i don't think you're going to. welcoming our viewers from around the world at life from central london this is r.t. u.k. . the u.k. government publishes details of new police powers to help also artists and force of social distancing measures. the u.k.'s health services under pressure despite plans for a brand new hospital and then 7 army of volunteers as reports emerge and abuse being directed at n.h.s. workers and we can now cross lovelife to the child so that 'd when she say that he's making a statement about the self and. you got to do it. today i can announce the next step in the economic fight you go through ours and

with new support for the self-employed. our step by step action plan is to slow the spread of current virus so fewer people need hospital treatment at any one top protecting the n.h.s. civility to cope. at every point we have all of the expert advice to be in control in our actions taking the right measures at the right time. we are taking note of precedent in action to increase and to testify as to why he's in the number of beds key staff and lifesaving equipment on the from log to get equal the care they need. that is what it is absolutely critical that people follow our instructions to stay at home so that we can protect the n.h.s. and save the lives. of our actions home to be this and that it is the one thing to do believe though that people are worried about their jobs and that includes.

working closely with businesses in trade here is we've put together a coordinated and comprehensive economic plan. up higher which is already starting to make a difference. big employers like root up to the sense of pratt have already said that our profile as jobs for attention's game means they will protect thousands of jobs and we are publishing this detail guidance on how the city will operate so that other businesses can protect jobs to. small businesses already benefiting from the coronavirus business interruption loads of up to 5000000 pallets which interest free for 12 months with 30000 inquiries in just 4 days. little choruses up already and forming over $700000.00 retail hospitality and leisure businesses but they won't pay no business rates this year. and the new hardship

problem scheme providing cash crops of up 225000 pounds for the smallest businesses is now up and running. so with a business is struggling and worrying they may have to start i would urge you to log on to a business support to go to the u.k. and a very heavily what support dissipative or before deciding to lay people. are proud of what we've done so far but i know that many self-employed people are deeply passionate about the support available for them. musicians and sound engineers plumbers and electricians taxi drivers and driving instructors and arrested and charged like this and they get others through no fault of their own risk losing bad livelihoods. to you i say this. you have not been forgotten. we will not let you buddy. we all stand to

get a. sense of call those who work for themselves today i'm announcing a new self-employed being to help support. the government will pay self-employed people who are been adversely affected by the provirus taxable grot work 80 percent of that average monthly profits of the last 3 years up to 2500 pounds up. this scene will be open to people across the u.k. for at least 3 months and i would extend it for longer if necessary. you'll be able to claim these profits and continue to do business. and we're covering the same amount of income for a self-employed person as we are furloughed employees who also receive a grob worth 18 percent. tax on like almost any other country and made

our scheme one of the most generous in the world. providing such unprecedented support for self-employed people has been difficult to do in practice and the self-employed are a diverse population with some people earning significant profits. so i've taken steps to make this deliverable and that. to make sure that this scheme provides targeted support for those most in need it would be open to anyone been trading profits for up to 50000 pounds. to make sure to be self employed to be available to people who have already a very of self worth. bit of noise floor those who already. do have a tattoo reserved for to go team 2 of. novelty follow the service of people who are majority still voice. from this. age of our c.e.o.

working on this and expect people to be able to access the speedo data the beginning of june. if you only call him or see will contact you directly into the civil or all drawn straight into your bag. to make sure no one needs it this is our old thought we have decided to allow anyone mystified jerry for weeks from today to capture to. go welcome to r.t. u.k. we've just been hearing from u.k. chancellor rishi c. not who has announced financial help for self employed workers during the corona virus outbreak or war on this on 2 u.k. shot it was he joins me now hi there chad you are so looking all those rafter nuts with what are the chances well today was a very big day indeed for the 5000000 self-employed as you just heard there from the chancellor he really stressed that self employed have not been forgotten and they will not be left behind so today the charts are announced

a self self employed income support scheme to every one of those 5000000 people that are working for themselves a sensually what that means is what the government has been saying over the last few days is that there would be a sense of parity as and the government would be as generous as they have been to the employed to the self-employed that was suggested we're now looking at a scheme that would give the self-employed up to 80 percent of their income that's $2500.00 pounds per month up to 2000 $500.00 pounds for at least 3 months now he says that that's unlike any. other country in europe so what he is announces there's going to be a coherent coordinated and comprehensive plan to protect thousands and thousands of jobs tonight he says they'll be published detailed guidance to protect businesses and local authorities are already speaking to 700000 different small businesses grants at the moment have already been put in place he says and he says that he

