the scottish secretary, alisterjack, says he will follow medical guidance and work from home.ndia's lockdown has triggered a mass movement of people — these huge crowds were leaving delhi, despite being asked to remain indoors for three weeks. but these pictures from wuhan in china tell a different story — they show people now being allowed to move back into the city — which was at the centre of the outbreak — after several days of virtually no new infections being diagnosed there. we'll bring you more on those and other key developments in this bulletin, but we start in the east of london. angus crawford is at the excel centre in east london. which is becoming a huge temporary hospital. indeed. it is nhs nightingale and soon may become the single biggest hospital across the uk. it is 100,000 square metres of space. you could fit the entire footprint of terminal five at heathrow airport into this space. it is also becoming a model on how other centres will work across the country. we are likely to have three more centres at least, that is in manchester, birmingham, cardiff, po

yes, this is alisterjack, the scottish secretary. in the last 24 hours he has developed symptoms and he has gone on to self isolation, which is the same position as the chief medical 0fficer. alisterjack was on the front bench in the house of commons near borisjohnson front bench in the house of commons near boris johnson and front bench in the house of commons near borisjohnson and also near matt hancock the health secretary cup, both of whom who have tested positive for coronavirus. boris johnson says, he released a video saying he has mild symptoms and has said he is going to be able to continue to lead the government's response to coronavirus, using technology while he is in isolation. in spain, the death toll from the virus has risen by more than 800 overnight. it brings the total of those infected to more than 5,600 people. the increase of 832 deaths exceeds yesterday's record—breaking one—day figure for fatalities. spain has now more than 72,000 people infected with the virus. a german air force plane has flown six italian cor

the scottish secretary alisterjack says he will follow medical guidance and work from home.the world, india's lockdown has triggered a mass movement of people — these huge crowds were leaving delhi, despite being asked to remain indoors for three weeks. but these pictures from wuhan in china tell a different story — they show people now being allowed to move back into the city, which was at the centre of the outbreak, after several days of virtually no new infections being diagnosed there. we'll bring you more on those and other key developments and we'll be crossing live to downing street for the latest uk government news conference which is due in about half an hour. but first, this report from angus crawford. hoping for the best, but training for the worst. the car parks of the excel now an incident command centre. specialist staff and paramedics preparing to service the new nhs nightingale. inside, a hospital is taking shape. 500 beds next week, 4,000 in total if needed. medical staff are being drafted in from across the uk, including the military, but will there be enou

the scottish secretary alisterjack says he will follow medical guidance and work from home.d, india's lockdown has triggered a mass movement of people — these huge crowds were leaving delhi, despite being asked to remain indoors for three weeks. but these pictures from wuhan in china tell a different story — they show people now being allowed to move back into the city — which was at the centre of the outbreak — after several days of virtually no new infections being diagnosed there. we'll bring you more on those and other key developments in this bulletin. but first this report from angus crawford hoping for the best, but training for the worst. the car parks of the excel now an incident command centre. specialist staff and paramedics preparing to service the new nhs nightingale. inside, a hospital is taking shape. 500 beds next week, 4,000 in total if needed. medical staff are being drafted in from across the uk, including the military, but will there be enough? sickness has taken a toll and large numbers in self isolation means record levels of nhs absences. doctors leade

because it is literally hit the press association while you're speaking, the scottish secretary alisterjacks and as a precaution he is self isolating. an illustration of the problem the government will have to contend with, as the rest of us have to contend with, as the rest of us will have to contend with. yes it is and there are other cabinet members had not yet been tested for coronavirus because the policy was not to test them until they had developed, or unless, rather, they developed, or unless, rather, they develop symptoms. alistairjack was among those, so keep an eye then. the first of several planned temporary hospitals is set to be up and running next week at the excel london exhibition centre with 500 of a planned 4,000 beds being made available. 0ur correspondent angus crawford is there. it's an extraordinary logistical operation that is taking place here. this is essentially an enormous empty barn and they are in the process of converting it into what might be the biggest hospital in the uk. next week they hope to have 500 intensive care unit beds. those are beds fully staffed