certainly, we have also had five cmo calls, which have also had five cmo calls, which have included atas the air at the paris is behaving, how the epidemic is evolving —— how the virus is behaving. and the different phases ofa behaving. and the different phases of a response. as frank has said, those communications and interactions have occurred, notjust at official level, including respective public health bodies and authorities, but also at at ministerial level so back in early to mid march we had ourfirst north—south ministerial council meeting which included the taoiseach and our first minister, deputy first minister, respective health ministers and officials. since that time we have had a series of conferences which have included our respective ministers both from northern ireland and the republic of ireland and the northern ireland 0ffice discussing a wide range of issues. being able to attend and participate in those conversations. and between the republic of ireland and ourselves in northern ireland, we have drawn up a memorandum of understanding, which religious builds on the

. >> cmo is sending a glimmer of hope and sent stocks soaring. >> what does it mean for your pets that and more information as we start right now. >> i'm phillip mena. >> i'm cori coffin >> the virus has killed almost 75,000 people. almost 11,000 deaths and the darkest days are still to come in new york the number of new fa fatalities has held steady over the last couple of days. >>> president trump agreed to let new york sending coronavirus patient to the usns comfort hospital ship which was orange gn -- oraniginally set to take non-covid cases. the first single digit increase since the pandemic ramped up the mayor announced that testing will be expanded to anyone regardless of symptoms >>> a new outbreak has hit a nursing home at least 30 patients and staff have tested positive >>> and boeing is temporarily stopped owl production of their air kraft in the united states >>> the cdc has released its first port on the impact on children most covid cases in minors are not severe but serious illness is possible. 5.7% of children who tested positive required hospitalization. >> the border

get this going and how are our public-health vision works, to implement transportation, to call the cmo's kathy hospitals. went to the hospital that next-day and witnessed myself the cooperation we had from the midlandsthe floor that gave us for this type of situation. they were prepared, pleasant, almost excited in a way that they were able to help out, so i was totally thrilled with the way everybody handled this situation. >> [indiscernible] dr. anthone: the question is, are we going to use the dormitory rooms or the hotel rooms for the ill patients? the ill patients will be mostly hospitalized. these are patients that are recovered after hospitalization or quarantine or hospitalizations that are not more ill. gov. ricketts: we will give you more details when we are ready to go on that. you have a lot more testing capacity. the question is, even though we have mentioned before, we probably have the capacity to do around 700 or 800 tests per day, if we did max out on the number of tests, and you are correct, it is the reagents right now. --e we have a lot of reagent once -- we have a lo

can i ask a question for yourself and the cmo?s? can i also ask the cmo, following from tom's question, is it possible for us to ease the lockdown measures before we have a contact tracing syste m before we have a contact tracing system in place which the health secretary has been talking about? and lastly, one question for the first secretary specifically. in october 2016, the government ran a pandemic drill called exercise bigness, as you know. it involved all the major government departments and simulated an epidemic similar to the one we are facing today. tens of thousands of people died in the simulation, but its findings have never been published. can you today commit to making those documents available? no, i can't. if they were conducted in the circumstances you describe, i would conducted in the circumstances you describe, iwould have conducted in the circumstances you describe, i would have to look carefully at the rules around it. but i am happy to look at that. chris, on the other points? vaccines, that is a commercial

i am in regular dialogue with the other uk cmo is in relation to how we learn and develop our approachstand the direct and the indirect impacts of covid—19 and how it is affecting the scottish population. with that in mind, iwant scottish population. with that in mind, i want to return to a message that i gave when i last appeared here on monday. it is really, really important that you understand that if you are experiencing symptoms that make you feel unwell or urgent symptoms like chest pain or unusual briefing that you are seeking help for those. i want to get across very, very clearly that the nhs remains open to you. i‘m in regular dialogue with the academy of medical royal colleges and we will be chatting to them later on this afternoon to see exactly how we can make sure that that message about where and when you should be seeking help is available to you so that it can guide you as to how to approach our health services. thank you. i will hand over to the health secretary. thank you.” will hand over to the health secretary. thank you. i want to briefly touch on ppe again this m

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lift these restrictions unilaterally, separate from the rest of the uk, and first minister, you're a cmog a series of trips between london and one of his home is 150 miles away in herefordshire? on that last question for me, i haven't had the opportunity to look at the detail of that, so i am not going to comment without having done so. what i would say and the incident you referred to here in scotland in the weekend, it is an example of this. these rules apply to all of us, and we all have to comply with them, and obviously people who are in keyjobs doing essential work have to be at work, but even then, complying with these rules on social distancing is about the protection of all of us, so i would say that pretty clearly, even though i do not know the detail of the circumstances of the ministry you refer to. iam the circumstances of the ministry you refer to. i am going to hand over to jason next, but can i say on the powers issue, because it is probably more one for me. for me as first minister, i have to take action that i think is best and appropriate for the protection of public h

