we had our first case injanuary, and i personally have been raising my concerns and the houses of parliamentment and from the front line saying where is the preparation for the ppe that we need on the front line? the answers that we got word that we have the ppe that need, it's in the uk and all that need, it's in the uk and all that will require is a herculean effort to deliver it to the front line. we estimate will be enough, things kept changing and we found was still short on the front line. now we are told that it's actually down to a global pandemic and a global shortage when in fact we know that we have had people from the textile manufacturing industries offering to support months ago while we we re offering to support months ago while we were stepping up the manufacturing of ventilators we should have been doing the same for ppe. what you make of the suggestion from the government that trials of a vaccine are going to be taking place in humans as early as thursday?” think that's brilliant, i think it's a credit to the scientific community we have here in the uk who are working so ha

a hospital where johnson is under close observation just across the river thames from the houses of parliament the scene of so many of johnson's recent victories only a few weeks ago he was telling journalists how he was still shaking hands with people some of them patients in hospital but that was before current restrictions before the death toll started to accelerate and now johnson like so many others across the u.k. have to put their faith in one thing modern medicine. in his absence johnson's designated deputy dominic robb and the rest of the cabinet are debating when to lift the lockdown was costing british businesses billions of dollars. after facing criticism for failing to impose restrictions quickly enough there's now a danger of the government lifting things too soon a risk known all too well by london's transport workers 14 have died after contracting cope with 19 most of them bus drivers the price of keeping our cities moving the foka al-jazeera london global trade is expected to fall by up to a 3rd this year as the pandemic brings economic activity to a standstill describing futu

thomas' hospitatal acrososse river from the houses of parliament.e tested positite for the coronavirus 10 days ago. for more, let's go to our correspondent in london. what more can you tell us about the prime minister's condition? reporter: boris johnson was brought to st. thomas' hospital on sunday night because he had persistent symptoms of coronavirus such as a high fever and continuous cough. do youdowning street made sure y this was a precautionary measure and he would receive routine testing there and apparently this afternoon downing street said that his condition worsened and he has been moved to intensive care. before that, boris johnson was in self-isolation after testing positive for approximately 10 days in downing street and we last saw him last thursday. he made sure to send out video updates out of his self-isolation. but we last saw him on thursday when he was clapping for the national health service and shortly came out in front of his apartment in downing street and he looked very sick there and we imagined that he would receive ve

the hospital where johnson is under close observation just across the river thames from the houses of parliament the scene of so many of johnson's recent victories only a few weeks ago he was telling journalists how he was still shaking hands with people some of them patients in hospital but that was before current restrictions before the death toll started to accelerate and now johnson like so many others across the u.k. have to put their faith in one thing modern medicine in his absence johnson's designated deputy dominic robb and the rest of the cabinet are debating when to lift the lockdown is costing british businesses billions of dollars. after facing criticism for failing to impose restrictions quickly enough there's now a danger of the government lifting things too soon a risk know all too well by london's transport workers 14 have done lead after contract to cope with 19 most of them bus drivers the price of keeping our cities moving leave barker al-jazeera london well new zealand is set to toughen its border restrictions just in the next few hours sending all citizens arriving home fro

of parliament. it will be that they all turn up at the houses of parliament, there will have to be some technologicalng the charge on this. there is a fear that the government isn't being held properly to account, apart from those six questions to broadcasters and newspapers get at the daily press conference. some mps, well i think the labour party have behaved quite well on this one and have not tried to score... well, they have scored political points, but not cheap ones, they have raised legitimate concerns ones, they have raised legitimate concerns have been broadly supported at the action taken. nevertheless, there are calls for the business of parliament to continue. it could be done like we are doing this here, seeing the inside of mp's holmes! 0n the other hand, david davis, the tory mps, is saying that they think they should return in person as soon as possible. he said the house of commons map and there were error rates going on during the war, why can't they do it now? and there is no reason why they couldn't all be tested for covid—19 and get on with their business in the chamber. it show

was taken to some thomas hospital which is booked to be far from where it's at the where the house of parliament. and he's been treated so that now with the initiative that overnight he was told. the government would try to keep the media briefing obviously so what about the projects that the constable night in basra and that they were said to be ok but last night they said it's horrible to say about its condition but more serious than the thing that's all i had seen in the suit in intensive care unit now the prime minister just a few weeks ago was speaking about this crisis and. really revealed something which in hindsight is quite shocking and might give an insight into what's taking place i'm shaking hands can do i was that i was that whole school the other night where i think there were a few that are actually if you credit are as patients and i shook hands with everybody you'll be pleased to know that i continue to shake hands so it's not clear exactly how the prime minister has contracted this disease but it's definitely as i mentioned taken a look for the worst he's now in intensive care

