the chair of the bma, chaan nagpaul, explained why.the government has to do is go back to some basics, which is this is a virus that spreads between one person and another and we said that two metres is the sort of distance you need to keep to minimise that spread. and we have also said in any setting where people are closer than the distance without other mitigations like a screen barrier, they should wear face coverings. you have to have that rule that applies everywhere otherwise people will get confused. for example, we have had over the past few months, a rule that says you wear face coverings on public transport but nowhere else. a month later, injuly, we introduced it in shops and supermarkets, but nowhere else. but you could have gone to a cinema without wearing a facemask. we then introduced it for cinemas but now not for workplaces. staff in restaurants did not have to wear face coverings until very recently. if the infection spreads with people close to each other, keep that rule simple and also try and encourage people not

joining us now to discuss this in more detail is dr chaand nagpaul, chair of the bma. speak to you again, thank you for being with us on bbc news. let's start with the rule of six, how do you think it needs to change and why? what the government has rightly highlighted through its scientific advice, this is a virus that spreads indoors when different households mix. and before the rule of six, the government had restricted only two households, your own household and one outside. but the rule of six has done it has increased the number of households. you can have six members of different households mixing together and you can do that with different people every day of the week. this rule is in contradiction with the previous arrangement and completely different than what is going on in scotland, wales and northern ireland. since this is how we know this is how the infection is spreading it would make sense to restrict meeting between two households, which was the case previously and also not to have multiple households. this is about an infection which is, as we know, s

the chair of the bma, chaan nagpaul, explained why.government has to do is go back to some basics, which is, this is a virus that spreads between one person and another. we have said that two metres is the sort of distance you need to keep to minimise the spread. we have said in any setting where people are closer than that distance without any mitigations like a screen barrier, they should wear face coverings. you have to have that rule that applies everywhere otherwise people will be confused. we have had, over the past few months, a rule that said you wear face coverings on public transport but nowhere else. a month later injuly, we introduced it in shops and supermarkets, but nowhere else. you could have gone to a cinema without wearing a face covering. then we introduced it for cinemas but not restaurants. and workplaces. if the infection spreads when people are close to each other, just keep the rule simple, and encourage people not to be close to each other unless they need to be. would you like to see some of the scientific evi

we have seen, as one in from the bma, we have seen a member of the sage committee, saying that the secondve been talking about it for months, all entirely predictable, and the government needs to act faster. on the other side of course, is a huge economic demands too. yes, there is the balance that is permanently being looked at and pored over by ministers, actually it does end up breaking some disagreement in terms of what the right balance is to strike. i think over this weekend, politically, one of the things the government is trying to do is to avoid the impression that this is a sort of top—down imposition from westminster on areas, for example, in the north west of england, they want to get buy—in from the local leaders, but as i said before, that is not necessarily a guarantee, and joe anderson, he's been speaking this morning, as we heard, he is saying that for liverpool, from what he understands, areas in liverpool and around the city are going to potentially beat be submitted to a tier—three restriction, as it is known, as downing street tries to simplify the system, where we co

let's have a listen to doctor tjaden and paulfrom the bma.y concerned that the nhs is heading towards winter and will be overwhelmed with pressures, and that we now need to take decisive action, the government must take decisive action, to stem the spread of this infection. we know that the measures that have been put in place up measures that have been put in place up until now are not working, if they were working, we would not be seeing the scale of the spread of infection. that is why the bma is calling for additional measures that are stringent, but are adhered to, that can help communities safeguard their own futures. just to bring you an idea of what they want to see, they want to see the rule of six replaced with one that means only two households can meet at any one time, make the wearing of face masks mandatory in all offices and working environments unless someone is working alone. we have heard from the department of health. their response to this, they say this is a new virus but the government has been guided by advice from scie

the bma says a stronger clearer measures are now needed to bring infections under control and that means amending the rule of six to allow only two households of up to allow only two households of up to six people to meet, preferably outdoors. they have been calling for mandatory face coverings in all workplaces and three face masks given to the over 60s and vulnerable groups. they are calling for financial support to be to make their premises covid—secu re financial support to be to make their premises covid—secure and they would like payment be made available to those who need to self—isolate. the department of health says it has already made financial support available for those self isolating and simplified its rules on social distancing. it adds government measures have been guided by expert advice, that even in the peak earlier this year the nhs wasn't overwhelmed. thank you very much indeed. a temporary ceasefire has formally come into effect in the disputed region of nagorno—karabakh, but both azerbaijan and armenia have accused one another of violating it. the humanitarian truce

