nightingale hospital in east london reaches capacity. the newly converted nightingale hospital in east london reaches capacity. just to have data on the figures we have been bringing you, we mention some of that any headlines. the latest figures that have come from the department of health in the last 15 minutes or so. a rise, sadly, and inevitably, on the day before. just to remind you, 2352 patients have died in hospital. that is a uk wide figure. so, that is uk wide. more than 2300, after testing positive for coronavirus. those figures, to remind you, are accurate as of 5pm yesterday evening. there is a slight lag, but that is how they calculate the figures. that is from the department of health, in terms of the rise, just to put it into some context, the figure that we gave you on the headline, it is up by 563 on the day before. so, that is the context, the day before. so, that is the co ntext, u p the day before. so, that is the context, up by 563. to try to give you figures on testing as well, the department of health is saying tha

further towards the east, southerly breeze, and temperatures getting up to about 18 in newcastle, for example. and 20 degrees is on the cards in london levels will be moderate across much of england and wales and peaking high in the south—east. even after the weekend, after the rows of a blip, taking london, for example, it looks as though the weather will be warming up again by when wednesday, temperatures are expected to exceed 20 celsius. so, yes, a warm spell of weather is on the way, but you know what the advice is. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one, we nowjoin the bbc‘s hello, i'm sarah mulkerrins at the bbc sport centre. all 20 premier league clubs are meeting today via video, to discuss plans both for the conclusion of the season and the topic of players taking wage reductions. our sports news reporter laura scottjoins me now. laura, clubs and players have really been under the spotlight in recent days over their wages and what they are not doing? exactly. we have seen a furious reaction. a lot of mps piling in on football saying that the players have to take action and that the clu

nhs officials say 16,000 staff could be needed at the new nightingale hospital in east london.rump has warned americans to prepare for a very, very painful two weeks ahead. more from the us later in the programme. our first report is by richard galpin on the uk's response. a cent estimate by the royal college of physicians suggested a quarter of all nhs doctors had eitherfallen ill or had to self—isolate because of concerns about a family member showing symptoms. it was the same for many nurses. testing them for coronavirus would enable many to return to work if found to be in the clear. but the government's been slow to focus on testing in general, and in particular, for health workers. so what we are calling for is a national testing strategy, a strategy to ramp up the community testing and contact tracing, like we are seeing in other country, that is how they have been able to beat this virus or get this virus under control and suppressed. so now, nhs england is calling on hospitals to use 15% of their testing capability on staff. the government's going further, saying hospi

i work for the nhs in east london. day we starting the reality of that. they by day —— saying they couldn't make it. vivian is a nature lover. to cope should normally go to the countryside but now even the local park or packs. and what else am i supposed to do to pick myself up? i just felt like there's no point in trying. but, people like emily are trying to help by giving us an intimate glimpse of the private lives of some of our most loved animals. the wildlife trust has set up around 20 webcams across the country. we seem to hundred and 75% increase in the number of visitors watching compared to this time last year. huge people are tuning in and it's an important right now the people are getting major. they're doing it through digital platforms and online programs. it may be some comfort to have a look and see that as human society struggles to cope with the virus the natural world carries on uninterrupted. and just to let you know that you can keep up with the latest device on her website and you can keep in touch

nhs officials say that 16,000 staff could be needed at the nightingale hospital in east london. htingale hospital, currently being installed at the excel centre in london, according to its chief operating officer. the 80—ward facility was created in fewer than ten days and should be able to take its first patients by the end of this week. angus crawford reports. archival commentary: welcome back to excel arena, down in the royal docks, in east london. the crowd still pouring in... from a time of national celebration to one of national crisis. the excel has a new role and name — now, nhs nightingale. an army of civilian contractors and the military too transforming this vast space. cubicles marching towards the camera. this is my last week in the army — well, it was, until i got the phone call. so i've built hospitals, planned hospitals around the world. i have been a commander in med in afghanistan. i've built hospitals in oman, in iraq, in the baulkans, so this is what i have prepared for, it's what i do, and that is why i have come together with the nhs to work together with th

