british prime minister barak's johnson has urged people to refrain from a non essential contact with one another to help slow the spread of the virus he calls our breaths to avoid all social venues as a country faces what he referred to as the fastest growth period of the virus so far the government also says the peak of the epidemic will affect parts of the country differently but the social distancing measures will help to ensure the virus is a short term problem now is the time for everyone to stop non-essential contact with others and to stop unnecessary travel we need people to start working from home where they possibly can and you should avoid pubs clubs theaters and other such social venues we are asking people to do something that is difficult and disruptive of their lives and the right moment as we've always said is to do it when it is most effective when we think it can make the biggest difference to slowing the spread of disease reducing the number of victims reducing the number of fatalities that's a pretty prime minister prime minister barak's johnson the world health o

british prime minister barak johnson has announced the closure of all u.k. pubs restaurants cinemas james as part of the can time measures britain has almost 4000 confirmed cases but the real number could be much higher as testing has so far they limited government scientists say the virus is spreading quickly across london and many people have a ignored advice to stay home. last order is called in an attempt to hamper the spread of the corona virus despite government warnings stay home in south isolate pubs in the british capital remained full on friday the prime minister addressed the country i do accept that what we're doing is extraordinary we're taking your way the ancient in a new bill right to free born people of united kingdom to go to the pope to help cover the wages of workers hit by the outbreak the government is stepping in for the 1st time in history. government grants will cover 80 percent of the salary of retained workers up to a total of $2500.00 pounds a month that's just above the median income. that you can duchess of cambridge made a mora

i'm fairly as welcome to the show british prime minister barak johnson has the coronavirus he's the highest profile political leader confirmed to have contracted the infection so far this as the u.k. saw its biggest daily jump in covert 900 deaths 181 people have died in the last 24 hours johnson says he will coordinate the pandemic response from home quarantine but critics say he didn't take the threat seriously enough a favor of the virus when it the whole outbreak began. boris johnson clapping in front of downing street on thursday night a symbolic thank you to health work is engaged in the fight against the coronavirus funding known at the time the british prime minister was already experiencing symptoms of the disease. on friday he revealed he had tested positive for 19 i am working from home i'm so price waiting and that's entirely the right thing to do but be in no doubt that i can continue thanks to the with technology to communicate with all my talk team to lead the national fight back against corona virus the prime minister was long criticized for playing down the threat of the vi

ministers questions which does happen every week but we will wait to hear what prime minister barak's johnson has to say about coronavirus specifically monitoring the speech as it happens in the meantime lawrence leigh in london following developments i lawrence what do you tell somebody just on the dangerous 1st of all. yet there sure and it when when boris johnson i can't see it from here so when boris johnson stands up due to yell at me and i'll be quiet because but we don't need to know from from boris johnson apart from inevitably you know get well saying that in doris and she is a power least slightly better than she was is what contacts she may have had with not just him because she did meet him jeremy colvin that mentions at a women's day last day that being doris met boris johnson at an event in downing street apparently. as well as voting in parliament some point during that week it was only on the saturday immediately after that when she was in her constituency that she started to feel proud and selling her up to now actually parsed johnson and speaking about current of our service

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prime minister barak's johnson clashes with the opposition leader over coronavirus testing that's as the heir to the british throne prince charles tests positive for the virus after experiencing mild symptoms. the government continues to be criticized for not protecting the self employed as lacking clarity on where that utility workers are deemed essential.

now where prime minister barak's johnson has tested positive for the virus but he's not the only member of the government team fighting the outbreak who's been infected john the whole report from london. just hours after boris johnson 1st displayed symptoms and was tested he received a positive result britain's prime minister becomes one of the world's highest profile carriers of the code 19 coronavirus so i am working from home i'm self isolating and that's entirely the right thing to do but be in no doubt that i can continue thanks to the with the modern technology to communicate with all my top team to lead the national fight back against corona virus and it wasn't long afterwards that the health secretary announced he too had tested positive matt hancock said he had mild symptoms that would not prevent him from continuing the vital work of bolstering britain's health service medical advice i was tested and that test has been positive sabi self isolating here until next thursday boris johnson was last seen in person on the steps of downing street on thursday evening as he joined the

