the telegraph from page suggest that perhaps matt hancock was being targeted.gs i think is back and circulation now and what are you hearing about that particularfigure? and what are you hearing about that particular figure? downing street we re particular figure? downing street were pushing back against that story and it was sort of suggesting matt hancock was a lamb to the slaughter with this and was mistaken for having produced that figure but of course the prime minister talked about getting up to 250,000 tests and set a particular time frame for it and perhaps that would be matt hancock's mistake and it is important targets like this are met because trust in the government at times like this and ability to get things done is never more important and if he does not get this target it will not produce very good headlines. 0f it will not produce very good headlines. of course some things they are saying is we are not meeting the capacity because there are not as many people who are l but the target is notjust the capacity but the number of tests done each day

yes, matt hancock who spoke earlier today was trying to tackle a couple things head on. one of them has been about care homes, that there is i'iow been about care homes, that there is now a significant number of certainties around the uk that have coronavirus outbreak stash cities. there are suggestions that the government has not been on top of this, hasn't tested and is not offering reassurance that they are doing the utmost to protect the staff. so mr hancock was trying to assure them how valuable they are by offering them badges that say care, and he was wearing one of them. on one hand, i understand what matt hancock was trying to do, he was trying to express that the government is on side of these people and trying to give them everything they can, it should be a badge of pride so they can travel freely and do what they need to do. on the other hand when you see the stories like this nurse who died today and the shocking number of instances of deaths within care homes, it looks slightly a bit glib, as if mr hancock didn't hit the correct note here because the situa

matt hancock has also been affected?been at the news conferences every day for the last few days since returning from his own self—isolation. the prime minister, the latest to be had from downing street, is that he still has a temperature and has remained in self—isolation, that is the advice, you're meant to self—isolate for a week, or until the symptoms subside. when i last spoke to downing street, they said he still had a temperature and therefore he still was self—isolating in his flat in number 11. self—isolating in his flat in number ii. we self—isolating in his flat in number ii. we learned yesterday his fiancee carrie symonds has had the symptoms as well. she is pregnant and due to have their first child in the early summer. have their first child in the early summer. she hasn't had a test but she has had the symptoms. we await any update on the prime minister's health. matt hancock said this morning that he was ok and he was continuing to work. we know that yesterday he had a conversation with sir keir starmer,

do you agree that pound—weight hancock has played this so pound—weight hancock has played this so farmatt hancock has played this so far? boris johnson, you get the sense matt hancock has been made to carry they can or blamed for some of the things going on and i think the difficulty with this argument that the public would not understand 01’ that the public would not understand or get confused is actually there has been a really high adherence to social distance measuring and i think higher than the government realises. i think what people just need some sense of being able to plan. whether that means did not plan. whether that means did not plan for the foreseeable but just knowing where they stand. that makes it easier to kind of get into the mindset especially if there is a fear that people will start to take this less seriously as time goes on. and those people who are facing the loss of theirjobs and loss of income at their family and friends or not getting medical treatment they need and so on and all these different people, they need to have some sense of is there some way for

let's hear from matt hancock.e can make it easier, faster and simpler for any essential worker in england who needs a test to get a test. from today, employers of essential workers who will be able to go on gov.uk to get a test for any of their staff. the government had set a target of 100,000 tests a day by the end of the month, so let's take a look at how it's delivering. this graph shows the capacity to test has increased to 51—thousand per day. and mr hancock says it's on track to reach that 100—thousand target. but while the capacity is up, onlyjust over 23,500 tests took place yesterday, so there's some way to go. the government is also hiring 18,000 people and developing an app to help tracing infections, but matt hancock says that doesn't mean there's a deadline for reducing social distancing measures. what i would say is that test track and trace done effectively can help to suppress the transmission in a way that allows you then to have lesser social distancing rules and critically, test track and trace

matt hancock and self recently set out. matt hancock and self rece ntly ha d set out.s, the prime minister remains in self isolation, he tested positive and we heard his fiancee also had symptoms and was in bed for a few days. matt hancock was asked how the prime minister was, he said he still had a temperature but still had his hand on the trailer. —— taylor. we heard from sir keir starmer as well yesterday. he has taken over from jeremy corbyn, he said he would be constructive and work with the government but would call the may 2013 government was making mistakes and an article the sunday times he said serious mistakes had been made. he mentioned ppe, whetherfront line staff were getting enough, the government has been slow to act on tasting, they must focus on getting to the 100,000 taste id target and he is calling for the national vaccine he is calling for the national vaccine programme. he is calling for the national vaccine programme. which will mean vaccination centres across the country. he thinks ministers need to be clear about an exit strategy about when re

