mr gove also talked about the importance of testing and contact tracing. if somebody test positive for coronavirus to quickly establish a they have been in contact with and ask those people to isolate and an temp two contain the spread of the virus, something the government employed early on, but as he explained on the andrew marr programme this morning, is now looking to restart as a way of ensuring the uk can get ready to find its way out of the lockdown. we will be able to test people in the population and also track them through the use of technology. we are working with other countries to make sure that we will have a technology that enables us to detect if an individual has been in contact with others, and ensure appropriate testing is in place. but i think it's important and appropriate to take just one step back. there are a number of things that we need to do in order to be confident that we can relax measures overall. testing and contact tracing are very important. but we also need to make sure that our nhs capacity is as resilient as it can poss

tell us more about what michael gove had to say.en in recent days of course about the lock re5trictions days of course about the lock restrictions in place and how we might see restrictions in place and how we might 5eea restrictions in place and how we might see a way out of that, various thinking going on within government, and elsewhere, about the best way to do that. there is understandably of course a frustration from some quarters about these restrictions and how long people are going to have to live with them. in particular, that report this morning that schools could possibly be opening in some cases within three weeks in a kind of phased return system, but that has been dismissed by downing street this morning. and michael gove has been talking about that during his interview on the andrew marr programme this morning. he said that, in fact, was wrong, but also giving some indication of which sectors of the economy may be opening up later rather than sooner. we will be able to test people in the population and also track the

we have heard from the cabinet minister michael gove subsequently this morning, saying that eight ofschools to reopen was simply not true. a bit more of an insight into the government's thinking around the lockdown and how it might end from him, saying that those businesses in the hospitality sector would be among the last to exit the lockdown, so we might not be popping to the pub for a pint for a good few months yet i'm afraid to say. mr gove also talked interestingly about the importance of testing and contact tracing, so that is the idea of somebody test positives for coronavirus you quickly establish or they have been in contact with and ask those people to isolate and an temp two contain the spread of the virus, something the government employed early on, but i see explained on the andrew marr programme this morning is now looking to restart as a way of ensuring the uk can get ready to find its way out of the lockdown. we willm able to test people in the population and also track them through the use of technology. we are working with other countries to make sure that we will h

in all of the answers to the questions that came from reporters —— michael gove. of course, we are seeing as was expected by the scientist, an increase in the daily death toll. when you look at those two things in isolation, you think, hang on, what's the point of the lockdown if the death toll is going up? the crucial detail everyone keeps returning to is the lag that it ta kes a returning to is the lag that it takes a period of a couple weeks to for somebody to be infected to show symptoms and for a small proportion of those people to end up in hospital and there's a period after that before they can find themselves requiring ventilation or perhaps dying. so it's only in the next few days or the next week that we'll get some proper sense of what the actual impact of the restrictions is being on the number of people who are testing positive for the virus and the number who are ending up in hospital. of course it's that statistic that is absolutely key. the whole point of social distancing is to drive down the number of people who are presenting at hospital at the

mr gove said seven health care workers have now lost their lives in the uk, fighting the virus.rnment said hundreds of new ventilators are being produced every day, with many more being sourced from abroad, including 300 from china. the spanish prime minister, pedro sanchez said the country was "close to passing the peak" of the virus as the daily death toll fell to its lowest level in a week. in italy — the number of new coronavirus cases is stabilising with fewer people being admitted to intensive care. but in the united states — a record 630 have died in new york state from covid—19 in the last 2a hours. here in the uk, the department of health has confirmed that 4,313 have now died after contracting coronavirus, but there are suggestions that the spread of the infection is slowing. 0ur science correspondent pallab ghosh reports. brighton beach would normally be packed on a day like this but across the country it seems that most people are following the instruction from the government, to stay at home. the police have been told to engage with those they suspect of breaching t

gove was last briefed. he not only said that boris johnson has received oxygen support, being very carefully used by the government to suggest what level of intervention that has involved, although he was clear mr. johnson is not on a ventilator. that would be an exceptionally drastic step that would portray possibly a deadly situation but at the same time, too, we are also waiting to hear further updates later on today from the normal briefing that normally occurs inside downing street to try to piece together a little more as to what's happening inside that intensive care ward. it's been a mixed series of messages over the last 36 hours. johnson was admitted to the hospital for tests as a precautionary measure, then his situation lessened. on doctor's advice he moved into the intensive care ward. downing street suggested that the move into the icu was somehow precautionary but suggesting he was near equipment, quote, should he need to get equipment from a ventilator. he hasn't needed that until this point

