leading the government review is the former chairman of the equality and human rights commission, trevor phillipsr phillipsm equality and human rights commission, trevor phillips. if we had been keeping regular data we would have known all about this a month ago. we are at least a month behind where we need to be. simply because people have been too squeamish to collect data about ethnicity. other families like charlies who are in emotional limbo, more clarity is needed. we need to know if our father died of covid—19. we need answers, we need him tested. women are reporting that uncertainty surrounding maternity services during lockdown is making a stressful situation harder. the bbc has found policies vary depending where you live — some nhs trusts aren't currently allowing a home birth for example, or letting a partner onto the ward once the baby is born, while others are. 0ur correspondent anna collinson has been talking to new and expectant mothers about how covid—19 has disrupted their plans. nadia hussain is more than a week overdue. she is prepared but the coronavirus means her birthing pl

the times of quoted trevor phillips, former head of the human rights commission and he is saying thatd also, he warns that because of the lower rate in bangladesh. it is not clear that if colouration or correlation if there are colouration or correlation if there a re factors colouration or correlation if there are factors intrinsically, biologicalfactors or are factors intrinsically, biological factors or environmental factors. disproportionate death rates also in the black communities have been noted in the united states as well. clearly, one factor that is likely to be a cause is that the black population tends to be more urban based intends to be proportionately living in some of the poor are more deprived areas, so the poor are more deprived areas, so the environmental factor it could be the environmental factor it could be the case ted mcmahon case. and main case. in the population. and which is the case in those and those types of areas and that is a root problem that is manifesting itself in the way, clearly the other question is whether or not some of the biological causes, w

the former chairman of the equality and human rights commission trevor phillips is leading the review month ago. we are at least a month behind where we need to be. simply because people have been too squeamish to collect data about ethnicity. for other families like charlie's who are in emotional limbo, more clarity is needed. we need to know if our father died of covid—19. we need answers, we need him tested. we will turn our attentions to parliament, virtually because we willdip into parliament, virtually because we will dip into the commons. the science and technology committee is sitting. we have been hearing from greg clark, the chair of the committee and today the chief medical advisor to the government, professor chris whitty will be giving evidence this. this is doctor michael mcbride who is just this is doctor michael mcbride who isjust addressing the this is doctor michael mcbride who is just addressing the committee right now. let's listen and adhere some of this. and, you know, that has stood the test of time. i suppose i am probably the last survivor from the last pandem

trevor phillips, thank you very much for your time today. my pleasure.us death for the first time in more than a month. the country was one of the first after china to suffer a widespread outbreak. but a rigorous programme of testing and contact tracing has been put in place — as our correspondent in seoul, laura bicker, explains. i think when it comes to the success of the south korean model, health officials here saying they are not being complacent, that they remain vigilant. they still fear a second wave. but i think that the people of south korea, this is being seen as a huge success. now only last week did they manage to hold an election in the middle of a pandemic, now they are showing what is possible when it comes to keeping these figures low and without a lockdown there has been no major movement restrictions. how they've done this right from the start was creating a test. right from the day they got their first case in january 20th. they saw how infectious this virus could become. and they realised then that they'd use a test and test quickly.