the hancock brigade sets himself up on an earthwork, seen in this painting. hancock has five regiments of infantry, four guns, and is in a opposite a wheat field with three buildings. early's four regiments get lost in the ravine and to pop out at this wheat field, the 24th virginia does not wait for anybody and lights right across the open field into the teeth of the hancock reinforced brigade. they get so chewed up, they hide behind the barns you see. the fifth north carolina wheels behind them. jubal early is wounded in the shoulder, the eye of his horse shot out, and he has brought off the field. one soldier tells skirmishers, "take aim at that bastard flag." referring to the pink flag of the fifth carolina. a wisconsin soldier described the confederate charge, officers bravely leading them forward as our fire was thinning and mowing them down like grass. they pressed on like in a drill parade. canister opened at 75 yards. someone heard hancock say, gentlemen, charge, and thus ended the battle at williamsburg. hancock will comment, "for 600 yards in front

now, this led to some confusion that the press conference of matt hancock saying that wasn't the case of the ft is saying political decision kept them out of the ventilator pack, but it's worth pointing out that since this front page has been released, we have not heard from the top civil servants, and he said that he did make an error that can actually hindsight, what he said wasn't correct, and he unknowingly misled the committee. so it's all a little bit confusing, but you do have a strong denial of someone you do have a strong denial of someone taking back what they said. so that would suggest that matt hancock was saying what was the case in the conference, but it has been a rather bizarre walk around. daisy, would you make of the government's handling of the whole crisis, really? because they are under pressure, aren't they? with ppe, testing, ventilators, and a lot of criticism. you know, if and when there is a public inquiry, quite a lot of questions to be answered. there will definitely be a public inquiry and questions that need to be answered, but, of course, at the moment,

yesterday the english health secretary, matt hancock, said it would be fine for someone hancock, saidt would be fine for someone to jump into the car with their dog to go for a walk somewhere. the welsh secretary said today absolutely that is not ok. so there is still a need for more clarity on when and where people are allowed to go out. time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz schafernaker. thank you. the weather is certainly warming up over the next few days, but perhaps this is the best way to enjoy it. warmer weather on the way, but not just yet. enjoy it. warmer weather on the way, but notjust yet. this area of low pressure is currentlyjust to the west of spain and portugal. this low pressure is going to shift the wind direction and is going to draw up some very warm air from the azores, and watch how these warm southerlies approach the british isles over the next 48 hours. but for the time being, the weather is still more or less coming out of the north—west, a cooler source. you can see temperatures still struggling in scotland. you can see behind me, get a sense of the w

first of all, it's good to see matt hancock back.e all these days seem coronavirus and we all these days seem to have recovered from that. best wishes to matt for what has beena best wishes to matt for what has been a quite worrying time. more broadly though we have been calling for a national testing strategy because the way in which you beat this virus and escape what i fear could be an endless cycle of lockdowns is by massively wrapping up lockdowns is by massively wrapping up testing and expanding community testing and what is called contact racing in the community. properly protecting the nhs staff and their families on the front line in properly enforcing social distancing measures. a couple of weeks ago, borisjohnson said we measures. a couple of weeks ago, boris johnson said we would hit to 50,000 tests a day but today the goal is 100,000 tests a day and that is welcome because we are only doing just 10,000 a day at the moment. but the priority has to be getting all the priority has to be getting all the nhs staff tested. man

esther hancock says that does not mean there is deadline -- mr.cock says tt does not mean there is a deadline for reducing social distancing. testing can help suppress, transmission in a way that allows you to have lesser social distancing rules, and critically , test, track, and trace works more effectively when the rate of new cases is lower. the lower the rate, the more effectively you cant keep i down using test, track, and trace rather than having to use heavier social distancingur me. >> that was mr. hancock during the daily briefing we have every day in the u.k. the aim is to get tests up to 100,000 a day, and one of the wayss increasing the ability jessica: they a reachingsted. capacity, as you have been reflecting, now aund 51,000 tests that they have the ability to carry out, availability to carry out. but as you also mentioned, the actual numbers of tests being carried out in reality is much latest figures i h3,560 the it seems like they could get the 100,000 capacity figurto but they hav make sure the capacity is being used, and that t

matt hancock, ebay rules or face exercise band. borisjohnson, this band. before the queen spoke before boris johnson, this is band. before the queen spoke before borisjohnson, this is the story that almost everyone was talking about. the rules are an exercise band, the antagonism possibility between joggers band, the antagonism possibility betweenjoggers and band, the antagonism possibility between joggers and someone simply wa nted between joggers and someone simply wanted to sit in a park but matt hancock is been very strict there, obey the rules of this event. hancock is been very strict there, obey the rules of this eventlj don't think it ban on exercises the way to proceed. because mary had to make —— a very small are not following social distancing, i think they should be stopping people, they should be stopping people, they should be stopping people, they should be turning them away, and when appropriate, fining people. but there is a really, really fine balance to be struck here and it is easy if you've got a garden but it