we are seeing is warming from the bma, odds on the sage committee, of people saying that the second waveut it for months, all entirely predictable, and the government needs to act faster. on the other side, of course, these huge economic demands as well. that is the balance of his family being looked at, and pulled over by the ministers and actually does end up revoking the disagreement in terms of what the right balance is straight. i think over this weekend, politically, right balance is straight. i think overthis weekend, politically, one of the things the government is trying to do is to avoid the impression that this is a top—down imposition from westminster on areas in the north west of england, they wa nt to in the north west of england, they want to get by and from local leaders, but that is not necessarily a guarantee, as i said before, and joe anderson, he has been speaking this morning, as we had, he is saying gnat from liverpool, as he understands, areas in liverpool and around liverpool are going to potentially be subjected to 83 direction, as it is known, as downing street

bma last first resumed in july for the mls is back tournament held in orlando bubble. >>teams then returned home to begin regular season play with strict protocols. so far the quakes have remained covid free we talked to the team wanted to. >>not. be one of the scenes to add the council anything and so we took it upon ourselves to this psa from can take on the right measurements star midfielder and u.s. national team player jackson year-old says the team is coming together under second-year coach month the u.s. all made >>and not only on the field we enjoy each other, but off the field you know the coaching staff and the group you know really chosen a time and you know keeping the friendship and the bond going as much as possible you know believes g to on-field success the quake speak well, salt lake to nothing last night up next are lfc in the seattle sounders in their final 2 games. >>western conference playoff spot on the line the right to use these games we have to go into the final so this is time to make the make all this effort and hard work worthwhile island >>

bma last first resumed in july for the mls is back tournament held in orlando bubble. >>teams then returned home to begin regular season play with strict protocols. so far the quakes have remained covid free we talked as a team wanted to. >>not. the one of the scenes to add to cancel anything and so we took it upon ourselves to this psa from can take all the right measurements star midfielder and u.s. national team player jackson year-old says the team is coming together under second-year coach might the u.s. all made that. >>and not only on the field we enjoy other, but off the field you know the coaching staff and the group you know really chosen a time and you know keeping the friendship and the bond going as much as possible you know believes that fund is translating to on-field success the quake speak well, salt lake to nothing last night up next are lfc in the seattle sounders in their final 2 games. >>western conference playoff spot on the line we'll assess the right to use these games we have to go into the final. >>so this is the time to make the make on this

bma last first resumed in july for the mls is back tournament held in orlando bubble. >>teams then returned home to begin regular season play with strict protocols. so far the quakes have remained covid free we talked to the team wanted to. >>not. the one of the scenes to add the council anything and so we took it upon ourselves to this psa from can take on the right measurements star midfielder and u.s. national team player jackson year-old says the team is coming together under second-year coach month the u.s. all made >>and not only on the field we enjoy each other, but off the field you know the coaching staff and the group you know really chosen a time and you know keeping the friendship in the bonn going as much as possible you know believes that fund is translating to on-field success the quake speak well, salt lake to nothing last night up next are lfc in the seattle sounders in their final 2 games. >>western conference playoff spot on the line >>the right to use these games we have to go into the final. so this is time to make the make all this effort and hard

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i know the bma said yesterday, we have got to put them on outdoors as well if you can't keep distancingout how stuffy the place is, and how much co2 accumulates, so you can tell how good a place is going to be. if you have got good laminate airflow and air conditioning, you are going to be pretty safe, and the evidence shows that. if you are in a stuffy place with no air circulating at all, no ventilation, you will not be in at all, no ventilation, you will not beina at all, no ventilation, you will not be in a good place. so i wouldn't really like to see it across the whole of the workplace, i don't think that is necessary. but i do think that is necessary. but i do think areas where there is a bit more cramming and you are unable, particularly in factories where the temperature is cooler, so we know that 4 degrees is the ultimate temperature for the virus to work. if you have that coolness and no airflow changing, then it is going to be very safe to wear a mask. but if you are in an office like you are at the moment, probably good air conditioning, you really probably don't need to we

the bma is saying that without stringent measures, the nhs and its workforce will quickly be overwhelmedbut we also know that when infections rise, like night follows day, hospitalisations rise and sadly, that means more will die. and for those who avoid hospitalisation, many of them can be afflicted with serious long—term debilitating health problems, so called long covid, and none of us know whether that syndrome will stay for the rest of their lives or whether they will recover in the next 12 months. but again, just as we have to protect our nhs, we cannot allow the mass industrial, never seen in the history of the nhs, halt to elective surgery and delaying treatment. we have to mobilise our national health service to perform the care for non—covid patients as well. that decision in march, although understandable, has bequeathed us waiting lists of 4 million, and today there are 111,000 people waiting beyond 12 months for treatment. in january, people waiting beyond 12 months for treatment. injanuary, it was just 1600. 3 treatment. injanuary, it was just 1600.3 million people treatmen