here's alan cummings and first, alan collinson. every day, i am hearing announcements such as "three more people have been diagnosed, bringing the number infected to 90". no mention of the people who were diagnosed in the first three weeks, almost all of whom have now fully recovered. 90 is not the number of people who have the virus in the uk today, but the number who have ever had it.

here's alan cummings and first, alan collinson.ay i am hearing announcements such as "three more people have been diagnosed bringing the number infected to 90". no mention of the people who were diagnosed in the first three weeks, almost all of whom have now fully recovered. 90 is not the number of people who have the virus in the uk today, but the number who have ever had it. by this measure, you should be reporting that six billion people on earth have been infected with the flu virus — a true but misleading, sensationalist and unhelpful fact. like everyone else in this country, i'm concerned about the rise in cases in the coronavirus. when i sat down to watch the lunchtime news on bbc one on monday, the headline said there had been a surge in cases. i was naturally concerned. it later transpired the surge the headline was referring to was an increase over the two—day weekend of 23 cases. with a population of almost 60 million, 23 cases, while newsworthy, is hardly dramatic enough to require the word "surge". bbc, just simply rep

here's alan cummings and first, alan collinson.uch as "three more people have been diagnosed, bringing the number infected to 90". no mention of the people who were diagnosed in the first three weeks, almost all of whom have now fully recovered. 90 is not the number of people who have the virus in the uk today, but the number who have ever had it. by this measure, you should be reporting that six billion people on earth have been infected with the flu virus — a true but misleading, sensationalist and unhelpful fact. like everyone else in this country, i'm concerned about the rise in cases in the coronavirus.

here‘s alan cummings and first, alan collinson.ncerned about the rise in cases in the coronavirus. when i sat down to watch the lunchtime news on bbc one on monday, the headline said there had been a surge in cases. i was naturally concerned. it later transpired the surge the headline was referring to was an increase over the two—day weekend of 23 cases. with a population of almost 60 million, 23 cases, while newsworthy, is hardly dramatic enough to require the word "surge". bbc, just simply report the facts. don't use inflammatory and exaggerated headlines. well, taking time out from what must be a very busy period of reporting on the coronavirus outbreak is the bbc medical correspondent fergus walsh. thank you so much for coming on newswatch. i can remember — and i‘m sure many viewers can remember — the huge coverage, the anxiety about the sars outbreak back in the early 20005, others such as swine flu, avian flu. how does this situation compare? so i‘ve covered all of those stories. i was in vietnam covering bird flu, which had