mentioned the target of 20,000, and unprecedented pandemic, global pandemic and we shouldn't criticize the cmofor trying to give some forecasts in response to questions many in this chamber are calling for but the reality is we know more about the virus to mystically and internationally than we did before. i share his i guess joint horror at the number of deaths, tragedy engines everyone. i would disagree that it is too early to make international comparisons. if they are to be done on a per capita basis there are different ways not just in the uk and these settings across the world and this is a delicate and dangerous moment in this pandemic which is why we need to wait before moving towards a transitional phase or second phase and this would be irresponsible to start setting out in detail what proposals we might come up with. >> i wasn't criticizing the experts but pointing out the difference between what had been hoped for and where we have gotten to. i welcome the clearer breakdown of figures from this afternoon on words. it appears and i hope this is right the number of hospital admission

investigatin possible treatments for e coronavirus but on testing as wellafter an airy job governor andrew cmo on sunday announcing that his st will conduct the larges antibody survey in the nation if someone has antibodiesto covid-19 thatmeans they were infected and may now be immune. >>we will take thousands of tests antibody tests over this next week all across the state to give us a real snapsho a real baseline. of actly how many people werinfected by coronavis public health experts are hoping to eventually conduct widespread antibody testing across the nation. >>if enoughpeople are immune that possiblthe country could start safely oping up ain. elizabeth cohen cnn reporting. >>new this morning. billy nus has become one of the very few little tos in the whole world to testthe entire town or covid starting today through thursday drive throh testing is offered for l the residents of linas at 1600 residents andthat's not just to the residence, obviously the firsresponders as well. >>and west moran will be able are conducting these tests and mesa park. you do need to schedule an appointment. t

this comes as jenny harris, the deputy cmo, believes we're moving in the right directions, past or during the peak and things are looking better on the infection rate and the hospital admissions rate. as you say, there are lots of questions over strategy. this is the day when schools should have gone back, including the city of london school behind us and the city of london school, one of our correspondents on twitter said it's fully online,s as are a lot of schools there's nothing like getting physical teaching, as we all know and questions over that and, indeed, the opening up of the other parts of the economy that could be done sooner rather than later there are a lot of questions over being as the sunday times and other press say they have good sources saying the government were looking at a whole host of smentz, including a traffic light systems where you have green for getting some parts of economy up and going, and medium and red areas will take longer from the other side of the coin. the government, the education secretary or the cabinet secretary, one of the senior members of bor

however, she said scotland's cmo was learning from her error, and that her advice and expertise had been dr calderwood herself spoke at the briefing and again apologised. i've already issued a statement this morning, apologising unreservedly for travelling away from my home while restrictions were in place. as well as this weekend, it's important to be clear, that i also was there last weekend with my husband. i did not follow the advice i'm giving to others, i am truly sorry for that. i've seen a lot of the comments from members of the public on twitter today, people calling me a hypocrite, people telling me about the hardships they have endured while following my guidance. my office has also received e—mails from members of the public who are making clear to me their disappointment, and unhappiness at what i've done. people have told me that i'm irresponsible, that i've behaved as if my advice does not apply to me. i want people to know that i have seen all of that, and i have heard the comments. what i did was wrong. i'm very sorry. it will not happen again. i know how important the a

they did and there was controversy when the deputy cmo suggested the issue had be solved when we werehearing cases where people weren't getting everything. there is a couple of things here. first nhs hospitals, maybe, the supply lines to them have improved to the extend to the key areas where people with coronavirus areas where people with coronavirus are being treated. they are getting that equipment a bit more than they were. there is still issues in care homes, where some people have raised concerns that individual carers are having to recycle some pieces of ppe. some places don't have enough to make sure everybody is protected and likewise the other maybe not front line health services, but places where some coronavirus infected patients may end up or pass through, maybe they have not had as much. it is probably an issue that the health secretary will want to address. as you say, the numbers of people who have died as a result of all this, probably continuing to rise. but yesterday we had the suggestion that the number of hospitals admissions were beginning to stabilise. that seem

however she said the cmo was learning from her error, and her advice and expertise had been invaluableelf spoke at the briefing and again apologised. i've already issued a statement this morning apologising unreservedly for travelling away from my home whilst restrictions were in place. it is important to be clear that i was also there last weekend with my husband. i did not follow the advice iam giving husband. i did not follow the advice i am giving to others. i am truly sorry for that. i have seen a lot of comments on twitter today, people calling me a hypocrite, people telling me about the hardships they have injured while following my guidance. my all riddance has also received e—mails from members of the public who are making clear their disappointment and unhappiness at what i have done. p. i want people to know i have seen all of that and i have seen the comments. i am very sorry. it will not happen again. i know how important the advices that i have issued. i do not want mistake to distract from that. i don't want to distract from that. i don't want to make the jobs of the pol