meanwhile, england's health secretary matt hancock has issued a warning to people who are flouting rulesing. he said sunbathing, for example, is against those rules. it comes as one of the government's scientific advisers, professor neil ferguson, said the exit strategy from the corona crisis has not yet been formulated but will be in the next week or two. the newly elected labour leader, sir keir starmer, says the british government's made serious mistakes and is urging it to come up with an exit strategy from the current lockdown. in the united states, new york has recorded 630 more virus deaths, taking its overall toll to more than 3,500. president trump has warned americans to prepare for a big increase in the number of deaths. in spain, the prime minister says the country is "close to passing the peak of infections", and there's also some hope in italy, which has seen its first drop in the number of patients in intensive care during the outbreak. in the world of sport, the professional footballers' association says proposals for a 30% pay cut for english premier league players would

the health secretary, matt hancock, comes underfire in the daily mirror as he is criticised for offeringare workers a badge of honour, with the gmb union telling the paper they need more than a badge. fears from paramedics that more people are dying at home because they are relucant to call foran ambulance, according to the guardian. the telegraph reports that ministers will make a decision on how long an extension to lockdown measures should last during a cobra meeting tomorrow afternoon. and the daily express celebrates the achievement of 99—year—old veteran captain tom moore, who has raised almost £10 million for the nhs by doing laps of his garden. so, let's begin. good to speak to you both again. sorry to interrupt that with the briefing from president trump. but let's start with the times. and reaching the peak if not the peak itself. what did you make of that briefing today? i thought the experts, the chief medical officer for england was quite cautious actually. the good news over the weekend was even though people are still dying, every death is a tragedy, that number has appear

so the 100,000 is clearly the number that hancock wa nted is clearly the number that hancock wanted tog wake up. crucialto does not commitment to get that testing wake up. crucial to get those nhs front line staff tested. when it comes to this whole issue, it is incredibly clear most people are scared, but it is political but the opposition he reported becoming increasingly vocal about this? at the start, we want them to the start of the uk, dashed rewinding, there isa of the uk, dashed rewinding, there is a consensus that was a crisis facing the country, and politicians we re facing the country, and politicians were not breaking ranks. but this issue of testing has been a very, very impressive one, one that labour has been talking about. they probably welcome this goal to 100,000, they need to be withheld. i think the issue of testing puts the various topic was the government to slow to act in the first place? was —— why was testing not aggressive at the beginning? right now can nhs staff knock at the test in order to get to work with those who are off with symptoms or self isolating,

matt hancock said the numbers of nhs staff coming forward was lower than anticipated.nclear was lower than anticipated. it is u nclear exactly was lower than anticipated. it is unclear exactly why. but now we know other key public sector workers, present services, the police, they will be tested too. i think today more broadly matt hancock confirming mass testing was part of the government strategy going forward including testing, tracing and tracking with a corresponding quarantine policy. that was a key issue that came out of the day. and this will be crucially important going forward, as ministers try to have the measures and systems in place to start thinking about releasing the lockdown measures. all right, leila, thank you, leila nathoo, at westminster. a senior health expert says he feels ashamed when nhs staff aren't able to access enough personal protective equipment. paul durrands asked the bbc to put him in contact with the fashion company burberry, which has switched production to make ppe for health care workers. the health secretary has admitted that the

one of those points and matt hancock's plan causing a backlash.t critical intervention by kier starmer and a big criticism. going on to something else i need to raise with you, the prime minister, watch epc in now? we have not had an update from downing street, my understanding is that his condition has improved. he was admitted to st thomas' hospital last week showing signs of coronavirus. he was told he did have coronavirus and was taken into intensive care on monday nights, taking out on thursday nights. we heard on thursday he was continuing to improve, taking short walks in between breaks, so he is still in st thomas' hospital, as we understand. i germany think will get as many updates now his condition is improving, but as i understand, if he is still in hospital and dominic raab are still deputising for him. some breaking news from iran on infections. total number of people infected with the new coronavirus here, 17,029. that is coming from health officials. sorry, i wasjust about to say that i didn't have a figure on debts, but unfortunate

mr hancock also said that 19 nhs workers have now died after catching the coronavirus. it comes as the uk recorded the largest rise over a 24—hour period yesterday, with 980 deaths, higher than both italy's and spain's highest daily death toll. nearly 9,000 people have died in the uk and there are over 70,000 confirmed cases. in the united states, mass burials in new york signal the toll the coronavirus has taken. over 18,000 people have died in the country, half of those in new york state. europe is preparing for an easter weekend under quarantine with the coronavirus pandemic forcing many celebrations to be held in isolation. in the past hour, the latest figures from spain show an extra 510 people have died, the lowest rise for 18 days. and the world health organization has warned of a deadly resurgence of the virus if lockdowns are lifted too early. we'll have more on those stories in a moment, but first on the latest in the uk, our correspondent simonjones reports. 0n the front line in the fight against coronavirus. but the british medical association says staff nee