really good to hear from michael gove.py donations from a local baby bank, which has closed. now, one of its volunteers is going from house to house delivering to women in need. the bbc‘s north of england correspondent, fiona trott went to meet her. another busy day for emily. dozens of mums have called her and need her help stop inside this container are things they cannot find or struggle to afford, hundreds of nappies, toys, clothes, all donated to the baby bank that emily set up. it works like a food bank and in this town, some parents cannot manage without it. at the moment, i have had to ask all my volunteers to stay—at—home because of health reasons or because they have young children so there is just me trying to reach as many families across hartlepool as i can. hi, how is it going? busy, you know. first up is charlie. she has a medical condition and is self isolating. she is looking after her baby son, but her family are having to work elsewhere. it's heartbreaking. ijust want to be able to hold her, to kiss her.

well we've had this morning from michael gove who's one of his close allies and the cabinet to see is a senior cabinet minister and he has also said that johnson is not on a ventilator of course this would have been very very worrying indeed but he's still on oxygen support so still a very serious situation i think a lot of british people are really waiting anxiously to get further news from from how the prime minister is doing because of course it's taken a turn for the worse quite quickly when he was admitted to hospital after downing street maintain for over a week that he was in charge of a fast and he was still leading the government then being admitted to hospital and then shortly after into intensive care so very worrying time here in britain at this time of crisis and of course the prime minister's admission to intensive care leaves foreign secretary dominic robb in charge tell us a bit more about mr rob and the tasks before him. well dominic robb was one of 4 as johnson's colleague and a vote leave campaign so that really is what brought him prominence here in the u.k. and th

michael gove accepted that the figures were deeply concerning.reeves turning to the provisions personal protective equipment, or ppe in the revelations in the bbc panorama programme. it claimed there were no gowns, visors, swaps or body bags and the government pandemic stockpile when covid—19 reach the uk. the stockpile was set up in 2009 and the programmes said that the government subsequently ignored a warning from its own advisers to buy more equipment. buy missing equipment. they insisted they take in the right steps and are doing everything they can to increase stocks. following from panorama, how can the government claim to have delivered a billion items of ppe when they're lacking individual gloves and paper towels. will the minister provide to the house a breakdown of1 billion ppe items by type and place a copy in the house of commons library today. the figures of the government produced, the fact that we have distributed in the course of this crisis 143 million masks, 163 million aprons, 1.8 million gowns and 547 million gloves. the ns a

you heard from michael gove, one

or the most up to date information we have has come from michael gove the cabinet secretary a man who incidentally since he gave out that information has said that he is isolating himself after a member of his family started showing symptoms of 19 and what michael gove said about the prime minister's condition is that it hasn't deteriorated significantly since he was admitted to the intensive care units of since i was off the hospital last night that boris johnson was given oxygen supports but he hasn't been so serious yet that he needed to be put on a ventilator with a tube into his lungs michael gove also said as far as he knows for a strong man hasn't been diagnosed with pneumonia. but this is obviously still a big shock i think to the whole country it's a big shock to. friends and family and it will most likely be a big shock to the prime minister himself because as friends have been saying in the british media today this is a man who has usually enjoyed pretty robust health but he battles on through the hardest colds he doesn't really have much time for the illness and we've seen

an optimistic michael gove there.y in parliament and do not forget you can watch the commons, full, live and uninterrupted on bbc parliament. mps have challenged the gambling commission over its effectiveness in reducing the incidence of problem gambling. earlier this year, the spending watchdog the national audit office said more needed to be done to protect consumers, and urged ministers to look at how the commission was funded. it gets around £19 million a year to oversee an industry worth £11 billion. appearing before the public accounts committee, the commission's head was challenged by a conservative mp. we're talking 340,000 adult problem gamblers, an at—risk group of almost two million adults and children in the uk. you know, if this was anything else, it would be considered an absolute scandal. we want to see gambling—related harm reduced, but it's a complex question. the fundamental challenge that we face, that any regulator of gambling faces, is how do you balance the risks of harm to some people against th

michael gove himself is now self—isolating.ll bring you all the latest about borisjohnson‘s health — and how the government is functioning in his absence. also this lunchtime. the queen pays tribute to the "selfless commitment" of healthcare workers across the world, in a statement to mark world health day. china — where the coronavirus outbreak started — reports no deaths in the past day — the first time since january what's app restricts the forwarding of messages, in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus misinformation and — the experts who question whether closing schools as part of the lockdown has much impact and in sport, the aftermath of liverpool's u—turn on their decision to furlough staff — they apologise and say they will find a way to keep them on. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. a spokesman for number 10 downing street has in the last few minutes it says the prime minister who is in intensive care for coronavirus at st thomas hospital in london has been sta ble thomas hospital in london ha