this evening thank you so some key developments there announced by the british prime minister barak's johnson and his key medical and scientific advisors 2 important developments firstly the decision to close schools from 5 day until further notice to all but the children of key workers and also a decision to massively scale up testing 25000 new tests a day while for more on this we're joined by our correspondent paul brennan who's been watching developments very closely paul the british government has been under an awful lot of pressure to ramp up the way in which it's bringing the virus under control it looks. now like a key decision has been made to close schools one of the ramifications were the implications well it was a very sobering address from the prime minister flanked by his financial advisors and medical experts i have to say there are still major discrepancies between the british approach and the advice of the world health organization we heard the news conference of the world health organization general just an hour before mr johnson spoke their approach was to isolate test trea

but let's have a look at the top stories here at al-jazeera the british prime minister barak's johnson has severely restricted the movement of citizens to slow the spread of coronavirus residence and now require to stay home with a few exceptions made for work for exercise and grocery shopping and all non-essential businesses will close this well the death toll in europe continues to rise in this really the number of dead has now surpassed 6000 and that's double that of china where the virus began and in spain the death toll has risen to more than 2000. the u.s. president says he's working with both republicans and democrats to ensure that a trillion dollar stimulus bill is approved politicians on monday fail to pulse the legislation for a 2nd time they're under increasing pressure to prevent economic collapse amid spreading cases now congress must demonstrate the same bipartisanship again and join together to pass the senate bill is written and avoid playing any more partisan games have to get together and just up with the partisan politics. and i think that's happening i got a call t

was obviously upon us for weeks and weeks but as you just heard there from the prime minister barak johnson the government's plan is to try and test 25000 people every single day but public health england have said that that is the number that's somewhat on reach of a lot at least until april the 25th however the public health and also can found that 3 point $5000000.00 home tests will be made available online via amazon and even within a matter of days. the. millions of in order. but we do need to make sure we understand how they operate the. tests they have. by us or well other issues raised in today's pm q.'s included the matter of what will happen to the self-employed barra's johnson was grilled on the matter he said the government is working on a package to help alleviate the financial pressures and strains on the south employed we understand that richard soon at the chance i will tomorrow unveil that package in tomorrow's daily press briefing just to mention though it was jeremy corbin's final pm cues as leader of the opposition leader of the labor party and the leader of the house of

dorries she has put herself in quarantine now she attended an event hosted by the prime minister barak johnson and the last week and elsewhere in europe in fact just in the last hour germany's chancellor warns the virus will test health care systems right across the continent and limo cool here she is and that news conference by the muslim 1st in the north of you will start we have to understand the virus is here that is to know a munity in the population against this vital injection north and appease and it means that. a high percentage 60 to 70 percent of the population can be infected if this is the situation continues like that it's a disease why we have to work so intensively to find the right medication for. lawrence a following developments from europe for us in london lawrence the the calm voice of angela merkel there has been the german leader for such a long time an important voice for germans to hear no. yeah i mean she's very reassuring the germans don't call them o.t. or money for no reason to they she didn't really say anything that we didn't know in the news conference but it's

and so itself isolation for britain's prime minister barak johnson announces he is infected. hello again from doha everyone i'm come out santamaria with the world news from al-jazeera spain is reporting the highest number of people killed in a single day by covert 19 also coronavirus scrips the united states there are now more cases there than anywhere else in the world. i'm people morgan in the till and i will be telling you about the volunteers for combating the spread of corn of viruses today. so the u.k. prime minister has become the 1st world leader to test positive for corona virus boris johnson has said he has mild symptoms he is now self isolating but he will continue to lead the u.k. and its fight against the virus and on top of that the british health secretary met hancock was also tested positive and is self isolating itself i developed models symptoms all the coronavirus that's to say a temperature and a persistent cough and on the advice of the chief medical officer i've taken a test that has come out positive so i am working from home i'm so faisel a team and th