the site in east london was opened remotely by the prince of wales, himself recovering from the virusis hospital, therefore, offers us an intensely practical message of hope for those who will need it most at this time of national suffering. similar hospitals are planned in many other cities. also on today's programme. the health secretary admits that meeting a target to test 100,000 people for the virus in england by the end of this month is a "huge undertaking". in the last few minutes the prime minister has posted a video on twitter saying that he is to remain in herself isolation because of his health. a move to get help to struggling businesses — the scheme offering government—backed loans will be expanded so more firms will qualify. the exams regulator rules that this year's gcse and a—level grades will be based on teachers‘ assessments of pupils‘ work. google is to publicly track people's movements to show how visits to public places are changing during the pandemic, here and abroad. and in sport — premier league clubs meet again to discuss the season's future, with any restart

the hospital in east london was opened remotely by the prince of wales — himself recovering from theus. this hospital, therefore, offers us an intensely practical message of hope for those who will need it most at this time of national suffering. the health secretary admits that meeting a target to test 100,000 people for coronavirus in england by the end of this month is a huge undertaking. the prime minister posts a video saying he'll remain in self—isolation because of his health — and warns against people relaxing the stay at home message. everybody may be getting a bit stir crazy and there may be just a temptation to get out there, hang out, and start to break the regulations, and i just urge you not to do that. please, please, stick with the guidance now. a move to get help to struggling businesses — the scheme offering government—backed loans will be expanded so more firms will qualify. the exams regulator rules that this year's gcse and a—level grades will be based on teachers‘ assessments of pupils‘ work. google is to publicly track people's movements — to show how visits to

archival commentary: welcome back to excel arena, down in the royal docks, in east london.sis. the excel has a new role and name — now, nhs nightingale. an army of civilian contractors and the military too transforming this vast space. cubicles marching towards the camera. this is my last week in the army — well, it was, until i got the phone call. so i've built hospitals, planned hospitals around the world. i have been a commander in med in afghanistan. i've built hospitals in oman, in iraq, in the baulkans, so this is what i have prepared for, it's what i do, and that is why i have come together with the nhs to work together with them to deliver this facility at scale, at pace. 500 beds so far but with the ability to add 1500 more here and another 2000 in the halljust over there. expected to be operational by the end of the week, only patients already on ventilators will be admitted and cared for by a team of as many as 16,000 people. questions, though, still remain. will there be enough equipment? and in a unit where some patients may not survive, despite the care they r

she joins us from east london. thank you for being with us.ly how this address to the nation and the commonwealth was recorded, the circumstances in which it was made? hello, yes, this is just one of a handful of times the queen has addressed the nation in this way, the only time she has done so this way, the only time she has done so in this way, the only time she has done soina this way, the only time she has done so in a moment of national crisis in her reign, but as you say, the circumstances in which it is recorded also exceptional. we understand that great care was taken to obey social distancing measures. the only person in the room in windsor castle with the queen was one cameraman who was wearing gloves and a mask to protect his gear, and and a mask to protect his gear, and a skeleton staff were outside the room ina a skeleton staff were outside the room in a different room, technical staff who were needed to make the broadcast happened. very different to the circumstances that we would normally see when the queen records are broadcas

coronavirus testing. 16,000 staff may be needed when the newly converted nightingale hospital in east londonect a rough two weeks and to stick to social distancing — saying it's a matter of life and death. new zealand's prime minster has warned it could take britons some time to get back to the uk. jacinda ardern said that while her country is willing to help, it needed to be done in a way that did not negatively affect local people in lockdown. meanwhile in australia, tens of thousands of british travellers are struggling to return home, after being told they were low on a list of priorities for repatriation. shaimaa khalil reports from sydney. these are the lucky ones. travellers stuck in australia, finally able to go home. many are brits heeding the government's call to return to the uk. it's been weeks of chaos and confusion, with no guarantees of when they could get on a plane. i've been anxious all week, fearful, that one we would never get back, and if we were going to get back it would be june, july or maybe september. it was quite hard to find information, to get clear, concise, acc

a new hospital which can treat up to 4,000 covid—19 patients opens in east london.gan. authorities in new york and la advise people to wear face masks when they're outdoors — but president trump's chief scientific adviser says masks shouldn't lead americans into a false sense of security. spain registers more than 900 deaths for the second day in a row. but there are signs the european death rate is approaching its peak. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world for all the latest developments in the coronavirus pandemic. more than a million people globally have been infected with coronavirus, a doubling of the total in the past week. in all, more than 50 thousand people have died since the outbreak began in china in december. here in britain the health secretary, matt hancock, has this morning acknowledged that the government's aim to deliver 100,000 daily coronvirus tests in england by the end of the month is going to be a huge undertaking. his comments come as the first temporary hospital to treat coronavirus patients opens in east london. als