matt hancock, michael gove, rishi sunak. he will need to work very closely with them as well.”ter tobias ellwood, a conservative mp, it is important to have 100% clarity as to where responsibility for uk national security now lies. we must anticipate adversaries attempting to exploit any perceived weakness. do you agree? well, i think at this moment the world is concentrating on finding one particular enemy and that‘s this virus. so i would say, yes, of course, we always need to be careful about these things but, you know, the queen is, if you like, formerly commander—in—chief of the armed forces, she delegates that power to the prime minister and the secretary of state for defence, in the absence of state for defence, in the absence of the prime minister, that is delegated to dominic raab but we still have a secretary of state for defence so that would not be number one in my list of concerns at the moment. and that's absolutely fair enough but don‘t you, like tobias ellwood is suggesting, do you feel that you need 100% clarity as to where this responsibility lies for uk natio

he is being quoted in this article, john, as one of the cabinet ministers along with michael gove whosuppose that is the chancellors job stop. the economy. i suppose that is the chancellorsjob stop. that's right. that's an interesting alignment that's developing in the cabinet there. he got rishi soon, michael gove, presumably kevin williamson as well on the one side, wanting to get back to the economy, looking something a bit more like normal. and rishi soon act has unveiled this 1.2 billion pound rescue fund for sta rtu ps, 1.2 billion pound rescue fund for startups, because they have not been in the huge generosity of spending public money around, they haven't actually have their beds, but now they get their turn. yes, we have got you know, and the other side, you've got matt hancock, the health secretary and the prime minister who are very cautious about winding economic activity backed up. anne, what is your thoughts of those growing divides in the cabinet. there always seems to be a cabinet split, but coming back to this issue of this fts story about this extra finance for start

the latest is michael gove, who are self isolating because a family member showing symptoms.what they have to do at each department knows what it has to do and there are committees being set up and there are committees being set up and formed of various cabinet ministers and officials, all working on various aspects of this fight against coronavirus, whether that is the health service and increasing capacity in the health service, whether it is dealing with the economy and the problem is, the impact that there is going to be longer term on the economy, but of course having the prime minister out of action in intensive care is extremely worrying on one hand and also a problem when it comes to making longer term decisions. even though dominic raab, the foreign secretary, can of course chair meetings, chairing that daily regular meeting this morning, there is an issue about if different cabinet ministers don‘t agree about something, if these various committees don‘t agree about something, in the end someone has to make that decision. and vicki young, this is a tall order for the

well that is michael gove who probably the most senior member of forest johnson's cabinet he has a lot of experience in government already serving under david cameron so it's quite worrying that it's not only the prime minister but also other people within downing street who have had to self isolate the health secretary had to have had to self isolate and then the achieved medical officer so it really goes through the political establishment important though to say that michael gove's the cabinet minister says he self isolating because a member of his family has had symptoms and he hasn't had that he has symptoms from self but obviously he's extracting himself from the machinery of government at least physically so it is another worrying development as far as the u.k. is concerned where the prime minister's admission to intensive care leaves foreign secretary dominic and rob in charge tell us a bit more about him and the role he will now have to play. well yes he's stepping in because for us john's not the raymond conned the government he's somebody who is a fellow brick city he doesn'

well we've had this morning from michael gove who's one of his close allies and the cabinet to see is a senior cabinet minister and he has also said that johnson is not on a ventilator of course this would have been very very worrying indeed but he's still on oxygen support so still a very serious situation i think a lot of british people are really waiting anxiously to get further news from from how the prime minister is doing because of course it's taken a turn for the west quite quickly when he was admitted to hospital after downing street maintain for over a week that he was in charge of a fast and he was still leading the government then being admitted to hospital and then shortly after into intensive care so very worrying time here in britain at this time of crisis and of course the prime minister's admission to intensive care leaves foreign secretary dominic robb in charge tell us a bit more about mr rob and the task before him. well dominic rob was one of forrest johnson's colleague and devote leaf campaign so that really is what brought him to prominence here in the u.k. and

well that is michael gove who probably the most senior member of forrest johnson's cabinet he has a lot of experience in government already serving on the david cameron so it's quite worrying that it's not only the prime minister but also other people within downing street who have had to self isolate the health secretary and have had to self isolate and then the achieved medical offices so it really goes through the political establishment important though to say that michael gove's the cabinet minister says he's self isolating because a member of his family has had symptoms and he hasn't had that he has symptoms themselves but obviously he's extracting himself from the machinery of government at least physically so it is another worrying development as far as the u.k. is concerned but the prime minister's admission to intensive care leaves foreign secretary dominic robb in charge tell us a bit more about him and the role he will now have to play. well yes he's stepping in because john's not a very mint cond the government he's somebody who is a fellow brick city he doesn't have a lot