the chair of the health committee, including matt hancock and professor costello, that we we re hancockind you, the figures have come throughjust in remind you, the figures have come through just in the last few minutes. the number of new deaths recorded around this time every afternoon, 847 people in the uk have sadly died with covid—19. those are the recorded deaths in the last 24 hours. the number of new cases are very nearly 5600. the mayor of london, sadiq khan, says he thinks people should wear a facemask whenever they leave home. the government is considering the idea, but the chief medical adviser professor chris whitty, says the evidence about the effectiveness of masks is weak. a number of countries have though made wearing them compulsory, so could they be a way out of the current lockdown? here's our health correspondent dominic hughes. how to get out of lockdown and get these empty streets back to normal without risking a fresh coronavirus outbreak? that is the question experts at the royal society have been asked to address, how to safely ease social distancing, with the s

matt hancock acknowledging it was a today. matt hancock acknowledging it wasa similar today.hancock acknowledging it was a similar problem is with ventilators and testing. it needed businesses to come in and help scale up businesses to come in and help scale up what was available to nhs staff. he hasn't said that before. i think it may need a bit of time for nhs front line staff to be convinced that that equipment really is being made available to them. hugh pym, thank you. temperatures are forecast to hit 26 degrees in some parts of the uk tomorrow. and the government has repeated again the need for people to stay at home unless they go out for the following reasons. you can leave home to exercise once a day locally, alone or with members of your household. there is no set time limit on this. you can shop but only for basic necessities and as infrequently as possible. and you can go out for any medical need or to provide care for a vulnerable person. you can also travel to or from work, but only if you can't work from home. 0ur correspondent fiona trott reports from scarboro

matt hancock saying this is not a request, it is an instruction.ritarian but obviously a very important message the government is trying to get across. 0bviously, the government is trying to get across. obviously, the guidelines are getting out for exercise once a day are still in place but the worry is that with the hot weather, people, particularly having been cooped up to two weeks, having small children, may feel it doesn't matter if they just bend children, may feel it doesn't matter if theyjust bend the guidelines a little bit. the government is being very clear that this is absolutely critical of this time. the gunman was asked about whether it might impose extra measures, tighten the lockdown. as was seen elsewhere, motorway blocks or police at railway stations. it has been a very relu cta nt to stations. it has been a very reluctant to do that because it is very important that these measures are done by consent, that the population understands why it is they are put in place and why it is so they are put in place and why it is so important

matt hancock and boris johnson seem people at different levels.ptoms, that is delivering daily news conferences, borisjohnson is delivering daily news conferences, boris johnson is getting precautionary tests, it seems that this is a disease that hits different people at different levels. very much so, and there are many levels. very much so, and there are any levels. very much so, and there are many many factors that determine how badly you are affected. one of them is age, one people are very much less likely to be severely affected. however, the much older you get and the more other conditions you have a bit damp down your immune system the more likely you are to be severely affected. however there are other issues, but another one is the dose of virus that you get, which may be perhaps that those who live in a house with someone who has been infected and are constantly exposed to the virus may be more likely to get seriously infected. there is also a condition where your immune system also a condition where your immune syste m ca n also a cond

the health secretary matt hancock has warned those flouting social distancing advice.this morning, he said sunbathing is against the rules that have been set out for important public health reasons. the newly—elected labour leader, sir keir starmer, has accused the british government of making "serious mistakes" in its response to the pandemic. new york has recorded 630 more virus deaths taking its overall toll to 3,565. president trump has warned americans to prepare for a big increase in the number of deaths. in spain, the prime minister says the country is "close to passing the peak of infections" and there's hope in italy as the country has seen its first drop in the number of patients in intensive care during the outbreak. in england, the professional footballers' association says proposals for a 30% pay cut for premier league players would be "detrimental to the nhs". ourfirst report — on the queen's address, is from our royal correspondent nick witchell. recorded at windsor castle on thursday, the queen's broadcast will according to officials be a deeply persona