investigation after a baby girl and a three—year—old boy were stabbed to death at a property in ilford, east london reports of a man and two children injured at a home in aldborough road north. our correspondent charlotte gallagher is here. charlotte, what do we know so far? well, as you said, police, paramedics in the air ambulance were called to this home at ilford at around 5:30pm this evening. a % around 5:30pm this elem girl

s entering the deadliest phase of the outbreak in east london an exhibition center converted into a 500 bed hospital and only 9 days has admitted its 1st patient and this london hospital medics are handling a surge in sufferers but there are worries about the availability of lifesaving equipment we've got enough people that's difficult because inevitably we've had staff go off we have currently got enough oxygen our current problem today is having enough great ventilators some of those admitted are young and fit with no underlying health problems you don't know. how bad it is until it actually hits you and so i would absolutely. everybody to listen to the government guidance and stay away from people this is the hospital where johnson is under close observation just across the river thames from the houses of parliament the scene of so many of johnson's recent victories only a few weeks ago he was telling journalists how he was still shaking hands with people some of them patients in hospital but that was before current restrictions before the death toll started to accelerate and now joh

crossrail and the aim is to build and you read where you that connects south west london with north east london do you have any plans. going back to the lead the norm or even going to palestine the reality at the moment is that as a palestinian i am deprived from the right to free and to palestine because of the israeli occupation there united nation has it offend our right as palestinians to go to back to our home countries every single year we have since 1948 since my grandparents were kicked out the united nations resolution $1000.00 for a fair and our right to go back we've never been allowed to go my grandmother who was featured in this documentary passed away 2 years ago without achieving her dream of going back so in terms of going to lebanon i love lebanon because my parents are i miss them they miss me but the problem is that as palestinians in lebanon we deprived from many civil rights we are not allowed to work in more than 20 professions me as a civil engineer i wouldn't be able to practice 11 and many of my friends who have graduated from university have actually gone back to leban

and i work for the nhs in east london.you know, day by day, staff calling and saying they couldn't make it. vivienne is a nature lover. to cope, she'd normally go to the countryside but now, even the local parks are packed. and what else am i supposed to do to try and pick myself up? yes, so i just felt there's just no point in trying. but people like emily are trying to help by giving us an intimate glimpse of the private lives of some of our most loved animals. the wildlife trust has set up around 20 webcams across the country. nationally, we've seen a 275% increase in the number of visitors who are watching it compared to this time last year. huge people are tuning in and it's so important right now that people are getting that connection with nature, so they're doing it through digital platforms and online wildlife webcams. it may be some comfort to have a look and see that, as human society struggles to cope with the virus, the natural world carries on uninterrupted. claire marshall, bbc news. a reminder of our top st

i work for the nhs in east london.hen, day by day, we started seeing the kind of reality of that. so you know, so day by day, staff were calling in saying they couldn't make it... vivienne is a nature lover. to cope, she'd normally go to the countryside, but now, even the local parks are packed. and what else am i supposed to do to try and pick myself up? yeah, so itjust felt like there's just no point in trying. but people like emily are trying to help, by giving us an intimate glimpse of the private lives of some of our most loved animals. the wildlife trusts have set up around 20 webcams across the country. nationally, we've seen 275% increase in the number of visitors who are watching it compared to this time last year. huge people are tuning in, and it's so important right now that people are getting that connection with nature. so they're doing it through digital platforms and online wildlife webcams. it may be some comfort to have a look and see that, as human society struggles to cope with the virus, the natura

where in my flat here in east london about 5 kilometers away from the offices we normally work from we've been coordinating on video conference calls that include our editorial team of producers plus our production manager our cameramen and 2 video editors all working from home our interviews have been conducted over skype we've only ever had 2 pairs of people working together in the same room and for just a few hours at a time there's me and our camera operator along with one producer and one video editor the rest of the team remains in isolation in their homes we're going to get better at this and we hope as you do that it's not a new normal finally this past thursday south africa joined the list of countries under lockdown a local supermarket there called pick and pay brought a group of musicians together not physically virtually in order to produce a video with a message how friends don't let friends and shop will see you next time you're the most. leads. the. league. needs to. be a. full of struggles full of pleasure. that i am what i said. not of the goodness of the lead on the wron