mr gove said seven health care workers have now lost their lives in the uk, fighting the virus.e government said hundreds of new ventilators are being produced every day, with many more being sourced from abroad, including 300 from china. the spanish prime minister, pedro sanchez said the country was "close to passing the peak" of the virus as the daily death toll fell to its lowest level in a week in italy — the number of new coronavirus cases is stabilising with fewer people being admitted to intensive care. but in the united states, a record 630 have died in new york state from covid—19 in the last 2a hours. here in the uk, the department of health has confirmed that 4,313 people have now died after contracting coronavirus, but there are suggestions that the spread of the infection is slowing. 0ur science correspondent pallab ghosh reports. brighton beach would normally be packed on a day like this but across the country it seems that most people are following the instruction from the government, to stay at home. the police have been told to engage with those they suspect of

be live at downing street for the daily government briefing, led by cabinet office minister michael govend nhs england's national medical director stephen powis. .. with increasingly fine weather expected both here in the uk and europe — people are urged to stick to the strict lockdown restrictions to tackle coronavirus. when we come to enforcement, that really is the last resort because, in a way, if we come to enforcement than everybody has failed to understand the significance of this endeavour. spain reports another 809 deaths to the virus — it is the lowest figure for a week — and the second day in a row that the daily death toll has fallen.... the us government issues clear advice — cover your faces in public to stop the spread of the coronavirus. but president trump says he has no intention of doing so himself. in the midst of the outbreak, sir keir starmer is elected the new leader of the labour party in the uk. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world — for all the latest developments in the coronavirus pandemic. as the weather heats up across europe the aut

michael gove tells bbc radio that mr.on has received oxygen support but is not on a ventilator. he was moved to icu often monday when his condition got worse.n when his condition got worse. >>> for more on all of this, i'm joined by duncan smith. good to have you with us. no doubt, deeply concerning times. what have you learned about the prime minister's health? >> we don't know any more than is being released. we know he went on to oxygen late yesterday evening. he's in intensive care unit, we're told because they want to make sure just in kies his condition deteriorated any further, he struggled with breathing, they will be in the inten sifs care unit as a precaution. we don't know exactly what is happening, whether he has a secondary infection which could easily happen. do you want to suggest that -- whags important for boris johnson is having to fight at the moment to get well. our thoughts and prayers are very much with him and with his fiance, carrie simmons, who's carrying his family. >> that's certainly a concern

the minister for the cabinet office michael gove's claim the e.u. needs to respect the british people's decision to leave the european union that the current virus crisis will help get a trade deal within the time available he made the comments during a virtual session of the parliamentary committee on future e.u. relations if we look at it the recent things that the e.u. are asking for but to our mind do. tripoli respect the nature of the decision that the u.k. has made as you know with the promise to school the mandate of the general election for a particular approach of the british public gave him that mandate and it's clear that at the e.u. are still trying in some respects to ask for example that we adhere to conditions on a level playing field which other independent countries do not need to adhere to in order to have free trade agreements the private crisis in some respects should concentrate the minds of the e.u. negotiator ok we'll sing the vital importance of coming to it then. it comes after downing street hit out of the bloc claiming tha

michael gove.er, patrick valla nce chief scientific adviser, patrick vallance and chief medical officer chris whitty, arriving for the press conference at downing street this afternoon, which will be keenly viewed in light of events concerning the prime minister. chris whitty on the prime minister. chris whitty on the left in the black suit. he is just coming back from self isolation himself. we understand he didn't have a coronavirus test but he was showing some symptoms so he decided the best thing to do was go into self isolation. he is back now. he appeared at downing street's news conference yesterday will stop scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon said she was personally shaken when she heard borisjohnson was taken into intensive care. she sent a message of support. at times like this, things that divide us in normal times just seems so much less important. we are very much reminded of that again today. right now all of that again today. right now all of us arejust of that again today. ri

gove saying this morning the time is not right for that yet. has also been scrutiny of the government's response early on to the coronavirus outbreak. mr gove suggesting it was grotesque, as he put it, to say the prime minister was not engaged in this pandemic from the early stages. there have been reports of him skipping cobra meetings and others have said it is not always the prime minister who attends or chairs cobra meetings and in any case, we did know at the time in january and february that it was the health secretary matt hancock, in the chair then. ministers trying to grapple with the day—to—day problems this crisis is throwing up still and signs again things don't go as planned, with the shipment due from turkey of personal protective equipment now not arriving today as hoped. hopefully though, in the coming days. jonathan, many thanks. hundreds of people took to the streets of cities in a number of american states last night to demand an early end to the coronavirus lockdown. president trump said some businesses would re—open tomorro

