn off the tap to stop cross contamination. so that's how to wash your hands properly but now, here's your surprise. elevator muzak plays.
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if you're told to self—isolate, that means staying at home, not going to work, school or other public places. you shouldn't have any visitors. if you develop symptoms, a fever or cough, and seek advice first by phone. don'tjust turn up at a medical centre or hospital. if you live with others, then you need to stay in a well—ventilated bedroom with the door shut. if you have to share a bathroom, then use it after everyone else. don't share towels and toiletries. your waste should be double—bagged.
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if you test positive, it will be separately disposed of. if you live on your own, you can order shopping online, or get friends to help, but they should leave it on the doorstep. the coronavirus causes a mild illness for four out of five people. self—isolating will help protect older people and those with underlying health problems from getting infected. don't touch your face. contagious. and i haven't touched my face in weeks! because we can't help it. it's part of our dna, we're hard—wired to do it. we know this because humans as young as foetuses in utero touch their faces. so every time you tell yourself
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"stop touching your face! "don't touch your face! "if i touch my face, i'm going to get really ill!" you're telling yourself to do something that is entirely unnatural to you. when we are touching our faces, what we're doing is calming ourselves down. when we touch certain areas of our faces, what we're really doing is we're activating certain pressure points which then activates something called the parasympathetic nervous system, which is the thing that makes us calm ourselves down internally. we see the same response in dogs and cats. children often model the same behaviour as their parents. so if our parents, when they are shocked, they touch their faces, or when they are surprised, or if they are upset, they touch their faces, we're much more likely to do exactly the same thing. the irony is, at a time when it is more important than ever to not touch your face, unconsciously, your mind is constantly moving to a place where it can better protect you by doing the things that it knows will soothe you. and so, your unconscious mind will prompt your hands to go straight to your face.
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while it's almost impossible to totally stop touching your face, a key way that you can go about making it easier to beat or take out the habits which lead you to do it, so that might mean wearing glasses instead of contact lenses, it might mean wearing less make—up so you don't have to top it up throughout the day. it might also mean creating habits around how you use your hands. so rather than perhaps when you are always moving around and having your hands like this and making it so easy for them to land on yourface, making an effort to cross your hands and put them on your lap. then when the urge comes, to pick your hands up and touch your face, you will be more aware of what you are doing and you'll be quicker to catch yourself. i cleaned my hands before i touched my face! one of the reasons that people wear masks is they think that it's going to protect them from the virus, but the virus isn't floating around in the air. so it's not protecting me against anything,
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because it's not there. it is probably going to be on my hand because of shaking hands with someone who has got the virus. and i have transmitted it — i have carried the virus to my face. if you are in an environment where everybody else is wearing a face mask and you are not, it may make you feel vulnerable because you feel like you don't have the protection everyone else does. but logically, if you'e not close to people, they're not coughing and sneezing on you, then a face mask isn't necessary. the virus enters the body through mucous membranes, meaning the eyes, the nose, the mouth. and it transmits from person to person, generally by us touching our eyes, nose or mouth.
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or if we are inhaling droplets directly from someone who is sneezing or coughing. the best way for the general public to protect itself against coronavirus and other respiratory viruses is really careful hand hygiene, so that's really washing your hands with either soap and water — or alcohol gel if soap and water is not available — especially when you think that you've been exposed, so if you have been out in public places and touching surfaces that other people might have touched, that really is the best way and bringing attention to "am i touching my face?" one of the problems if lots of people who don't need face masks are using face masks or stockpiling them, it means that there aren't enough face masks available where they are really needed for people like healthcare workers who are on the frontline and dealing with suspect or confirmed coronavirus cases. the vast majority of people are not susceptible to getting a severe infection.
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most people, it will be a mild illness — a bit like having a cold or a cough or the flu. it's the older people with comorbidities who are at risk, so you don't need to go and panic buy face masks. i didn't have anything — not even a sniffle or cough. however, on february 7, really early in the morning, like three o'clock in the morning, i woke up and the room was spinning. hello. speaks own language. isolation is basically four walls with a door. i got my food through a secure hatch, my medication, my change of clothing, my towel.
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yes, you have the phone, you can text someone, you may have a video call, but just being completely no human interaction. i almost felt like i wanted to go knock on the wall and just talk to the other patient next door, just to have some conversation with a human being! when i was going through the critical stage, one other thing that i encountered was really breathing. it was just so laborious trying to get from my bed to the bathroom with just, i don't know, five metres away, just walking to the bathroom, and it was just challenging. singing. a reminder that you can keep up to date with the latest developments about the virus, symptoms to watch out for, how to guard against it, and what it means for you on the bbc website.
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hello there, for most of us this week we should see quite a bit of dry weather around things too high pressure which will go ahead and hold on across scandinavia and the baltic states. we will have a weather front across the northwest and that will bring outbreaks of rainfor and that will bring outbreaks of rain for the next three days and that will continue to be chilly as well for many of us particularly in the south. a wet, cloudy day across the south. a wet, cloudy day across the northwest of scotland and rain becoming heavier as well later on and further south after a chilly start, plenty of sunshine around and temperatures 12—13d. similar picture and more cloud for scotland and northern ireland and the heaviest persistent rain again for the northern and western aisles. some hazy sign for sunshine and mild their degrees, 11! maybe 16 degrees
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this is bbc news. the headlines. germany bans all social gathering of more than two people as it attempts to stem the spread of the pandemic. italy announces a slight decrease in the rate of new infections — for the first time since the pandemic took hold. the uk prime minister warns of tougher measures if social distancing advice isn't followed — he says people who are acting irresponsibly are putting lives at risk. the olympic flame is already injapan — but a decision will be made in 4 weeks about whether the games can take place in july. and new ways of worship and religious gathering —
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