more critical care beds this morning i attended the opening of the new nightingale hospital in east london and with ruth and many others it was planned constructed and fully staffed in just 9 days and that is an outstanding achievement and i pay pay tribute to ruth and all who've been involved in its construction. it shows what's possible when we come together as one team in one national effort i pay tribute to the extraordinary work of everyone the n.h.s. the military the construction industry who both donated supplies and of course their expertise the engineers the electricians the plumbers the caterers and others all playing their part to build a place of hope and a place of healing it was really inspiring to go and see the sheer scale of it and the teamwork going on there. and lastly i want to thank you i want to thank everyone who is at home. because you are giving the n.h.s. the time to expand so that it can save lives by staying at home you are saving lives we have more nightingale hospitals planned and on the way in birmingham and manchester and glasgow and today we've announced th

i was diagnosed with depression and anxiety and i work for the nhs in east london and i have startedwoman is a nature lover and she used to go to the countryside to cope, but now even the local parks about. what else am i supposed to do to pick myself up? ijust go out there is no point in trying. but people like her are trying to help by giving us an intimate glimpse into the private lives of some of our most loved animals. the wildlife trust have set up 20 webcams across the country. nationally, we have seen 275 increase in the number of visitors —— percent —— one can appear to last year. it is so important for people to get that connection with nature with all my wildlife webcams. it may be some comfort to have a look and see that, as human society struggles to cope with the virus, the natural world carries on uninterrupted. just to let you know that you can keep up—to—date with the recent advice with our website and you can keep in touch with me on twitter. thank you for watching. hello, if your saturday weather view has been a cloudier one that is likely that tomorrow will be bri

a new hospital has opened in east london dedicated to treating coronavirus patients. as previously known as the london excel centre. the nightingale hospital will start treating patients next week. we thought we'd take a look at who the hospital was named after and talk to the director of the florence nightingale museum who says her message about nurses' handwashing is as relevant now as it was 100 of years ago. welcome to you david green. thank you very much for speaking to bbc news, and areas across the uk and the world, just remind us what she is best known for. nightingale is certainly best known as the mother of modern nursing but she was also a fantastic statistician and she really used evidence for the first time to look at how nursing can cure people, and so it really comes together at times like this that we see how she was so instrumental in how to find cures and bring back and better patients. what about this question about personal hygiene. in the hospitals she was treating, never mind the battlefield conditions she endured in crimea, hygiene would have bee

in the past few weeks and that is before opening the extraordinary nhs nightingale hospital in east londongside the new hospitals in birmingham, manchester, harrogate and bristol, i can confirm that sunderland and exeter will soon see nightingale hospitals in their communities too. these extra hospitals if we need them will be pa rt of hospitals if we need them will be part of the nhs's nationwide response to coronavirus. the greatest health care challenge the nhs ever faced and i am proud to continue the tradition dating back to the founding of our nhs 72 years ago. nurses are at the heartbeat of this people's health service. these are difficult days but amid the stark news that each day brings, my colleagues are sustained by the extraordinary shows of support that the nhs has received from our public. the rainbows, the nhs signs in the window, they lift me and they with my colleagues. i never thought to see people across this country clapping and showing your thanks every thursday. it means a great deal to me and my colleagues, more thanl deal to me and my colleagues, more than i can say

probability of survival the thing to have to choose between well a temporary mortuary is being built in east london should there be a predicted sharp rise in death construction should be complete there by the end of the week and another temporary facility on a slightly brighter notes opened this friday seeing london get the world's largest critical care unit as the nightingale hospital opens less than 2 weeks of the building work began huge effort to do that. also in behavior being witness tells where britain's medical staff and pharmacists say they're bearing the brunt of the public's anxiety in a recent survey or 77 percent of pharmacist said that they've noticed an increase in verbal abuse lately 16 percent said that even being physically attacked on the front line of all this partridge looks at the darker side of their difficulties at the moment despite the very public public show of affection there every week. the u.k. recently joined the rest of the world in an emotional tribute to its frontline keris in the battle against covert 19. thank you very 2 much i'm definitely seeing and to give the