press here michael go did the interview rupert murdoch was in the room the entire time and michael gove actually went on the sunday political shows here in the u.k. to defend boris johnson and he offered this kind of less than spirited response to us and questioning it was a really really simple question is it correct that by late february the u.k. sent 266000 pieces of protective equipment to china. but i won't get into details to and fro on the sunday times story more details will be not so really simple. yes why not going to get into the u.k. to foreign help did issue a statement later that day and every some eyebrows because it's actually sounded like downing street spin offering a play by play reporter at the sunday times because one particularly interesting tidbit states that the equipment they provided to china was not from the pandemic stockpile and that china has since reciprocated our donation many times over between april 2nd of april 15th we received over 12000000 pieces of p.p. in the u.k. from china p.v. becoming increasingly crucial to the whole coronavirus response here

rishi sunak on the left to mrjohnson, would take the foreign secretary's place if he fell ill, michael govenic raab, the latest along with many downing street staff stuck in isolation at home, but a rare appearance from the former boss of this table reassured. the infrastructure is there day by day, it is the infrastructure of the civil service and the cabinet and ministers and junior ministers. and there is always somebody who if the prime minister is not available is able to step into that place and to lead that cabinet government. normal politics on hold. 0ur lead that cabinet government. normal politics on hold. our thoughts are with the prime minister, his fiancee and his family, the labour party will act in the national interest and that is why i have offered to act constructively with the government and support them where thatis government and support them where that is the right thing to do and push them further where we need to do it. i want to send every good wish to him, to his fiancee and to his whole family. we are all willing yuan, boris, well soon. a stressful and strange mom

but hasn't been put on a ventilator there is one nearby if needed a senior cabinet minister michael gove himself isolating said johnson is receiving excellent support as we speak bronzer is in intensive care being looked after by his medical team receiving the very very best care from the team and says the hopes and prayers are with him and with his family soon after arriving at hospital johnson tweeted i went into hospital for some routine tests as i'm still experiencing coronavirus symptoms i mean good spirits and keeping in touch with my team as we work together to fight this virus and keep everyone safe but his symptoms worsened on monday evening there was clearly much more cause for concern. the foreign secretary dominic rob will stand in for jobs and when necessary chairing the government's daily coronavirus meeting in downing street he's an experienced politician but there's been little time to prepare the government's business will continue and the prime minister is in safe hands with the brilliancy sometimes his hospital and the focus of the government will continue to be on mak

but gove let go of owing a muggle or just was sued for the russians so. you're still. so many different walks of life. some are pumping and oddly. not all of them come straight from the hard drive store c.d.'s deep in corridors no more delusion the mush to enjoy coming. from the lips of the law to their final resting place the russians are g.w. documentary. what's it take to be successful let's see a good education for sure good not pleasing looks it can do any harm if you're well spoken to.

i am calling on michael gove and matthew hancock to make this happen.are more than 60 doctors. our rome correspondent mark lowen reports. perhaps never again in our lifetime will be see role like this. the virus is sucking the life out of this country. three weeks on italy's lockdown is set to be extended today until, well, until the outbreak stops killing. they lowered the flag to half mast across the country to pay tribute. flom florence to rome, from italy's south to bergamot in the north, the ten worst ravaged by coronavirus. it is a symbol of national morning to mark a month that has torn through italy's art, the country with the highest number of deaths from the virus and the highest fatality rate. italians need to feel there is an end to the daily loss of hundreds of lives, to the co nsta nt loss of hundreds of lives, to the constant morning. medical unions say the huge loss of doctors here, at least 66, shows a failure to protect those trying to cure it. translation: they worked without the right equipment like proper masks and they were not giv

but it's so interesting to hear cabinet office minister michael gove saying that we're also seeing an increasing number of cases in other parts of the country so we'll see got more cases popping up in the west midlands and also in the northeast of the country so far and it has been slightly ahead of the rest of the country which you perhaps would expect because of the density of the city but it looks as though other parts of the country are perhaps now catching up to the capital also very interesting that michael spoke there about some of the recent deaths from coronavirus that really an attempt to try and humanize the death toll figures that we've been getting so he spoke about the case of the 36 year old man the mother of 3. 13 year old boy who died from the virus as well his siblings have now contracted over 1000 and then also the case that we've had just today a very sad case of the 5 year old child who has died of the myra's making that would be the youngest victim of the virus here in the u.k. so michael gove deliberately mentioning that the cases of some of the youngest victims