, but clearly there has not beenin hancock, but clearly there has not been in that capacity and whatresting about that 100,000 target as we learn in this article it is not... we learn from chris lady earlier today, it is not based oi'i lady earlier today, it is not based on scientific advice but the government having put out that message or a matt hancock putting out that message they are racing to try to meet that 100,000 target while not spending any time explaining as i wasjust saying previously how, if not when but how some of the measures that nicola sturgeon has even if it was basically starting on the journey and explaining what we could realistically expect. it is interesting when we will come back to that and in france, they have not always got things right but they have began the journey and they already have a date and we think we know we are ten days behind france as faras know we are ten days behind france as far as the pandemic is concerned that the figures are not that different. let's remember we are close to 20,000 deaths in hospital and to about 7000 or 7500 and mor

thanks, mr hancock.n the uk for 14 days. i wonder what changed your mind about tighter border restrictions and does that mean you will be encouraging british families to holiday at home this year? if i can aska to holiday at home this year? if i can ask a question for professor whitty, can you give an update on antibody tests, please, and whether the government has seen any breakthrough in its assessments for those tests? thanks very much. on the borders, we have been very clear that we follow the science, and given the current level of infections, level of new cases in the uk, and the very low amounts of international travel going on right now, it is clear that the impact on the epidemic as a whole of the number of people coming through the borders, as a proportion, is very low. but as we bring the number of new cases down in the uk, that proportion coming from those who are travelling internationally will rise, and that means the judgment on the measures you need at the border changes. and we seen a nu

quite a few from pages focus on that vaccine trial potentially this week and met hancock, the health and the downing street briefing since that for him this was a bit of good news that he is able to announce. i do not want to be cynical about this but certainly number ten will be delighted that a number ten will be delighted that a number of newspapers are leading on the story because as you said, it is a tiny bit of good news amongst all of the horrendous of the news. that is not to say that this is not a big story, it will be a big story if and when these vaccine tests turn into concrete vaccines that can be used across the country. and we've had all the warnings today not to get too overexcited that the professor in charge, one of them is two different testings that are going on, one in oxford and one in london. imperial is starting injune, but there are so excited because as the newspapers are saying, is actually starting the day out tomorrow this coming thursday. on human testing and we then become only the third country to have tests carrying on and on humans, which is a very i

the health secretary matt hancock has sent out a new series of measures he says will help combat thern that the official figures homes following growing concern that the officialfigures do homes following growing concern that the official figures do not reflect the official figures do not reflect the number of cases or deaths in residential homes. the daily downing street briefing, mr hancock said he was launching a supply network to help get personal protective equipment to care home staff. the government commitment to the extent testing of staff in care homes and residents showing symptoms. and he announced that a single brand for social care will be introduced to replicate the blue and white logo for the nhs. the health secretary also issued new guidance to allow families where possible to say goodbye to loved ones who are dying from coronavirus. i've been really moved and upset by some of the heartbreaking stories of people dying without a loved nearby. as a father of a 13—year—old myself, the reports of a 13—year—old dying without a parent at his bedside made me weep. and the si

matt hancock has made this month.ic and business laboratories and research centres to get involved in what he calls a national effort so he hopes that they will come forward with a lot more tests. he is including in this total of 100,000 of the antibody test that we had about their in fergus's piece but it does not seem really very clear whether they are going to be ready by the end of this month. so a lot of uncertainties, there. and of course, the end of this month is all very well but the peak of this epidemic is expected within a week or so, when many nhs workers will be badly needed on the front line. and in the meantime, more and more people are dying, and we can see from expenses abroad that doctors are going to have to make heartbreaking decisions if they are not doing so already, about who they treat and ventilate. it is really difficult for them. yes, new guidelines today from the british medical association, in its capacity as the professional body for doctors, saying there will be agonising choices because

the secretary —— you can imagine matt hancock the secretary — — health you can imagine matt hancock cemetery who has become most closely associated with this, is keen. he mentioned the 100,000 tests a day, and i think borisjohnson mentioned 100,000 tests a day, and i think boris johnson mentioned the possibility of to hunt a 50,000 tests a day for site —— the health secretary. i think the government collectively recognises they have not been able to get tests brought out as quickly as they hoped. in fa ct, out as quickly as they hoped. in fact, we are not even at, as things stand, testing capacity for 100,000. it's not theoretically possible at the moment, for 100,000 it's not theoretically possible at the moment, for100,000 people it's not theoretically possible at the moment, for 100,000 people to be tested. and usually there will be an inquiry into all of this as ministers and civil servants are mindful of, one of the big questions will be why did the uk find it so difficult to increase testing when compared to say germany? because we have seen evidence across the world that the

that target set by the health secretary, matt hancock, is for the number of tests carried out.ilities like these can be set up which are not fully used. the real aim is to secure the testing capability the country needs. and i'm confident we have that and will be able to allow the country to respond with the testing that is required. are you confident of getting to the 100,000 tests per day by the end of april? you would need to talk to the secretary of state about his target, but we do have the lab capacity to deliver the testing service that the country needs. the swabs are brought here to one of three so—called megalabs. this one in milton keynes has been created at an existing research centre. management here got a call in late march saying they would be part of a national virus testing effort. equipment was lent by laboratories all round the country and brought here by the army, the navy and even in cabs. testing started a few days later. soon they'll move up to a 24/7 operation. at the moment, the manual process will support many thousands of samples per day, and as the a

