getting weaker every day, in desperate need of a liver transplant, anna rose is shielding herself, but poses a terrible dilemma. if she was offered a transplant, should anna rose risk infection in hospital or miss out on a life—saving operation? having to go into hospital while there are coronavirus patients — and they are on the same ward even — it's very worrying, and the longer that i'm not being monitored — the longer i leave it — i could just get sicker and sicker. it is a matter of life and death. data from nhs blood and transplant — the body that oversees the uk's organ donation network — shows the number of transplants carried out each day has plummeted through march. this time last year more than 80 transplants a week were being carried out. now, only the most urgent operations are still happening — such as liver and heart transplants, and of 23 kidney units in the uk only four are still operating. none of them in scotland, wales or northern ireland. the decline in transplants is linked to the pressure covid—19 is placing on intensive care beds. organ donors and recipients bot

getting weaker every day, in desperate need of a liver transplant, anna rose is shielding herself, butma. if she was offered a transplant, should anna rose risk infection in hospital or miss out on a life—saving operation? having to go into hospital while there are coronavirus patients, it's very worrying. the longer i leave it, i could just get sicker and sicker. it is a matter of life and death. data from nhs blood and transplant — the body that oversees the uk's organ donation network — shows the number of transplants carried out each day has plummeted through march. this time last year, more than 80 transplants a week were being carried out. now, only the most urgent operations are still happening, such as liver and heart transplants. the decline in transplants is linked to the pressure covid—19 is placing on intensive care beds. 0rgan donors and recipients both need that high—level care, so fewer families of potential donors are being approached, and doctors don't want vulnerable transplant recipients with suppressed immune systems alongside infectious covid—19 patients. when i he

in desperate need of a liver transplant, anna rose is shielding herself, but the coronavirus epidemiculd anna rose risk infection in hospital or miss out on a life—saving operation? having to go into hospital while there are coronavirus patients in there on the same ward even, it's very worrying. and the longer that i'm not being monitored, the longer i leave it, i could just get sicker and sicker. it is a matter of life and death. data from nhs blood and transplant, the body that oversees the uk's organ donation network, shows the number of transplants carried out each day has plummeted through march. this time last year, more than 80 transplants a week were being carried out. now, only the most urgent operations are still happening, such as liver and heart transplants, and of 23 kidney units in the uk, only four are still operating. none of them in scotland, wales or northern ireland. the decline in transplants is linked to the pressure covid—19 is placing on intensive care beds. organ donors and recipients both need that high level care, so fewer families of potential donors are be

in desperate need of a liver transplant, anna rose is shielding herself, but the coronavirus epidemic number of transplants carried out each day has plummeted through march. this time last year, more than 80 transplants a week were being carried out. now only the most urgent operations are still happening, such as liver and heart transplants, and of 23 kidney units in the uk, only four are still operating. none of them in scotland, wales or northern ireland. the decline in transplants is linked to the pressure covid—19 is placing on intensive care beds. organ donors and recipients both need that high level care, so fewer families of potential donors are being approached. and doctors don‘t want vulnerable transplant recipients with suppressed immune systems alongside infectious covid—19 patients. when i hearfrom other countries who have been at the centre of this covid pandemic, they have got to the point where no transplant is possible in certain regions at all. and we may get to that point in the next days or weeks, but we are working very hard to keep organ donation and transplant o

anna rose and thousands like her fear they are at risk of becoming the unseen casualties of coronavirusial distancing rules. the prime minister has spent a third night in intensive care in hospital. his condition is described as stable and improving. there have been historicjob and improving. there have been historic job losses and improving. there have been historicjob losses in the us. another 6.6 million people in the states had applied for unemployment benefits in the last week. lets talk more about people who are trapped abroad because the government is being urged to speed up repatriations flights for thousands of uk nationals who are still overseas because of lockdown is in various countries. in india commit many british tourists have been unable to leave after the country was put into lockdown last month with only a few hours notice. let's talk to a british man who is stuck there. steve marshalljoins me, a social worker from colchester in essex, who is staying with a family in the mountains of kerala. explain who you are when and what you are doing at the moment. this is the old

there is more detail on this let's bring in rose anna with more on the story from singapore.e us through the measures >> we've had an announcement from the prime minister. the city state will close most work placesexcept for key essential businesses starting on tuesday. schools will be shut from wednesday. the government called on residents to be responsible, stay home and only go outside for essential things some key banking services will going to remain open they'll announce additional support next week over and above what was earlier provided. the announcement coming as singapore reported its fifth death today. infections in the country currently topping 1,000. they say the measures will be in place for one month. back to you. >> thank you for joining us with that fresh news. >>> you can follow us on twitter @"street signs"cnbc and also directly at geoff cutmore and @julianna. >> more on the jobless claims numbers after the break. y olay . just one jar of micro-sculpting cream has the hydrating power of 5 jars of a prestige cream, which helps plump skin cells and visibly s

anna: let's look at what's going on in these markets. asian stocks rose on the final they of the month amid optimism from corporate results. signs of progress in treating the coronavirus. some of that coming stateside from gilead. nasdaq futures advance at results from microsoft and facebook. that listed sentiment. let's get to the markets now with mark cudmore. he joins us from singapore. we hear a lot about work speed from the u.s. and the manhattan project being created. this time, not around nuclear weapons what about finding a vector -- faster vaccine solution. there are headlines around reading the virus and vaccinating against the virus that do seem to guide the markets appetite for risk or not at this point. mark: that is absolutely correct. the overall things are clear. we are experiencing an unprecedented economic shock. i think most people are understanding that it is even worse than pessimist projections from a month ago. there is surprise that the data, the headlines -- who cares about it? the french didi became an worse than expected. we kno