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were surprisingly inborn areas of immunity that made people, that render human beings especially vulnerable to one microbe, and this inborn immunity can be silent, latent, for decades until infection by that particular microbe. so, what our programme does is essentially testing whether this idea also applies to covid. the rapid spread of coronavirus means there's no shortage of patients to study. it's hope this work could identify those most at risk and help in the hunt for new treatments. rebecca morelle, bbc news. a 99 year—old army veteran has now raised more than £2.5 million for the nhs after pledging to walk 100 lengths of his garden before his 100th birthday at the end of this month.
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captain tom moore from bedfordshire said the nhs deserved it all. this is almost like they're reliant. to think that we started off when 1000, is a sum of money. it is unbelievable, isn't it ‘s captain tom moore, a world war ii veteran who wanted to do his bit to support britain ‘s doctors and nurses, and given he'd received a new hip from the nhs his family challenged him to a sponsored walk, 100 laps of the garden. this is lap number 70. the original plan was for £1 is a lap then £1000, and then, it has gone past a million. it is now up to the british public. you could not have expected this. no, never. never imagined anything like this. but i
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am so imagined anything like this. but i am so pleased. and i hope that it goes on, because the service that i got from all of these doctors and nurses was absolutely outstanding, and they are such nice people, also. well, captain moore, tom, you are an inspiration to us all. thank you very much for saying so. whilst he is due to reach his 100th lap target later this week, there are no plans to stop. if people keep on giving, captain tom is going to keep on walking. time for a look at the weather — here's louise lear. here is a snapshot of the day. it illustrates the story beautifully. some nuisance cloud in the far north—west but elsewhere, high pressure with us and lots of sunshine. still a little chilly.
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that high pressure drift south and east. that means that those temperatures are likely to fall away. first thing tomorrow morning again ona away. first thing tomorrow morning again on a nippy note, but lots of sunshine from the word go, and we keep it for most of us. a little more cloud along into the rest of scotla nd more cloud along into the rest of scotland thick enough for a spot of drizzle with temperatures more subdued at around 10 celsius but we can see the highest values by the high teens into the middle of the afternoon. moving out on wednesday into thursday, two areas of interest. this front will introduce more cloud to the north and there is no pressure could bring chavez later on in the day. i head of it, a south—easterly wind driving up warmth with temperatures peaking into the low 20s. it means that, for some on thursday, scotland, northern ireland, northern england, more cloud and the north—easterly breeze making it feel cool. plenty of sunshine elsewhere. by the end of the day come some sharp java show
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their hand. temperatures peaking at 21 degrees in london and 10 degrees in aberdeen. more wet weather to come on friday. that's across the south—west. some areas of england and wales have not seen rain for four weeks so that will come as welcome news because the gardens are starting to look a little part. staying cool and disappointing in the far north—east but here it will be largely dry, 8 degrees in aberdeen and 17 in london. that's all from the bbc news at six, so it's goodbye from me and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are.
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i'm 0lly foster at the sport centre. the english football league and the players union, the pfa, have proposed a 25% wage deferral this month for players in leagues one and two. a working group is also being set up
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to discuss the longterm plan earlier i spoke to the former fa chairman david bernstein who says the pandemic has exposed the huge financial problems and poor goveranace in football and that independant regulation is urgently needed. i think ithinka i think a regulated come in and deal with this. we have had select committee reports, government departmental reports. it has got us hardly anywhere. i have got little confidence in football itself. in football is own interest, there needs to be order. in the middle of the situation, when you
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look at the squabbles from the pfa to the premier league clubs, people pointing figures towards the government, everybody sort of looking for guidance, reputation only, nobody seems to be coming out of this particularly well? exactly. the cat is out of the bag now and everybody is struggling for survival. it is forcing it further and further apart. football does not like outside interference. but frankly, we're past that point 110w. but frankly, we're past that point now. this is a unique time. honest dreadful circumstances. there is a lot of other elements in society that we are going to have to deal with as well. this is a bit of a turning point and we are going to have to see if football can take the on and if the government can take this on. that was the former sa
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chairman there. football in scotland is also in some turmoil, as clubs look to reach a consensus over a way forward. championship side dundee have the deciding vote on a proposal to end their season now and also leagues one and two, and they say have had positive discussions but won't indciate what way theya —— are going to do with that vote. one other football line for you, a takeover at newcastle united is getting closer. documents lodged at companies house show that 0wner mike ashley has entered into an agreement for a sale with a consortium led by financier amanda stavely. their offerfor the club has been on the table for some time and is thought to be worth somewhere in the region of £300 million. the team gb sailing team had already been named for the tokyo 0lympics this summer before they were postponed and the squad of 15 will stay the same. that means that the olympic champion hannah mills,