prime minister barak's johnson's been urging people to keep their distance from each other and to stayhome wherever possible each and every one of us you are doing your bit in following this advice you are doing your bit to slow the spread of the disease and the more we collectively slow the spread the more time we give the n.h.s. to prepare the more lives we will save the faster we will get through this and always remember we will get through this and we will beat it and we will beat it together germany's chancellor has an answer to a good ban on meetings of more than 2 people in public outside of work to combat the spread of the coronavirus bizarre gadhafi or death in gunstar chanted they were augmentin the scope of restrictions to have the same rules throughout germany this is the clarity we want as a federal state people are asked to reduce their contact to an absolute minimum out of their households. spain has extended a state of emergency after reporting nearly 400 more deaths of one 3rd in the previous day the country is also going to restrict the entry of foreigners for 30 days

talk about the situation in your care and this time that we're expecting the case prime minister barak's johnson to speak in about 90 minutes or so going by a time scale john to give us an indication of how people are reacting in the u.k. and b. what the government plans to do if they don't comply with these stay at home orders . well i mean it's it's mothering sunday mother's day here in the u.k. it's the 2nd day of the particularly clement suddenly spring weekend at least introduce these measures were introduced on friday night at midnight but pleasurable recreation and social facilities in this country you know hope that people would respect that and stay indoors as well and it totally and on social media that the pictures there are loads of them of people crowded into the oxygen caravan park to do outdoor recreation spaces beaches and the like this is obviously causing real concern they may think that they are maintaining social distancing it to meet its you know in these crowded areas even though they're outdoors that becomes impossible so you know what's a warning to promise a set with you

also we've heard from the british prime minister barak's johnson he says as much as a 5th of the u.k. workforce could get sick because coronavirus thinks it says the government's planning for school closures and the cancellation of large public gatherings 39 confirmed cases in the u.k. we will make sure the n.h.s. gets all the support it needs to continue their brilliant response to the virus so far the plan does not set out what the government will do it's not the steps that we could take at the right time and on the basis of the scientific advice. let's have a little look ahead and sweat else is on the news on the war in libya and how tribal loyalties are being put to the test. also what happened when abortion campaign is went to court in colombia. and sport did not end well for the houston rockets in new york all action and the rest of the sport with far a little later. it is super tuesday a big day in the race to become the democratic party nominee for u.s. president voters in 14 states will pick the person they think should take on donald trump in november's election joe biden he

european country to impose lockdown restrictions and here in britain come our prime minister barak's johnson has the virus his health secretary matt hancock has the virus the chief medical officer is in isolation showing symptoms of the virus the 3 men most closely involved in the fight against the corona virus pandemic here in the u.k. are all in isolation extraordinary situation across europe journal thank you for all of that new figures in from iran as well and we'll go to the same bus ravis and bring us up to date. well come on scene another massive spike in the last 24 hours nearly a 1000 new cases of infection have been reported new cases of infections $3076.00 that brings the total number of cases in this outbreak here in iran 235048 we've got a number of new deaths this is holding steady at around 139 we've been seeing the death rate on a daily basis around 120 to 140 this remain steady but the spike in the number of infections really shows us that the spread of the virus is keeping pace 3000 more than 3000 patients are in critical condition getting care in hospitals and clinics arou

prime minister barak's johnson and health secretary matt hancock have tested positive for corona virus but the pm has confirmed he'll continue to remain in charge of the government to evers' deputy choice for now with the latest on this so they shot it coronavirus hitting the heart or even dare we say the lungs of government absolutely coronavirus has indeed hit the heart of westminster as you say the prime minister and the house secretary both testing positive for kovac 19 firstly the prime minister says after exhibiting mild symptoms he was advised by the chief medical officer to get tested and yes he has quote the infection now right here on twitter he says himself isolating a number 10 will still be in charge of operations to tackle the virus hi thanks i want to bring you up to speed is something that's happening today which is that i developed models symptoms all the coronavirus that's to say a temperature and a persistent cough and on the advice of the chief medical officer i've taken a test that has come out positive so i am working from home i'm so far isolating and that's enti

prime minister barak's johnson and health secretary matt hancock are confirmed to have coronavirus as the pandemic hits the heart of government. doctors in northern ireland claim they're being forced to work in special virus centers risking cross infection to their practices and family is. the u.k. police now have powers to fine and even arrests those breaching the long down the public is encouraged to report their neighbors holding mass gatherings but should day we hear from both sides of the debate. and critics say it out of business leaders including celebrity chefs for sucking start despite the government bailout . welcome to r.t. u.k. prime minister boris johnson and health secretary matt hancock have tested positive for corona virus but the pm has confirmed he'll continue to remain in charge of the government r.t. shadi evers daschle choice for now with the latest hi there shadow so as we've been hearing then coronavirus at the heart of government absolutely that 19 has now hit the heart of westminster as you say forest johnson the prime minister and indeed the house secretary a