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is an unprecedented pandemic, a global pandemic, and i think in fairness we should not criticise the cmoutely share his, i guess, our joint and i absolutely share his, i guess, ourjoint horror at the number of deaths. tragedies each and every one. equally i am going to disagree with him that it is far too early to make international comparisons. if they are to be done, they should be done on a per capita basis. we are already seeing there are different ways not just in already seeing there are different ways notjust in the uk, but across europe and the world and this is a very delicate and dangerous moment in this pandemic, which is why with the greatest respect i think we do need to wait until we get further evidence before moving towards a transitional phase or a second phase, and it would be irresponsible right now to start setting out in detail what proposals we might come up detail what proposals we might come up with in advance of having that advice from sage. thank you, mr speaker. can i make clear i was not criticising the experts, i was pointing at the difference between what ha

i will ask the cmo to say a word or two more about testing in terms of symptomatic residents, bearinge government in westminster. a 99—year—old second world war veteran — who was hoping to raise a thousand pounds for the nhs — by walking 100 laps of his garden before his hundredth birthday this month — has now raised more than six million pounds. captain tom moore — from bedfordshire — com pletely completely out of this world. thank you so much for all those people who subscribe to the national health service because for every penny we get, they deserve every one of it. they do. and it is extraordinary, isn't it, how it is ticking up. 5 million earlier and it has already gone above 6ml. simon mccoy will be here with the bbc news at one shortly. now it's time for a look at the weather. not much change with the weather at the moment, it is very quiet out there, with high pressure in control. that means that in many of us are seeing sights like this. lots of sunshine coming through. the only exception further north yet again we have thicker cloud, thick enough for drizzle as well. put th

outbreak of coronavirus in madrid at the time that left many people dead. 0n the same day, the deputy cmoof the virus. obviously, the chance of them festival went ahead and deliverable we have seen a surge in deaths, 250 people have died in hospital and many more in the community. in the madrid mayor has said hosting that match at that time was a mistake. i wonder, considering the advice changed and mass gatherings were then banned, is the government prepared to accept that was a mistake and that match and other events around the time should never have gone ahead? quickly, for the chancellor, if i make? liverpool council, like many town halls across the country seem to bear the brunt of the austerity agenda that followed the last financial crash, and i'm sure you will accept, councils across the country, particularly when it comes to social ca re are particularly when it comes to social care are stepping up and leading the charge in communities in tackling the coronavirus. i wonder if you can give a cast—iron guarantee to councils, to town halls, local leaders that they will not be the on

need to look at going forward is the overall excess deaths which encompass direct and indirect as the cmoly regrettable and affects many people and ourjob is to try to make sure we suppress this as far as we can keep those numbers down. beth rigby at sky. first a question for mr hancock. does the test, trace system have to be up and running before you even countenance using the lockdown and if so can you get it ready by may the 7th? and to sir patrick, do you intends to establish what you think is a tolerable level of community transmission based on the not overwhelming the nhs and so allowing some spread of the virus through the population, or is your aim to push daily new cases as low as possible to control the virus? thanks, both those questions are for ultimately, for politicians because they are big judgments. i will ask patrick to comment on the science of the latter, but ultimately the judgments are made by by the cabinet on the advice of the scientists. on the first, there is no automatic link between the two. there is no automatic link between the scale of test, track and trace,

frankly lack of accountability of that got sean hannity traing his sights on new york governor andrew cmoignoring the trump administration's failures as the new york times reports blame the left is a big part of the aybook and right wing webses are still promoting anecdotes that sugsts things an't that bad. but the growing number of widows indicates otherwise. and this is our pearl harbomoment, that's what the surgeon general says. >>he says it's a defining moment for this generaon, and it will be the hardest nd the saddest week of most americans lives. ahead of us now as the death toll is expected to peak in the u.s.. next thursday. our coverage of the coronavus pandemic continues on our website at kron 4 dot com you can read all of the headlines. the latest news and also get ve important links to numbers and other resources that are available re in the bay ar. still ahead and the couple mning news coming up in the 9 o'clock hour, a community remembers a nurse stocg at a hospital and rus >>and we're back time now 8.54 the shelter at home ders been tough for all of us, especially for youn

your patience in letting me go through that in some detail, i will hand over briefly to the interim cmoerous occasions about the fact there was much to be discovered about this new virus and the disease covid—19 that it caused. this means not only learning about it using the best advice available in this country but learning through our broad scientific and research networks as part of a global response. that is why we established an independent advisory group to ensure any evidence considered in the uk or international level was releva nt the uk or international level was relevant in a scottish context to put the group contains a strong mix of epidemiologists, public health experts, behavioural scientists and leading academics from a range of scottish sectors. that way i am able to ensure scottish ministers are afforded best scientific and clinical advice available. the distinguish chair of the group, professor andrew morris, is a member of the uk scientific advisory group, sage, to ensure we are supporting efforts across the whole of the uk to bring the best science to bear in this cr

but we all know that early diagnosis is important in cancer and so we have been very clear from the cmopact of deaths in this case due to other treatments not happening, and ijust want other treatments not happening, and i just want to stress that the other treatments are available. where they are clinically appropriate whilst there is a killer virus about, but we have seen the biggest problem is the drop—off and people presenting and then the set of deaths which come through the socio economic impact of the measures were having to take. we look at all those rather than just direct deaths even though they are the most visible. and it is something i worry about. thank you. amy callaghan. thank you. secretary of state, i have got concerns around how charities like click sergeant will bail to stay afloat and maintain their invaluable support after the crisis and during this. without these charities there would inevitably be more pressure on the nhs and it is likely young cancer patients would suffer. do you have a plan to help these charities continue supporting patients? yes we do. this i