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will have to delay her plan to leave the sport. i was feeling kind of looking forward in a way to retirement and what that might hold for me in september. it was a big hurdle for me mentally to overcome, thinking i have got another year of putting my life on hold almost and to give everything i've got to put myself in a better mental and physical place. it really is consuming to add another year to it. and then you have got the question of, will my body even hold up? there all these questions going round in your head. to have the date set for next summer, to have the selection confirmed, it brings back the reality of how amazing and what an incredible opportunity it is to be pa rt incredible opportunity it is to be part of something like this. mills can become the most successful 0lympic sailor next year. elliot hanson is heading to his first games, he feels the delay could give him
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an advantage over his rivals and he's setting some ambitious targets during the lockdown. ijust set sort of short—term goals for quarantine, for example. iwill share one of those with you. that is to leave quarantine sector and i we nt to leave quarantine sector and i went in. doing the bike, doing specific exercises. when we are left out and able to go on the water, in many ways, i want to be any better position than i otherwise would have been. it is about setting goals, to keep feeling like you are moving forward. good for morale and motivation. the tour de france will almost certainly be postponed the french president emmanuel macron says that restrictions on public events will continue until mid—july, with the tour due to start on june 27th. those restrictions on mass gatherings would also impact the french grand prix, which is also scheduled forjune. should it be called off, it would be the 10th
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formula one race to affected. that is also on the bbc sport centre, goodbye for now. chancellor rishi sunak has said the uk's strategy in tackling coronavirus does not mean choosing between people's health, or the economy. at this afternoon's daily government press conference, he said, "the single most important thing we can do for the health of our economy is to protect the health of our people". it comes as the uk's spending watchdog, the office for budget responsibility, said a three—month lockdown could see the economy shrink by 35% by the end ofjune. mr sunak said, "these are tough times, and there will be more to come" the latest uk figures show that 778 more people have died in hospital, though the government have been criticised for not including care home deaths in that daily number.
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the chancellor went on to say he thinks the economy could recover relatively quickly from this. what i would say and what the report confirms is that the measures that we have put in place can significantly mitigate that impact. in particular, thejob retention scheme, the furlough scheme we have put in place aims to do exactly that in making sure people do not remain unemployed but are attached to their company through the furlough scheme. it means that when we get through this, we can bounce back as quickly as possible. to your point about a generation, i hope that the measures we have put in place will allow us to do exactly as they have said, bounce back. if you look at the scenario, that is something that they talk about in there. it will be difficult in the short—term. i'm happy to be honest about that. the
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measures that we put in place will help. as we get through this, it means we can recover quickly and strongly and get our lives and economy back to normal. bridget phillipson is the shadow chief secretary to the treasury, shejoins me now. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. we have had this report that says the economy could shrink by 35% by the end ofjune. but it also says that if the government had not taken the measures that it had done in the face of this crisis, things could be much worse. where do you stand on the government's economic approach to this crisis? behind those figures are businesses going bust and workers losing theirjobs. we have been clear in our position that we will support the government in doing the right thing to keep people in work. that is why we have pushed the
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government in making sure that businesses do have access to finance and support the job retention scheme that the government has brought forward. what we are also saying is that we do need to see more transparency from ministers, particularly in regards to the business interruption loan scheme. making sure the economy can recover as quickly as possible after this and keeping businesses afloat. we wa nt to and keeping businesses afloat. we want to see daily information from government setting out how effective the schemes are and whether they are performing well. yes, of course, supporting ministers at this difficult time in orderfor supporting ministers at this difficult time in order for the country to come through this. but also asking the right questions about whether this support is being properly targeted and directed at those who need it most. one of the questions that the chancellor faced at that conference was about the government's furlough scheme and the fa ct government's furlough scheme and the fact that the treasury will pay 80%
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of the wages of anybody who has been in employment up to the end of february. do you have questions about whether that is working well enough? the journalist at the briefing suggested it was not. we wa nt to briefing suggested it was not. we want to make sure that businesses can want to make sure that businesses ca n a ccess want to make sure that businesses can access that scheme and take it up can access that scheme and take it up to keep workers in employment to say that as we emerge from this we can see businesses continuing and people still in work. there are obvious questions about the additional capacity issues this will place on hmrc. we want to make sure that the government responds quickly. if there are gaps in existing provision... we have concerns around access to finance for many companies. we would like to see greater transparency for government so that we can be clear that support packages that have been made available are getting to the right place. c support package but there is, further down the line, questions about what this does to