more important is to have the systems in place and i would like to know much more from matt hancock,ms, do they have plans in place, will they need additional volunteers for example, we have 750,000 people queueing up, i bet there are a lot of retired nurses and doctors there that can maybe come in and help with some of the contact tracing, being online, giving that personal service because just asking people to self—isolate is not going to achieve the quarantine we want. a very interesting meeting of the health select committee. just after two o'clock this afternoon, i will be speaking to jeremy two o'clock this afternoon, i will be speaking tojeremy hunt. the first ministerfor scotland nicola sturgeon has been speaking at the daily briefing about the impact of the pandemic in scotland. she announced that an economic recovery advisory group will be established in scotland to advise the government on actions to support economic recovery. and she gave the latest statistics on coronavirus cases there. they have been a 7409 positive cases confirmed which is an increase of 307 on the num

health secretary matt hancock set out yesterday in the news c0 nfe re nce hancock set out yesterday int downing streets total of 100,000 tests per day by the end of april. it is an ambitious target, as he admits. he said this morning that the government has a huge amount of work to do if it is to meet it. people have been asking how exactly that'll happen given that at the moment around 10,000 people are being tested for the coronavirus here in the uk everyday. we heard a little bit more about that from the health secretary, joining up with the private sector, pharmaceutical companies, like science companies, research institutions and universities are being asked tojoin institutions and universities are being asked to join the effort to turn their facilities into testing la bs turn their facilities into testing labs and process tests for coronavirus —— life science companies. it seems that given the two types of tests you were explaining just now in some detail, the government expects to meet this target and plans to meet this target solely on the basis of the swab test, which tells yo

the health secretary, matt hancock, suggested staff might be wasting it.d he also questioned where the victims became infected. the work is going on to establish whether they caught coronavirus in the line of duty whilst at work or whether, like so many other people in the rest of their lives, it's obviously quite difficult to work that out. but research by the british medical association shows more than half of doctors working in high—risk environments said they were short of face masks or had none available. around two thirds said they didn't have eye protection. and more than half said they were being pressured into working in a high—risk area despite not having the adequate gear to protect them. doctors are also human beings. they don't want to become ill. they don't wa nt don't want to become ill. they don't want their lives to be at risk. and what is really worrying us is the numbers of health care workers who have tragically died. so, doctors are have tragically died. so, doctors a re naturally have tragically died. so, doctors are naturally afraid,

very difficult life and death decisions about who should be able to breathe and who should not mr hancock was asked about oxygen supplies here's what he had to say. we have adequate supplies for the oaks is needed in hospitals we need to call specialty hospital has though we have an equipment failure as a reference and we therefore have to handle it is that this is the normal or ration or the n.h.s. pleasure of things like equipment that is of course interest is heightened because the nature of rotavirus. and of course as people increasingly start to think about the sort of endgame what that might be the way of getting out of this crisis one of those issues is immunity the number of people who get this virus and every noon to it and if a sufficient number immune to it well then perhaps it's beaten it is a question about immunity mr hancock himself was just recently recovered from having coronavirus he said it was unclear to what extent those who have contracted the virus can transmit it he said there are scientific predictions suggesting that the ability to transmit it is lower and that i

letters here matt hancock making that promise. the new national effort for testing will ensure that everyone who needs a test will get one. i'm delighted that the pharmaceutical industry is rising to the challenge and putting unprecedented resources into testing. i unprecedented resources into testing. lam now unprecedented resources into testing. i am now setting the goal of 100,000 tests per day by the end of 100,000 tests per day by the end of this month. that is the goal, and lam determined of this month. that is the goal, and i am determined that we will get there. that is quite some big, public, political target he hasjust set there. what he wouldn't do, because we asked him, would give a fixed date for when any nhs staff who need to have a test would get the test they need in order to keep working on the front line, but it is really important to understand about that hundred thousand figure, that includes the so—called antibody tests, which the government have already got about 3.5 billion, somebody said as much as 70 milli

matt hancock after half an hour.n enjoying this slightly better weather that we've been having recently. it's time now to catch up with diana moran, looks as if i'm having a gene kelly moment. it's just that i wanted to use either a long stick, like a bamboo pole, or maybe my golf club to do a few exercises. so for you golfers who can't get out and about at the minute, and a few gardeners and a few other people, come on, let'sjust use either that golf club or bit of bamboo to move our bodies, stretch our bodies. a piece of equipment simple like this just encourages you to move a little bit more. you can be out in the fresh air doing this. you wouldn't even be hitting the plants that i'm kind of slightly doing here this morning. and then twist, use your body. twist, twist. that's it. look round to the side. look right round. that's it. work your body. lovely. that's really good. just need to work my back a little bit. so just simply move the umbrella or the stick up and down working your body in a slightly unusual way