cobra meetings not until it really gets critical and they put out a cabinet office minister michael gove on the early morning sunday political programs to defend the government's strategy. the idea that the prime minister skipped meetings that were vital to our response to the throwing of us i think is protests and the truth is that the other meetings across government some chaired by the health secretary some chaired by other ministers but the prime minister took all the major decisions and i think anyone who considerable happen to the point is just a little while ago if you can say that the press some throwing heart and soul into fighting this virus. a bone of contention really other statistics about those dying in care homes which the government to still finding it very difficult to justify. it in the statistical record of the government hasn't been great on the coronavirus mainly because they're not testing as widely as other countries a switch was made mid march to decide not to test them isolate people who are showing coronavirus symptoms and so what we have now is a situation wher

michael gove said earlier today that hospitality would be reopened towards the end.ort of hoping we do still have rachel reeves with us. that line is looking rather frozen, unfortunately. rachel reeves, shadow chancellor the duchy of lancaster. earlier in the news briefing we heard from gavin williamson, the education secretary, and also jenny harries williamson, the education secretary, and alsojenny harries the deveney chief medical officerfor and alsojenny harries the deveney chief medical officer for england. and earlier on today we had another 596 deaths announced. that is the smallest increase to more than two weeks. you're watching bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello there. the early morning cloud has cleared out of the way to reveal these beautiful blue sky is pretty much nationwide. walking norfolk spotted this. the only place that held onto some cloud this afternoon was northern ireland. this is what bringing the dry weather and it's going nowhere for very fast. that means for the week ahead it is looking drive with pl

and you know, increasingly there is a team of — i met michael gove during the referendum campaign, questioning are again we are relying on experts in the medical communities, when public inquiry that follows this questions all those experts. i fear we may find huge divisions within the experts. olivia, looking at the japan times, because one of the latest countries to address the seriousness of this pandemic, but now emergency powers to be extended nationwide. what's interesting here is that because of the constitution, the state of emergency in the five cities before this were only guidelines, because constitutionally they were unable to impose that. did you also pick up on that? yes, and quite interesting that japan has held off so long from something like this, similar to sweden over in europe. and in this case, it is the constitutional thing and kind of incredible that the prime minister has managed to change the constitution or adapt the law quickly enough to impose these restrictions. i think the international community will be quite relieved that japan is international community will be

skat, more on that later. —— michael gove's cat.tions is oksana pyzik, senior teaching fellow at ucl‘s school of pharmacy. and i'm alsojoined by dr christian hasford, from university college hospital. thank you both for your time. the first question is about whether bronchial pneumonia is associated with deaths from coronavirus. my mother and grandmother died in february from this. firstly i'm very sorry to hear that you had an to close losses, that is awful. now coronavirus principally focuses on the long and in that way it is definitely related to a medical condition called bronchial pneumonia which essentially falls into two halves, it folds into the bronchial and to the pneumonia and that really means that the airway is affected, that's the way how we breathe air into our lungs and through that the virus can enter your long and then it spreads from the airway into the lung tissue proper and leaves you potentially with the bronchial pneumonia. now a loss of bronchial pneumonia. now a loss of bronchial pneumonia is our... the sort

there was some controversy about michael gove coming out for a run and admitting his daughter had a testmeant he could get out of lockdown. 0ur politicians - to he could get out of lockdown. 0ur politicians to by he could get out of lockdown. 0ur politicians - to - by example, politicians have to lead by example, observe, fully fibre“? all lockdown observe, fully observe all lockdown procedures and regulations, and that we don't see a repeat of what we had la st we don't see a repeat of what we had last weekend, with the medical officer having to resign because she we nt officer having to resign because she went from her home to a second home, which many people don't have the opportunity to do. chris, our politicians leading by example, do you think? they have got you. if they don't, they get in some trouble, like robert general at the weekend. it was a long wait away from his home —— robertjenrick. are you allowed to go to your home if it is your main one? jenrick said it is. chequers is, of course, the prime minister's second home, given this environment, it is no wonder he cannot state

michael gove coordinating the coronavirus response, matt hancock i think has done very well as health. rishi sunak, who is shown his worth as the chancellor. i speak not just as a his worth as the chancellor. i speak notjust as a member of the conservative party, but we have a cabinet that is doing absolutely everything it can to get through this crisis, and a real sense that there is a national mood. he talked earlier about the messages of support coming in for borisjohnson from a crop dashed across the political spectrum. i think the nation wants to rally around and work together to beat this virus. and dominic raab will have the support of the nation, i'm sure he will do absolutely everything he can. in any crisis, of course, there will be different points of view. and we've seen in recent days, quite understandable different points of view between health and the economy. dominic raab might now suddenly have to step in and arbitrate those conflicting points of view himself. and he might have to do so very, very quickly. i've listened to the interviews that matt hancock made, for ex