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finances, leaving an enormous hole. the government had to respond in extraordinary circumstances in order to protect the economy and they were right to do so. as we emerge from this crisis, it will lead to lighter questions about our economy. i also think the vital role played by key workers. whether we properly recognise the valuable contribution that they make through this crisis. we know that social care workers, some of the poorest people in our society, are on the front line responding to this. we are calling to make sure that our social care workforce has the right access to equipment and that they are also tested to make sure that they are not suffering from coronavirus and they can get back to work as quickly as possible and protect those very many vulnerable people, disabled and older residents, living in residential settings who are dependent on care workers to get by and live as independently as
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possible. thank you so much for your time. that is the shadow chief secretary. with me to answer your health questions about covid—19 is the gp and clinical director of patientaccess.com, dr sarahjarvis. thank you so much forjoining us here on bbc news. we have been inundated with questions as we have been for weeks. all sorts of issues that people want to race. i want to start with a question that has been sentin start with a question that has been sent in by emma from york. she asks, is there a risk with sharing magazines or books or other items like clothes with other households
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during the pandemic? if you're sharing them with other households then, theoretically, there could be a risk. you should not be going into other households, so you should be leaving them on the doorstep. the best evidence that we have got is, for instance, hard surfaces like metals they can survive for about three days. for cardboard, we are talking about one day. for magazines, we're probably talking about one day. if you are vulnerable, you want to leave them to one side for 24—hour is and perhaps quarantine them. after that time, it is highly unlikely there will be a problem. with food, it is more likely to be with the packaging than anything else. with metal trays, or hard plastic trays, it could survive for up to three days. so you might want to transfer them to another container and then wash hands. a question from darren in
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grantham who says that with the shortage of facemasks in the uk, is it possible to make your own and if so, what material to use? cloth facemasks are not very useful. they might reduce the risk. 0ne facemasks are not very useful. they might reduce the risk. one study shows they do, the other shows they don't. in terms of you getting the virus, because they do not fit well around here, around 98% of it will go around the edges. so it is highly unlikely unless someone coughs straight on you that you are going to reduce the risk of the virus particles getting to you. because the mask will get wet if it is a cloth mask, the virus could go through it. overall, we do not recommend it and public health have recommended that for the public we do not wear masks. because we do not have enough of the high quality ffp3
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masks, the ones you see doctors in intensive care using, on the whole, we do not recommend the cloth masks. if you do want to wear a mask of your dealing with someone very vulnerable and you want to reduce the risk of passing anything on, a double layer of cloth and one that you can tie around the sides so that you can tie around the sides so that you can tie around the sides so that you can put it on and remove it without touching the mask so that you do not contaminated. that is what i would recommend. 0verall, you do not contaminated. that is what i would recommend. overall, we do not recommend it. you spoke about wearing a mask if you are worried about passing it on. so they are, in about passing it on. so they are, in a sense, more protect div in preventing the virus being passed on and from protecting you from getting the virus? they are not going to protect you from getting the virus. question from linking asking should
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my proper distance visit homes. question from linking asking should my proper distance visit homeslj shouldn't my proper distance visit homes.” shouldn't be recommending... is people are having problems with their feet, podiatrists people are having problems with theirfeet, podiatrists play an important role, and we do recommend that people that need essential care should be having it and if we think about it, professional care workers to go from one person's house to another. it is a question of making sure that you practice really scrupulous hygiene. podiatrists do an enormously important job scrupulous hygiene. podiatrists do an enormously importantjob in keeping people on their feet. they are very careful about hygiene. they do need to practice the same hygiene they practice all the time to reduce they practice all the time to reduce the risk of passing it on. a question from a funeral director. he wonders whether, given hisjob, he is more at risk of catching the
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coronavirus? i think it is extremely unlikely. this is completely different to ebola virus which could be passed through the skin and which could be passed on by contact with bodily fluids. with coronavirus, you're unlikely to see people within a short space of them dying. coronavirus is passed through droplets when somebody breaks it out or coughs or sneezes it out. or there is some suggestion that in some ways it can be passed through aerosol when somebody breathes it out. by definition, that is not going to happen. probably, your biggest risk is endearing with families. that is a reassuring answer. a difficult question here from katie from leamington spa. she says her father is a full—time carer for her mother who has alzheimer's.