matt hancock said, this is not a request in terms of not going out this weekend, it's an instruction,lutely. and some people may remember that, you know, i'm a human rights lawyer. i'm second to no one in my love of our ancient liberties and our modern human rights, but i think that anybody who gives pause for thought for those two brave nurses who have died in their mid—30s, caring for others needs to not be selfish, needs to not be controversial list just not be selfish, needs to not be controversial listjust because they feel well. they need to think about everybody else as well. so i absolutely back the instruction from government that we should all obey the social distancing rules, and we should stay—at—home, except for those very very brief periods and specific purposes set out. that is how we are going to protect each other in the short term. and i am, you know, i have no truck with people who this week have been taking to the airwaves on the bbc and elsewhere to talk about police states and so on. irresponsible. loose talk will literally cost lives at this point. so, yes, we a

matt hancock has reached the podium for today's briefing.e back to downing street for today's's daily coronavirus briefing. i'm joined today by doctor yvonne doyle, the medical director at public health england. and before i outline the latest on coronavirus and the work we are doing as a government to tackle it, i want to briefly update you about the prime minister's condition. it's great news that the prime minister has been discharged from hospital and is now continuing his recovery at chequers. i hope eve ryo ne his recovery at chequers. i hope everyone has seen his recovery at chequers. i hope everyone has seen his message of love and thanks to all of those who have supported his recovery and to the nhs colleagues who have cared for him so brilliantly at saint thomas is hospital. i know that they have cared for him as they would ca re have cared for him as they would care for anybody in this country and it is one of the things that makes me so proud that the nhs is there for us all. and it can give its very best to every single person a

boris is due out on friday and matt hancock is a p pa re ntly friday and matt hancock is apparently going testing. the performances we re further testing. the performances were generally pretty good and you did not see the critical coverage at the back of it and that might help them and perhaps them coming out of isolation might help with the crisis as well. you accidentally dropped your telephone but you expertly picked it up and the frame is looking better than ever! ventilators, virus patient more likely to date may have ventilators taken away. it comes back to what we have been talking about, shortage of equipment for medics and also for patients. this is a very, very sobering headline and itjust reminds us! sobering headline and itjust reminds us i think of the dreadful choices that frontline medics may very well have to take, almost certainly will have to take over the next few days and weeks. what it is referring to is the guidelines from the general medical council which have been grown up to advise medics, really, what they should do in a situation where they do not have sufficie

the telegraph leads on matt hancock's pledge to have 10,000 tests per day by the end of the month. the independent... the guardian focuses on testing numbers, stating that number ten admits it has made mistakes and has changed its testing targets. the mail urges the health minister not to fail this test. the eye focuses on the delays in ppe, suggesting that... let us start then with that headline on the times madeleine, 100,000 virus tests per day, this feels like a moving target and it is only because the government is coming under real pressure that this is the number that they are coming up with. politically, this is several times higher... i am so sorry, the sound is breaking up with you at the moment, we will see what we can do, let me speak to james and see the quality is better. people have been saying for weeks now, james, we need to test now, we have vital nhs staff that need to be tested, they can't tell of the carrying it or if they have a tell of the carrying it or if they havea mini tell of the carrying it or if they have a mini immunity to it. yes, this will be crucia

we are speaking to matt hancock at 7:30am.s country retreat, since leaving hospital 12 days ago. downing street has not said when he will be returning to work. at last night's white house briefing, mr trump said the prime minister was "doing great". i will tell you he sounded incredible. i was actually surprised. i thought he would be, like, "oh, donald, how are you..." he was ready to go. i'm very surprised to tell you this. it's like the old boris. tremendous energy, tremendous drive. i was very surprised, because he called me pretty close to when he got out of the hospital. i think he's doing great. the captain of a royal navy submarine has been sent home on leave, after allowing his crew to hold a dockside barbecue and party during the lockdown. this video has been posted on social media, which appears to show the crew of hms trenchant enjoying a gathering while being held in isolation. the nuclear powered submarine was undergoing repairs at the devonport base in plymouth. an investigation by the navy is ongoing. more than

difficult for the government and matt hancock to meet the 100,000 target a day for testing.that press conference today with the new groups of people involved. that's right. the front pages of a number of papers this extension now to the over 65 and those people that have to leave home for work but obviously only if they are displaying symptoms and of course it is all about trying to meet the magic number. this 100,000 that was promised by matt hancock has been a sort of real toll around his neck to carry around with him and we would know we were nowhere near that kind of testing level only up to a couple of days ago and it is going to be a really mean feat to get there so they have got to increase the number of people that are going to be given those tests as quickly as it possibly can because they've only got two or three days in order to meet that end of month target. let's move on to the straight time so what singapore is doing is they have not got a devastating number at all at the moment but they are taking no chances and are preparing for the covid—19 capacity to more