significant rise with nearly $5700.00 factions and more than $280.00 deaths already prime minister barak johnson says he is considering restrictive measures like other e.u. nations let's now go to nadine barber he joins us live from london the d.m. i believe you're at one of london's busiest train stations talk us through what's happening there well what was once one of london's busiest train stations i should say. that's right you can see behind me liverpool street station in london's financial district. which earlier on. in the last couple of hours would normally have seen thousands of people arriving right now it's extremely quiet trains are still running but on monday morning the government has announced that they are taking control of the finances of all of the rail franchises around england and wales basically for a short for a temporary period nationalizing the railways the the the the private operators will continue to provide the services as a set cost but the government will take on all of any losses and so this is a major step that we've seen a drop in passenger numbers of about 70 pe

prime minister barak's johnson what was he saying about the situation in the united kingdom well again boris johnson urging people absolutely to comply with the restrictions that are in place here after a very sunny weekend that has seen parks and outdoor recreation spots beaches caravan parks and others absolutely crowded with people mothering sunday mother's day it has been today the government obviously concerned about that and warning that if people don't stick to the rules if people don't comply then stricter rules will be coming down the pipeline including greater powers to the police to enforce these things he also outlined a new proposal so-called shielding program for the most vulnerable individuals in society people with underlying health conditions not just the elderly. bone and blood cancer sufferers the sick fibrosis people who've had it wins donated the transplant to for instance they are being told now to stay at home to not go out and any circumstances even to collect or buy food special measures will be put into place to help them do that and they're being told that th

prime minister barak's johnson has tested positive for the virus and is continuing to run the country from self isolation an update from scott from london nadeem 2 days in a row now we're seeing a significant increase in the u k. we all come out it will be concerning but it was predicted by the government's own scientific advisor this talking about a 2 week lag between infection between infections and the knock on effect of this is roy he's over 24 hours of 201 people who is slightly lower than the previous 24 hours recorded deaths which were 260. now we've heard as you were saying about spain where they're actually tightening up that lockdown will britain with the prime minister in isolation and is continuing to say we may have to take talking to measures if people don't follow our advice and that advice is now being sent out from the prime minister to each of the $30000000.00 households in the u.k. repeating things about social distancing it had washing in the like but also warning people that things will get worse before they get better in today's national press there are reports t

mitigation this is if we just let the virus roam around and be and do what the british prime minister barak's johnson suggested recently i know that's terrible and there are some traders and then you. know maybe everyone should get infected over the next month so it doesn't crash the market which is incredibly incredibly callous as a lot of people would die yeah it's called death and and you know 20 percent of people have mild and mild this means still fever and you know a lot of coughing but 20 percent need hospitalization and of the 20 percent 5 percent actually need i.c.u. just for the people watching at home maybe i'm being followed this closely maybe of listen to a certain president united states and say. thousands of people die from the flu every year why is this any defeat is not just the flu and the anyone who says so is completely looting themselves in danger because aids we have half of you already have some partial immunity to flu this is a brand new virus no one has immunity there is a vaccine that works most of the time for the most strains of the flu there is no vaccine on the horizon t

prime minister barak's 1 johnson clashes with the opposition leader over coronavirus testing that's as the heir to the british throne prince charles tests positive for the virus after experiencing mild symptoms. the government continues to be criticized for not protecting the self employed and lacking clarity on what that utility workers are deemed essential. for by immigration minister warns britain's stranded abroad whop no way of getting close as countries close their borders. the u.k. government faces calls to release those in immigration detention centers over fears many could die from the virus i'll be talking to an asylum rights activist. welcome to our see president putin has announced a nationwide lockdown in russia starting on saturday and lasting until april the 5th all but essential workers will be instructed to stay at home like they may appear to advise russia's citizens not to underestimate the challenge that lies ahead joining us now live from moscow is saskia taylor hello there saskia tell us more about what the russian president said. hi kate well yes indeed the russi