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she —— he really needs help with her. can she go into the home? we cannot have people going without the ca re cannot have people going without the care they need. katie, if you do need to go in and help your father, i would suggest that you keep contact i would suggest that you keep co nta ct a re i would suggest that you keep contact are minimum. i'm afraid it would be caring for him rather than lots of hugs. and obviously, scrupulous hand washing while you are doing it. this question. white back when lockdown is lifted, i will have no immunity because i have not been exposed to the virus. how can i been exposed to the virus. how can i be safe? nobody has any immunity or, at least, before a few months ago nobody had any immunity which is precisely why this has become a pandemic. the reason it has not been contained is that everybody is
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susceptible to it. asymptomatic people, it is really a question of whether or not they can pass it on. confirmed reports of people who are completely asymptomatic passing on the virus. i know that in south africa, there is a very strict lockdown at the moment. i suspect and hope that when they do start to lift the restrictions they will lift them very gradually and lift them in less risky environments first. we do know that the majority of people pass the virus on from coughs or sneezes when they have but symptoms. there may be a small degree of infectiousness before people have symptoms, but i would suggest exactly as you are doing now or exactly as you are doing now or exactly as you are doing now or exactly as we hope doing in the united kingdom. i know that in south africa people are largely confined to their homes. it is a case of scrupulous hand hygiene and social distancing, keeping to their homes. it isa distancing, keeping to their homes. it is a case of scrupulous hand hygiene and social distancing, keeping two metres away from people
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wherever you possibly can. question from barnstable. how can antibacterial soaps kill its? i thought they could only kill bacterial infections are not viruses? you're absolutely right the antibacterial soap... it does not mean it will kill viruses. however, any soap is going to be effective at disrupting the lipids layer outside the virus and usually, it will be effective. there are soap substitutes which people can use, for example if they have eczema. antibacterial hand gel, that needs to contain at least 60% alcohol in orderfor it to to contain at least 60% alcohol in order for it to be effective against viruses. question from north-west london. if two people have recovered from the virus and they live within walking distance from one another,
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why can they not visit one another? we do not know if they have recovered from the virus. we know that they are testing people only who are ill enough to go into hospital, and a lot of people out there who have symptoms of coronavirus may turn out not to have had coronavirus at all. it would be even worse if one of them had had it on the other had not and one of them then developed it. at the moment, then developed it. at the moment, the recommendation is that we need to increase testing. i have made no bones about the fact that we have not done well on testing and we need to increase testing. 0nce not done well on testing and we need to increase testing. once that is done, the suggested 100,000 tests a day, we will be able to tell people if they have it. we won't be able to com pletely if they have it. we won't be able to completely guarantee once they have gone out the other side if they have had it until we have the antibody testing. unfortunately, all of the tests so far have been not fit for
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purpose. if you are offered a private one, you cannot guarantee that it will work and public health england do not recommend that you would use it. the long answer to a short question is that you cannot go and visit each other because we do not know if you have had it. there are no easy answers to these questions. i wonder if you could a nswer questions. i wonder if you could answer this last one? from north london. what can i do to boost my immune system? with this post my chances of recovery if i contracted the disease? trying to keep physically active. it's not as easy if you are at home but there are lots of exercises you can do. a good, healthy diet with lots of vegeta bles good, healthy diet with lots of vegetables and fruit. don't drink too much alcohol, don't smoke and exercise as much as you can at home. there are theories about vitamins
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and zinc, but overall, a healthy dietand and zinc, but overall, a healthy diet and exercise. thank you so much for talking to us. time now here on bbc news for a look at the weather. good evening. clear skies by data going to allow those temperatures to full away. it will bea temperatures to full away. it will be a chilly start but there should be a chilly start but there should be lots of sunshine to look out for. the exception will be that the further north and west you are, a further north and west you are, a further breeze driving cloud across. but clear skies, light winds mean that there could be high is of 18 degrees. as we move out of wednesday and into thursday, we see two areas
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of change. a weather front will introduce cloud to scotland, england and northern ireland. at the same time, a risk of some short showers developing in the afternoon and into the south—west. temperatures should at highs of 21 degrees. showers in the south—west will become more extensive the south—west will become more exte ns ive a cross the south—west will become more extensive across england and wales. friday into saturday, and for some, that means some much—needed welcome rain.
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hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: new evidence of the terrible evidence of the terrible cost of the per virus pandemic. a sharp rise in the number of deaths per week in england and wales, 6000 more than would normally be expected. the international monetary fund predicts the effects of dealing with the coronavirus crisis will strength the world's economy by 3% this year, creating the deepest recession in a century. predictions from an independent body here in the uk that the impact on the british economy could be devastating, is shrinking by 13% this year. it will

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