but hancock has himself opened up the debate a bit.bile phone app to trace where people go and if they come into co nta ct where people go and if they come into contact with people with coronavirus, they can then be alerted and they can therefore self—isolate. but when you listen to the likes of niall ferguson from imperial college, he has been central to much of the modelling —— neil ferguson. he is of the view that that is not enough. it is good, but what you really need is an army of people to go around chasing up contacts because many people, the elderly and those who are less tech savvy, are not going to have mobile phones and are probably not going to be signed up to apps. so how are you going to trace their contacts? when you look at countries like south korea, that is how they have had their success. they have literally employed loads of people to chase around checking who you are in contact with in the local shops, in your workplace and your street. it is massively labour—intensive, but it does enable you to more comprehensive

later in the programme we will talk a bit more about testing and hear from matt hancock.ading this verbatim but we are hearing that the department store debenhams is facing administration for the second time and is going to file to a panel of administrators next week. it has already closed 22 stores this year and it had already announced that another 28 were going to be shot next year and you might have heard some of that being reflected in our business news from time to time. it is still trading online but it has a large amount of stock that it can‘t sell, it‘s saying, and it saying... it's sell, it‘s saying, and it saying... it‘s understood that debenhams is concerned about potential legal claims from suppliers who have yet to be paid. this is all coming through from our business team in the last few moments, there is quite a lot of information so we will go through that and try to die just some of that but in terms of the impact onjobs some of that but in terms of the impact on jobs and individuals lives, 20,000 jobs i am being told potentially at risk, so that is an e

matt hancock tweeted he warmly welcomed this bighearted decision, but many feel now his focus should we see these boys become millionaires, we see more than all of sport has been feeling the heat. players have taken wage cuts across the board. today, southampton became the first premier leave club to agree a deferral for the next three months to ensure non—playing staff receive their salaries. everything is changing. sports landscape perhaps forever. natalie pirks, bbc news. the scottish football season has been pushed further back until the 10th ofjune at the earliest. the spfl season was halted on the 13th of march, and stopped until the end of april. however, no football will be played for at least three months. member clubs are set to vote this week on ending the lower league season 110w. with the olympics postponed until next year, many sports have had to revise their qualification for the games. british canoeing had already named its squad for the slalom events and has announced today that they won't be re—selecting the team. that's angered the olympic champion joe clarke who m

the times says matt hancock does not want to undermine the state at home message which has been so well by people in this country. and an interesting poll quoted by the times, 74% of us barely prioritise limiting the spread of the disease even if it means spread of the disease even if it m ea ns extra spread of the disease even if it means extra cost to the economy. that compares to 61% in the united states and 54% in germany. more people in the uk think that our health is more important than our wealth. yes. compared to other countries, we are much more in favour of having a lockdown. it may be partly due to the fact we have a slightly less lockdown than countries like france or spain, but by and large, the general public are very keen on keeping lockdown for as long as it needs to be kept in place, and matt hancock us at the stay at home message is all well and good for the public and he is worried talking to early about leaving lockdown or lifting it to early could mean people take risks and we see a second weave of the virus. people seem very second weave of the virus. people seem v

i've listened to the interviews that matt hancock made, for example, yesterday.g about he and rishi sunak working closely together, of course they're different focuses on different parts. but i think the government will do everything it can to address these issues, recognising both the health and economy matters that need to be addressed. and yes, there will be an important role for dominic raab in the days ahead. but we've got a cabinet that will need to work together, work effectively, and provide support for dominic raab as he steps in for what will be a relatively short period of time whilst the prime minister makes what we hope will be a full and swift recovery. david, is there a role in all this for parliament perhaps to sit virtually or digitally? we know keir starmer and his election on saturday said he was whirling to work with the government to be constructive, given this is a national moment in a national crisis where the prime minister has been incapacitated, what role should parliament play? i think this is something that clearly everyone will have t

but matt hancock said that was not on the card, although there is a new leader at the labour party. | at the labour party. i can't see any prospect of that. but i do think that it is a positive that we finally have real opposition, because the opposition for a long time has been rather infeck eventual. ineffective. it is good for our democracy that keir starmer has come out already, yes, he is going to be not scoring cheap political points and this is not the time. but he is going to hold the government to account when necessary. he has written in the sunday times saying there are issues around protective equipment that has not been there in sufficient quantities for health care workers. the issue of testing and why it has taken so long. we are out to 10,000 tests a day, that a long way from a 100,000, the target for the month. we are so far behind where germany has been testing. the government could have done more. it is positive, keir starmer, i'm sure labour will work with the government as faras labour will work with the government as far as possible, but questions need to be aske