one of those to lose their lives is east london doctor abdul mabud chowdhury.had raised concerns on social media about the lack of ppe. he was a brave, courageous man, and that is something he has passed on to us. he saw that nhs workers didn't have enough ppe and he made the call for that. maybe at the time it didn't get the attention it deserved, but now, for sure, it will get the attention it deserves and we're not going to stop, we are getting this everywhere. the british medical association says dr chowdhury is one of 11 doctors who have died. the chief nursing 0fficer wouldn't confirm the numbers, saying she would need the permission of theirfamilies to talk about them. some hope is being taken from this graph, showing the number of occasions in critical care appears to be beginning to plateau. but it comes with this warning. we are in a dangerous phase, still, and i need to reinforce that again to you — that this is not over. that's why, once again, there are pleas for people to stay at home this easter weekend, with another warm and sunny day forecast.

in london the numbers have dropped a lot. in the midlands they are flat. the eastt, but scotland and wales are flat as well. but, chris whitty, the chief medical adviser for the government, said the number of deaths would continue rising, it may be quite sharply in the next few days because of delays with registration over the bank holiday. in the last hour we have had sad and tragic news of the death ofa had sad and tragic news of the death of a 28—year—old nurse who was pregnant. she died with coronavirus. the trust where she worked, luton and dunstable, said the baby was safely delivered by cesarean section and is doing well. hugh pym, our health editor. a partnership between clinicians, university researchers and industry, which we reported on a few weeks ago, has now resulted in the production of 10,000 thousand breathing aids for seriously ill coronavirus patients. this afternoon, mercedes formula one completed manufacture of the continuous positive airway pressure — or cpap — devices which were designed in partnership with engineers at university college lon

higher probability of survival or think they have to do a temporary mortuary is now being built in east london is should there be a predicted sharp rise in deaths construction should be complete by the end of the week also in behavior being witnessed elsewhere britain's medical staff and pharmacists are bearing the brunt of the public's anxiety it seems in a recent survey 77 percent of pharmacists said that they'd noticed an increase in verbal abuse 16 percent said they'd been physically attacked a partridge next that looks at the darker side of their difficulties right now despite the very public show of affection every week. the u.k. recently joined the rest of the world in an emotional tribute to its frontline keris in the battle against covert 19. thank you very 2 much i'm definitely seeing and to give the next week the country even the most vironment and patients seem to be very grateful for the care that we wait with the boys medics are our new soldiers risking their lives to save others but this global war has an ugly side in a short space of time these brave workers are also falling vi

cheering and applause east london. bagpipes glasgow. pontypridd. applause leeds.s is for delivery drivers, shelf stackers, care workers, child minders, refuse workers, everyone who is helping to keep the show on the road while we stay at home. people like the grounded airline crews, who are now volunteering to offer refreshment and moral support to the nurses and doctors at the whittington hospital. it's lovely how people have come together and working as a team, as a community, and helping support us, to try to keep us hydrated and well fed, so we can give the best care to our patients. indeed, the heart of this is, of course, the health workers. this road in bath, now lit in nhs blue, sits in the shadow of a hospital on the coronavirus front line. my mummy works at the... nhs. ..nhs. as someone who works in the community in the nhs, it means a huge amount that everyone is clapping and showing support. by coming out, we're showing them we appreciate what we are doing. downing street, islington, newark, and everyone with the same message. thank you. it is a nation

more critical care beds this morning i attended the opening of the new nightingale hospital in east london and with ruth and many others it was planned constructed and fully staffed in just 9 days and that is next standing achievement and i pay pay tribute to ruth and all who've been involved in its construction it shows what's possible when we come together as $1.00 team in one national effort i pay tribute to the extraordinary work of everyone the n.h.s. the military the construction industry who both donated supplies and of course their expertise the engineers the electricians the plumbers the caterers and others all playing their part to build a place of hope and a place of healing it was really inspiring to go and see the sheer scale of it and the teamwork going on there and lastly i want to thank you i want to thank everyone who is at home because you are giving the n.h.s. the time to expand so that it can save lives by staying at home you are saving lives we have more nightingale hospitals planned and on the way in birmingham and manchester and glasgow and today we've announced that