david, going back to that michael gove quote about what can we trust in terms of experts, so much asn written about all this research being predicated on data, and if the data was rubbish, you will get rubbish. so it is going to take yea rs rubbish. so it is going to take years potentially for this to actually sort of filter through what the truth is? i think that is absolutely entirely true. and when i heard it dominic raab today, there was a sentence he threw that there is no question about hard questions that will have to be answered about how this outbreak happened and developed. and i go back to this public inquiry that will inevitably be held that may last many, many years and may make the inquiries into a racket seem like small beer —— iraq. in the panel of experts on whatever nationality will be very interesting to study. the common thread which actually unites all these studies, olivia, is the need for testing. and as we were saying earlier on, we are woefully behind the ambitious target for the end of this month in the uk, aren't we? we are, there seems to be lots of proble

this is complete rubbish, as was said by michael gove and the medical director of the nhs england thisas not stopped people setting fire to these masts, attacking the people who work for the company that puts the mast there and looks after them and it is really frightening that people can believe such weird and scary things about this disease. and tech giants are being called on to ta ke and tech giants are being called on to take this stuff down. the sunday times, right at the bottom but a big day for keir starmer, the new leader of labour. does not quite make the front page but he is already weighing in and saying that the coronavirus crisis has been mishandled. it is interesting but of course the leader of the opposition, ata time course the leader of the opposition, at a time like this has to make a stand and has two speak out about what is the most important issue of out what is the most important issue of ourtime and what is the most important issue of our time and what he is saying is that he wants to hold the government's feet to the fire, and i think that is right and fair. at

temporarily by -- intoraab into the politician totish be self-isolating is gove. because hising family member has symptoms. covid-19 can reach anybody. stay-at-home, save lives. annette: thank you. moving on, the french government just announced physical exercise will be banned in paris between 10:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. highest deadly toll is reported in france since the outbreak beganan. it comes as the overall death toll is approaching 9000. the health minister is saying that the country has yet to reach the peak, get some positive signs with the numbers of people being admitted to intensive care continuing to drop. >> after three weeks of confinement, new numbers and france suggest to the measures are working, the curve finally starting to flatten. while the number of patients admitted to intensive care increased in t the last 24 hour, a net total of just 94 patients remain. it is the lowest figure since the outbreak began, alleviating pressure on french hospitals.. french]king >> but the situation remains critical with health-care workers calling for caution. t

michael gove talking about that.nes and the public asking lots of questions about what may happen when it may happen. there area may happen when it may happen. there are a few clues, we do know that the government has already asked councils to reopen recycling centres soa councils to reopen recycling centres so a trip to the dump this weekend might be something for everybody to look forward to. michael gove also, interestingly, it asked about garden centres with suggestions that they might be able to open in some form. he said that it is a valid point and one of the things we know about the disease as it spreads more easily inside and outside. that will be an important factor when using guidelines. you can read between the lines in the kind of thing they might be looking at. they are very concerned about a second wave of infections, a second peak, and what they cannot know for sure, no scientist can know for sure, by using one measure, how that will affect the spread. a trip to the dump might be something to look for

the cabinet minister michael gove added to the confusion by performing a high—speed u—turn during a roundiews at the start of lockdown. those under the age of 18, children under the age of 18, you can see both parents. a senior familyjudge says if both parents are healthy, contact should continue. if the parents are acting in a cynical and opportunistic manner, then that's wrong, and the courts will regard it as wrong. and where contact has been stopped, if in a later day when there will be a day of reckoning in court, that is seen to be unjustified, then parents can expect the courts to take action about it. so what would you say to those families who are trying to abuse the system? don't. look to the child's welfare. you've got to go the extra mile. do something that you don't feel you want to do, but do it for the sake of your child. alex hopes he'll be able to take his son for a walk soon. but for now, all visits are cancelled. frankie mccamley, bbc news. across the united kingdom in recent weeks, there have been repeated public expressions of gratitude for all those nhs staff caring