understands of self employed at b.p. anxious so the government is doing all it can to try and alleviate the stress is however one thing all of concern and what the chance of did say is that these plans will be put in place no later than june but still quite some way away so for some that might not have eased all of their fears and alleviated all of the pressures that they're still facing today of course a chance to just put these plans into place with just in a matter of hours and top business people in the treasury would normally spend months and months trying to decipher some sort of comprehensive plan like this so we could still see flaws in this system and didgeridoo yes an extraordinary statement as you say under extraordinary times there are also more powers for the police announced earlier when the yes of course it is day 3 of course johnson's lockdown measures a national state of emergency was declared as of monday the idea behind these lockdown measures is to get people to stay at home to protect the n.h.s. and ultimately save people's lives so the government has now politest emergency legislation to enforce the lockdown measures it gives the police the powers to make

sure the public are doing what they should be so as a reminder then of these lockdown measures you should only be leaving your house for for very specific reasons of course includes shopping for food and medicine medicine the basic necessities you're allowed to exercise in one capacity one form of exercise per day you can travel essential travel to your essential workplaces and gatherings of no more than 2 will be now banned if you break any of these rules and the police have the power to fine. 60 pounds 30 pounds if paid within 14 days for a 2nd offense the fine increases to $120.00 pounds and will double on each further offense a key section of this new law says that the police may use reasonable force to return a person home or disperse a group of people although which physical measures may be used is not quite set out it also instructs parents to stop their children from breaking the rules again it's

another unclear point as to how that will be monitored there is though much controversy about how long these wide reaching powers will be enshrined in or for the health secretary about how the has insisted that they'll only be put in place as long as i require to do so to tackle this crisis when indeed talking of the course is a chance to sit on the health secretary talk about protecting the n.h.s. but the worrying stories coming out of the hospitals are absolutely very worrying stories and very worrying statistics indeed the latest number stands at 9500 people have contracted 900 since the outbreak began with the death toll at 465 which is up $43.00 in the past 24 hours on the surface of it appears to be the smallest rise of the week but actually the government have now moved the times that deaths are recorded using a morning cutoff instead so potentially tomorrow morning we could actually see a spike now of n.h.s. of course treating this crisis as one that will only get worse before it gets

better and so now is putting various plans into place of course london is the epicenter of the crisis and to help deal with the pandemic the construction of the brand new hospital at the xcel center is well underway the nightingale emergency facility will eventually hold 4000 critical care beds spread across 2 wards each one being an entire kilometer long reports say the doors could even close 6 as early as monday with an initial 500 beds being made readily available but the facility is only plan. to be just one in potentially 10 across the country now we've also got various other stories coming out with and some not so good in fact we've heard that the n.h.s. staff have been told to hide their identification badge is full the n.h.s. when they're going to and from work because believe it or not they're now being targeted by muggers who wish to steal their identity cards to receive the free food and drink there has been provided to medical professionals on

a lighter note then across the country the united kingdom will try and pay tribute to the n.h.s. workers looking at the models across the european cities whereby people are taking to the outside of their doorsteps to applaud and thank the n.h.s. by clapping it's a campaign called care for the carers it's outside that people's houses at 8 o'clock this evening and indeed it is a small act but it should have an immense impact salut plenty of information there should be a thank you very much indeed thank you well the law reaction to the chancellor's announcement on the self-employed i'm joined by professor of accounting prime sica . professor brian thank you very much indeed for joining us this evening the measures announced will bring some comfort to the u.k. self employed they've been waiting some time for clarity on this 7 day. well that's right yes it is a sudden hell but still there are lots of questions for example the chancellor said self-employed with a trading profit of up to 50000 can apply well trading profit and taxable profits

are not the same thing so we will have to wait and see what the details say and he's also talked about how really coming sometime in june well what are these people to do meanwhile are the banks going to give them interest free loans and i would drops he didn't say anything about that he said h. of mousy it would administer this particular subsidy but he has not said anything about additional results just for him honestly i know from personal experience talking to some people that they are already very stretched to trying to deal with the wage subsidy for employers so again there are a lot of holes and the government is constantly trying to catch up we really need some joined up thinking a lot of joined up thinking what about a form of emergency basic income brought in immediately would that me a better solution for both the employed on the self-employed. well i think that

would have been preferable a universal basis of basic income but since the government decided to not go down that route it is really struggling because even after today's announcement let's just think about those people and a minimum wage in many cases older going to get is 80 percent off the minimum wage but 100 percent of the food bill gas will tell you lecture city how on earth they're going to survive they would have been better off with a universal basic income all right full to say ok the maximum you can get is 2500 well let us say nobody will get less than 1500 so the government has not really established a will that's the big problem in this also looking at some of the fine print i mean many businesses spend the 1st few years without turning a profit does that mean is there enough in this package to help them through the crisis and does it as we've said before referring to the june the team days is going to happen quick enough well it's not really going to happen quickly enough and you're right in a sense he's focused on