we visited this east london venue the day the job retention scheme was announced.are grave warnings about the very near future. at the start of all this, we had 100 employees. we put 90 onto furlough. if thejob retention scheme is not extended beyond the end ofjune, i doubt very much we will have more than seven employees still working in the business, it is that serious for us. i think that more than half of hospitality businesses and perhaps as many as 2 million jobs are at risk. this is notjust about missing a night out. it's about large parts of an industry going missing. but the wages tab tojune could hit £50 billion and the government knows it can't pay it forever. simon jack, bbc news. a paper published in the medical journal the lancet today has highlighted what is known and not known about immunity after a person has been infected with coronavirus. understanding the nature of immunity is key to developing successful treatments and vaccines, as well as helping governments decide on the way various lockdowns might be relaxed. 0ur science correspondent rebecc

i work for the nhs in east london.f reality of that, so, you know, day by day, staff calling and saying they couldn't make it. vivienne is a nature lover. to cope, she'd normally go to the countryside, but now even the local parks are packed. and what else am i supposed to do to try and pick myself up? yeah, so itjust felt like there's just no point in trying. but people like emily are trying to help by giving us an intimate glimpse of the private lives of some of our most loved animals. the wildlife trust has set up around 20 webcams across the country. nationally, we've seen a 275% increase in the number of visitors who are watching it compared to this time last year. huge people are tuning in, and it's so important right now that people are getting that connection with nature, so they're doing it through digital platforms and online wildlife webcams. it may be some comfort to have a look and see that, as human society struggles to cope with the virus, the natural world carries on uninterrupted. claire marshall, bbc

let's speak to dr rita issa who is a gp registrar in east london.urned to hospital. iam i am graduate feeling better. tell is what it has been like, you have not actually being tested. —— i and glad you are feeling. we all know the standard symptoms of covid—19, persistent cough and high temperature. but we are seeing that many people might be displaying milder symptoms which can be anything from headaches, losing your sense of smell, xmp is. i thought this could be coronavirus. i was not able to access testing but i thought for the safety of my patients and colleagues, best thing to self—isolate. colleagues, best thing to self-isolate. what do you try and do if you are self—isolate in comedy exercise in your home audience to embed? i recognise it is challenging to be self isolating. —— audit use the bed? versavel it is important to recognise it is oaky not to be oaky and to feel anxious about being under the weather. there are measures we can use to support and mental health. we can implement some sort of routine, regular sleep pattern, regular mea

probability of survival of the news there a temporary mortuary is now being built in east london should there be a predicted sharp rise in deaths construction should be complete by the end of the week on a more positive note another temporary facility that's open this friday today sees london get the world's largest critical care unit as the nightingale hospitals opened less than 2 weeks after building work began a huge effort there. well in behavior we witnessed elsewhere britain's medical staff and pharmacists it seems have bearing the brunt of the public's growing anxiety in a recent survey 77 percent of pharmacists said they've noticed an increase in verbal abuse lately 16 percent even said they'd been physically attacked a partridge looks at the darker side of their difficulties on the front line at the moment despite the very public show of affection every week. the u.k. recently joined the rest of the world in an emotional tribute to its frontline keris in the battle against covert 19. 30 2 2. i've definitely seen and to get the next week the country even the most vironment and p

this park in south—east london has been fairly busy today with people out walking, cycling and jogging. now, most people have been following the social distancing guidelines, but the police have been patrolling here over the weekend, stopping some members of the public who've been sunbathing, telling them to move on. and the police have been moving people on elsewhere, to make sure they're following the rules. this is primrose hill in london. when the police turn up, people begin to disperse, but local officers say the park has been much quieter than it was yesterday. that is my playground but we can't go in it because of the coronavirus. living in the same borough are five—year—old hayes and his mother. their home is a one—bedroom flat. life under restrictions for them isn't easy. so many others are in a similar position and with no garden space, parks are vital as access to the outdoors. but emma says under the rules, trying to get to her local park means they'd be out for too long. our nearest park is primrose hill and that's just... it's that little bit too far that once we've walk