the briefing will get under way in about 20 minutes with michael gove, the cabinet office minister andthe medical director for professor stephen powis, the medical directorfor nhs professor stephen powis, the medical director for nhs england, professor stephen powis, the medical directorfor nhs england, those two men have been part of these news conferences happening every day for a couple of weeks now. we can expect again some reflection on the numbers katharine da costa was bringing us there but also the latest, because this has been the pattern of these news c0 nfe re nces , this has been the pattern of these news conferences, as far as the data is concern to the extent we are abiding by the social distancing guidelines. because of the lag that katharine was reflecting on, that is all the government and scientific advisers have to go on in terms of where we might be in a couple of weeks' time because of the lag between people catching the virus and then potentially presenting in hospital, and for some, those who go on to die. absolutely crucial as the government has been repeating i

michael gove on the right the latest along with many staff stuck in isolation at home.ere day by day. it is the infrastructure for the civil service, for the cabinet, of ministers and junior ministers. and there is always somebody who if the prime minister is not available is able to step into that place and leave that cabinet government. normal politics are on hold. our thoughts are with the prime minister, his fiancee and his family. the labour party will act in the national interest and that is what i have offered to act assertively with the government and support because that's the right thing to do and push them further when we need to do it. i want to send every good wish to him, to his fiancee and to his whole family. we are all willing you on, boris. get well soon. a stressful and strange moment in history. an impromptu poster taped to mrjohnson‘s own hero. and messages from the world and from windsor. the queen sending her own message of support to the prime minister's family and his fiancee, expecting her first child. borisjohnson, prime minister, politician,

here is the minister for the cap gove, ocer, michael this aspect. >> a critical constraint on the abilityo test is the availability of chemical reagents which are necessary in the testing. the prime minister and the health secretary are working with companies worldwide to ensure we get the material we ed to increase tests of all kind. >> germany is already home to a number of test manufacturers who have been able to quickly scale >> the numbers are quite striking. we know the u.k. hopes to carry out 25,000 tests the day, before the end of april. hopefully the second half, but before the end of the month. at the same time, germany is hoping to be doing 200,000 tests and day by the end of apasl, eight timeany. already, germany h de far more testing than the u.k. my is this happening? we know germany has more spare capacity in its health care system in general in the u.k., and these numbers would confirm also has far more spare capacity including the availability of the relevant chemicals to carry out testing. that matters because if you want to find out where the coronavirus is, you need to

what is fascinating weeks, the president has argued federalism, said the federalme gove is secondary e primary responsibility to prepare and prevent pandemics is with the states. then suddenly, all of that was gone. laura: meanwle, governors are saying the president should use the defse production act to manufacture millionsf vaccine and test. he could do that. do you think he will? jonathan: he might. i think the criticism on his use of the i da little unfair maybe. fema and other agencies have done an impressive job in marshang resources. sttates are saying they have what they need. when it comes to the vaccine, if the dpa is needed, i expect he will use it. the other thing, in fairness to trump, there is a growing concern about opening up the economy. crashing the economy issnot a cost act. not just economics. it ruins the lives of millions. so thi is an important debate to have in balancingtohe nee get the economy open against public health concerns. constitutional claim in the mix, i have not the faintest idea. laura: california's governor has outlined hison condi reopening the

gove andria comey andrew cuomo said hospital are taking in many each day. >>> governor newsom is promising details on plans to ease coronavirus restrictions and said he is work with other west coast officials on a team line. marie has more. >> the governor said he'll unveil finer details of the plan tomorrow, but we are getting a sense now of the frame work of his decision to work on reopening the economy and the joint effort underway. governor newsom said he is partnering with officials in oregon and washington on prepared visions for reopening the economy, and controlling covid-19 in the future. he outlined the phases over the outbreak today, and where we are headed next in the fight. >> moving from containment to mitigation to surge, next phase suppress, and ultimately immunity, vaccine. that's how we'll be categorizing that frame work and that presentation tomorrow. >> and governor newsom was asked if it was his call or president trump's decision to begin to reopen the government. the governor said they'll work together. >> on the issue of collaboration and cooperation with the federal

michael gove, on the right of dominic raab, the latest, along with many downing street staff, stuck infrom the former boss of this table sought to reassure. the infrastructure is there day by day, it is the infrastructure of the civil service and the cabinet and ministers and of course junior ministers. and there is always somebody who, if the prime minister is not available, is able to step into that place and lead that cabinet government. normal politics on hold. our thoughts are with the prime minister, his fiancee and his family. the labour party will act in the national interest, and that is why i have offered to act constructively with the government and support them where that is the right thing to do, and push them further where we need to do it. i want to send every good wish to him, to his fiancee and to his whole family. we are all willing you on, boris, get well soon. a stressful and strange moment of history. an impromptu poster taped to mrjohnson's own hero. get well messages from the ward and from windsor, the queen sending her own message of support to the prime ministe