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.

and games barring alan cumming and daniel radcliffe was due to run for another two weeks.ight with sunshine and it feels perhaps a little milder than it recently has. a little bit of cloud coming and going through the day and the wind is light and the temperature where it should be for this time of year, the maximum today of 13 celsius. overnight tonight it stays clear with temperatures again feeling quite chilly by the time we get to dawn tomorrow morning. low single figures celsius. we will see the cloud starting to edge in as we head into tuesday morning. that cloud will continue to cover all parts as we head through the afternoon. still breaking up and we will get a couple of sunny spells again with temperatures around 1a celsius. on wednesday, cloud around but temperatures in the mid teens celsius so a little milder for the next few days, a little cooler as we head through thursday and friday and a little more unsettled. you can get up—to—date and accurate information on covert 19 you can get up—to—date and accurate information on covid—19 on our website or on the abc

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