500 deaths in 24 hours for the 1st time despite comes as a 4000 bed hospital is jus to open in east london to treat covert 900 patients a temperate hospital was set up in 2 weeks governments under growing pressure to increase testing especially for its national health service staff nearly 30000 people are infected with the virus and spread away to london to downing streets where at the business sex trade. look sharma is hosting a 3 fingers i'm joined today by dr yvonne toil who is the medical director of public health england before yvonne provides an update on the latest data from our copra coronavirus fact file i'd like to update you on the steps that we are taking to defeat this pandemic are step by step action plan is aiming to slow the spread of the virus so fewer people need hospital treatment at any one time protecting the ability of the n.h.s. to cope through our response to corona virus we have been following the scientific and medical advice we have been deliberate in our actions taking the right steps at the right time we're also taking unprecedented action to increase energy th

we visited this east london venue the day the job retention scheme was announced.rnings about the very near future. at the start of this we had a hundred employees and we put 90 onto the furlough. if the retention scheme is not extended beyond the end ofjune i doubt we will have more than seven employees still working in the business, it's that serious for us. i think more than half of hospitality businesses and as many as 2 millionjobs than half of hospitality businesses and as many as 2 million jobs are at risk. this is notjust about missing a night out, it's about large parts ofan a night out, it's about large parts of an industry going missing. but the wages tab untiljune could hit £50 billion in the government knows it cannot pay for ever. simonjack, bbc news. hospices providing vital end—of—life care to thousands of people every day are having to radically transform how they deliver that care, often meaning stringent restrictions on visiting relatives. the government says it's working around the clock to ensure hospices have the equipment and support they nee

i spoke to a woman who lives in east london, a british bangladeshi, a family of seven living in a three—bedroomorkers, leaving the house each day, potentially exposing a vulnerable member of that family to the virus. they could be unknown carriers, and that's a real worry for families with that kind of setup. so that's the physical health risk. given there are so many people under one roof at the best of times, there must be issues with mental health for many of these people. it's stressful. custom crib it's stressful. custom crib it's stressful for a nyone stressful. custom crib it's stressful for anyone right now, let's be frank, but if you are really worried about somebody in your house who is vulnerable, and the lady i'm talking about is anxiety and she says she is finding it difficult to comprehend the fact that herfamily it difficult to comprehend the fact that her family members, it difficult to comprehend the fact that herfamily members, who it difficult to comprehend the fact that her family members, who she loves a nd that her family members, who she loves and respects for going out a

first coronavirus patients have arrived at the new nhs nightingale hospital at the excel centre in east londonpened last week, can accommodate up to 4,000 patients. it is the first of several such facilities planned across the uk. medical leaders from across the uk have urged people with any urgent and serious health conditions to continue to seek help during the pandemic. in a statement the academy of medical royal colleges — which monitors patient care — said the nhs remains open and the public should not hold back from getting medical assistance if needed. while the london region has seen the highest number of deaths and confirmed cases in the uk, the midlands has seen a sharp rise in infections. the mayor of the west midlands has insisted the region's hospitals are prepared. the wider midlands region is "a particular area of concern" to the government, with a total ofjust under 1,200 deaths there so far, as our correspondent sian lloyd reports. at the moment... distressing to watch, a 37—year—old nurse struggling for breath in intensive care. at 29 weeks pregnant, michelle wright does not

hospital in east london which is the 1st of such hospitals that are being open and are there say. in numerous critical unit senses zines to take in all as many of the patients who have been hospitalized with cope at 19 this particular one in london will have capacity for up to full 1000 patients when it is expected to be running when the peak takes place in 2 to 3 weeks time like right so you really would have a moment or something to give in london. while another u.k. casualty is one of the world's biggest sporting events that is the wimbledon tennis championships which have been cancelled entirely and that for the 1st time since world war 2 the grand slam tournament was set for june and july in 2 weeks in june and july but like the olympics in the european football championships fans will have to wait until 2021 for any action. on tuesday spain where doctors have been advised against admitting coronavirus patients aged over 80 into intensive care a leaked document published by spanish media says health workers in catalonia have been told to prioritize younger patients however th

s entering the deadliest phase of the outbreak in east london an exhibition center converted into a 500 bed hospital in only 9 days has admitted its 1st patients in this london hospital medics are handling a surge of sufferers but there are worries about the availability of lifesaving equipment with enough people that's difficult that's inevitable had stuff go off we have got enough oxygen our current problem today is having enough great ventilators some of those admitted are young and fit with no underlying health problems you don't know how bad it is until it actually hits you and. i would absolutely. everybody to listen to the government guidance and away from all this is a hospital where johnson is under close observation just across the river thames from the houses of parliament the scene of so many of johnson's recent victories only a few weeks ago he was telling journalists how he was still shaking hands with people some of them patients in hospital but that was before current restrictions before the death toll started to accelerate and now johnson like so many others across the