a saab wished business people who already are established as a self-employed for at least 3 years or so again there are holes and if somebody is making a loss in interest you know what are they going to get the answer is not think well this might help the self employed in a short time when they eventually get the money but when the government then have to help these businesses back on their feet in a few months time is this is essentially a short term measure. well i think at the moment it's like. that kind of a finger in the dike movement to stop the flood of that is what the challenge is trying to do what we do need some long term strategy because even when the government announced this 330000000000 off loans to businesses on new people being to banks and that being also personal guarantees on securities if they want to throw you a loan which tell on able to provide so really the government needs to take direct charge of these things rather than letting the banks profiteering from it do the

devil is in the details on the lucullus isn't it professor from sake i thank you for joining us ok thank you and coming up after the break. the u.k. refuses the help to both buy ventilators a sum any piece criticized the response of certain member states to the coronavirus pandemic we hear from our europe correspondent.

welcome back to the u.k. appears to be totally self isolating as boris johnson refuses e.u. help to both buy medical equipment to fight the coronavirus it comes as some every piece of criticized the response of certain member states to the pandemic auntie's in europe correspondent peter all about as more. the european parliament's been debating talking about these proposals that have been put through or put forward by the european commission to handle with the handle the a media outcome from the coronavirus but also to deal with what will come in the future in fact this bundle of measures is being talked about as a new marshall plan of the marshall plan of course was used to rebuild europe after

world war 2 and in fact in the chamber on thursday we heard. from the lion the european commission president talking about the effect that this could well have on generations in the future that they wouldn't see the rubble of crumbling buildings as we did post world war 2 but that there was still would be an effect there one of these things that was put forward is the decision to group together to buy important medical equipment we talk masks we're talking gloves and in all important ventilators the offer was made to the united kingdom to get involved in that downing street though has said no they don't want to be part of that they're going to go it alone on the line for her part though has come under some criticism for the way that the european union the european commission has addressed this she was speaking to in the empty european parliament that's partly due to the fact that many a you. can't actually get to brussels also social distancing precautions that are

in place as well she said europe's now ready to step up to the plate but the story from the last few weeks is hardly a painful one to tell when europe really needed to be there for each other too many initially looked out for themselves. when europe really needed all for one spirit too many initially gave only for me response what we do now mattress for today as well as for the future and we all welcome the news that hospitals and sex and nice took patients from lumber day while others from the grandest in fast and now bearing being treated in the gandu she and luxemburg this only goes to prove. that it only it

is only by helping each other that we can help ourselves for the u.k. response in turning down the offer to be part of that collective along with the european union was very simple they said we're no longer part of the european union so they will be going alone that will at least of the united kingdom will be going alone when it comes to making their own precautions back to brussels and back to what was going on in the european parliament the standout performer in the debates that we saw on thursday was really mount on the old bridge the french army not only from a world impassioned and let's face it agricultural langridge language that she used in saying how essential it was that musk's were given out to those that need masks both in her own country of france and also across the european union but she also took time to scold those in europe who have used this crisis as an attempt to try and seize power and also to try and turn

a quick buck. and this also put us when we see that germany is following the guidelines for example some other states are just waiting for people to turn up at their hospital was it to orbit is doing well as seen in terms of power the deafening silence of the rest of europe the czech republic and italy are actually fighting over little italy of masks of this is the shameful face of europe which is terribly knighted no single state can do with this solidarity of people has to be something which provides a reason that true of europe the european parliament is expected to vote through these proposals put forward by the european commission later on thursday evening as i say though they are taking this seriously it's been talked about certainly the language that they're using to talk about it this certainly taking it seriously they're talking about it as a new marshall plan not only to deal with the virus now but to rebuild once it's passed. public health england has announced $3500000.00 coronavirus tests will be

available within days but that says the u.k. government faces criticism for not rolling out widespread testing much soon. as the fight against the corona virus continues the world health organization couldn't have been clearer off about the best strategy to get the global pandemic under control test test test countries which have rolled out wide scale testing like south korea have managed to get on top of the outbreak but the government here in the u.k. has been behind the curve initially saying it needs to prioritise the few tests available for those most in need while promising to increase the numbers quickly on our own testing just to reassure him we're moving up 225008 day public health in the now says mass testing will be available as soon as possible with 3 and a half 1000000 test kits on their way but that will come as too little too late for many frontline n.h.s. stuff this is the time of year where having a bit of a sniffle having a bit of a cough a bit of

a runny nose is relatively normal and what we haven't seen is brilliant guidance on exactly what symptoms are imports and we've talked about temperature we know temperature isn't brilliantly predictive of how ill someone is so it may be that i suspect not 50 percent of the population but it may be that a fair number of health professionals have already had it what would that mean for them if they were able to get this test it would mean a degree of confidence would be reinstalled it would mean that they would still quite rightly use the personal protective equipment but there'd be less fearful for their own safety it might mean that they're more able to do more hours or more work and it may well mean that their mental health is better in the long term it's not to start off patients displaying symptoms have been refused tests being told that the only way it's possible is for them to be admitted to hospital where they're at higher risk of contracting the virus if they didn't have it before some toy feel like getting. and then all of a sudden it just creech on you again. and it's just very strange like that like

this morning i wake up. and i will suddenly get on really hot sweats and. went on to the internet well the what what was that i got for you to somebody who then put mistreats or clinician. basically just said slightly so until you can't deal with your symptoms anymore and then if it gets to that point you just ring no i know knowing of sleep i asked if we could if i could be tested. because of his loss of a. sane life family except through very worried by upset. and off their minds at rest if we kind of knew actually what it was and then or sorry about that could be tested as well while some try to recover at home there are others that don't need to fit the criteria it would seem world to get treated like royalty

prince charles has tested positive for carotid virus now it's house says he displayed mild symptoms on sunday but is in good health and self isolating in scotland prince charles tests positive for the virus to supply displaying mild symptoms he's self isolating about mara with the duchess of cornwall who is now still on the bridge are also in luck with tests absolute private harley street clinic available for the modest sum of 375 pounds so while the government is calling for an army of volunteers to help fight the virus there are still few guarantees that those on the frontline and those that they treat will know if they're at risk he said he ought to london. well many theories about how to stop or prevent corona virus have been circulating online but which are true or false artie's modern under his past some myths are you suffering from information overload let's the bugs some myths and get the lowdown way to separate the facts from the thick.

the virus can live for hours yes it can experts say corona virus can remain viable in the air for a few hours while in plastic or stainless steel like your mobile phones 100 rolls this stretches up to 72 hours that's up to 3 days or more so when shorts clean everything thoroughly under wash your hands. the virus can live on my clothes again yes but it's likely that covert 19 will not survive long unself circus's says normal washing of clothes reduces the risk of germs being transmitted so it might be worthwhile making sure the load to date packages from china is dangerous while the risk is very slim products can get contaminated if the person handling the products was coughing and sneezing all over them but it's very unlikely that those shipped over a period of days or even weeks will have any virus triplets of firing on them 5 g.

wife i used to play. the internet is awash with conspiracies one claim circulating on social media is that 5 g. causes corona virus by sucking all out of your lungs some online groups say the radiation and suppress immune systems make us more susceptible to the virus and their evidence they say it's because will happen is where 5 g. was rolled out and it's all total rubbish is one of the 1st places with 5 g. trials but beijing shanghai and flying show parts. but i mean it's easily depo terms from a 10.2 basically because 5 g. is essentially following on the same technologies as 4 g. which has been around for 1015 years now in the same way that the mobile data is transmitted over radio waves so he's 5 g. and you know these radio waves of. basically non-ionizing meaning they don't damage

the d.n.a. inside the saddles in the same way that coronavirus does i think that it's got its gained popularity is a theory on social media because china has been quite instrumental in fielding the 5 g. networks that a lot of countries are using the united kingdom included on a lot of europe the news that it was doing the rounds and causing more problems for governments in europe including in the u.k. where is the hallway which is going to china's biggest manufacturers was one of really the only providers of this 5 g. network infrastructure not here in ericsson which are. finnish come to european companies they do make this technology but not at the same scale not at the same cost effectiveness as chinese manufacturers like so i can understand maybe why people would put $2.00 and $2.00 together. garlic will protect me alessio scared of fun pie is probably not call it is of course great for lowering cholesterol and regulating the pressure but the world health organization says that

is no evidence that it will protect you from tires of nighty so if you eat too much you really will need to self isolate that's the low down for today be safe. and wash your hands. and that's all for marty u.k. you'll soon be joined by our colleagues from america but from london. the stock market i could imagine trading in a 1000 again on the dow and that would be inappropriate given the true. market. interest rate ok that would mean down $56070.00.