flag of ice president of italy's lower house of parliament's among them he says the e.u. needs to prove itself to be a worthy friend. this crisis is a test of the european union i did not throw the flag out of the window nor did i tear it up i folded it away and perhaps one day all could start again depends on how the european union deals with this crisis whether it be able and willing to help countries in the moments of me there is a very strong and widespread and reaction in italy many mayors as well as members of municipal and regional councils have copied my gesture and it has also been repeated in a number of other e.u. member states this shows that the use going through a very difficult period is a very difficult situation and the european union must show that exists it is not only a group that represents financial and economic interests it is almost as if the european union is europe's worst enemy i think the selfish as jews are different countries opposing the european union inject the if a bloc which is restricted to being an entity based on trade and commercial t

hospital is one of the top hospitals in the country, it‘s just across the bridge from the houses of parliamentarlier the prime minister was working from his hospital bed here, we understand he was given oxygen before that decision was made to move him to intensive care. we are told that has been done as a precaution, it‘s been done in case he needed ventilation to aid his recovery. now, like thousands of other families that have been affected by the coronavirus, this is an extremely worrying time for him and his family, especially of course his fiancee, who is pregnant, and has been suffering with symptoms of the coronavirus herself. vicki young there. messages of support are coming in for boris johnson from around the world. this was the president trump a little earlier. i also want to send best wishes to a very good friend of mine, and a friend to our nation, prime minister boris johnson. we are very saddened to hear that he was taken into intensive care this afternoon, a little while ago, and americans are all praying for his recovery. he has been a really good friend, he has really been so

taken to some thomas hospital which is not too far from where downing street is and where the houses of parliament are and he's been treated that now when he initially went there overnight he was told that the government was telling people the media briefing others and so on that the problem is that a constable night in hospital and things were sent to the ok but last night things took at for the worse it became clear that his condition would more serious than was being lets on as he had been moved to an intensive care unit now the prime minister just a few weeks ago was speaking about this crisis and really revealed something which in hindsight is quite shocking and might give an insight into what's taking place because he said he visits the hospital and on that visit where he was speaking to current 19 patients he was shaking hands with everyone in the hospital either i'm shaking hands can decide that i was at a hospital the other night where i think there are a few that are actually if you create a virus a patient and i shook hands with everybody you'll be pleased to know that i continue to sha

to some thomas hospital which is not too far from where downing street is and where are the houses of parliament and he's been treated to that now when he initially when that overnight he was told that the government was telling people the media briefing obviously saw one about the problems that the comfortable night in hospital and that things were said to be ok but last night things so it's for the worse it became clear that his condition was more serious from being left on as he had been moved to an intensive care unit now the prime minister just a few weeks ago was speaking about this crisis and. really revealed something which in hindsight is quite shocking and might give that insight into what's taking place and i knew shaking hands can decide that i was at a hospital the other night where i think there are a few that are actually if you create a virus of patients and i shook hands with everybody you'll be pleased to know that i continue to shake hands so it's not clear exactly how the prime minister has contracted this disease but it's definitely as i mentioned taken a look for the worst

it's just across the bridge from the houses of parliament.e told by downing street earlier the prime minister was working from his hospital bed here. we understand that he was given oxygen before that decision was made to move him to intensive care. now, we are told that that has been done as a precaution. it's been done in case he needs ventilation to aid his recovery. now, like thousands of other families who've been affected by the coronavirus, this is an extremely worrying time for him and for his family. especially, of course, his fiancee, who is pregnant and has been suffering with symptoms of the coronavirus herself. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg has more on how the uk government has planned for situations like this. the foreign secretary now is technically in charge, as he is the prime minister's official understudy, he has been requested by downing street to do because for him as and when. and government insiders are pretty confident. they say the way to cabinet committees are being designed to trace with coronavirus, for dif

live pictures most of the bolshoi theater looking towards the as they do with their the lower house of parliament just a few 100 meters from red square and the kremlin which any time this week is usually bustling with people and cause i think the most notable thing you'll see some cause comes from the minute. when the traffic lights change there are few of them still around but nowhere near what like it is normally the main thing is so few people are everyone inside now because they need to start getting these digital passes to explain where they're going from when the state is mandated tree there is a all risk of a $70.00 fine if you don't have one. so russia has so far conducted more than 1300000 coronavirus tests one of the major test manufacturers is getting backing from the russian direct investment fund which is the government vehicle for economic investment i spoke direct to chief executive carol dmitri of where russia is in terms of testing hereis. well we already manufactured 500000 cuts and wheels of track to have more than 1000000 best manufactured every week and what is unique about t

hospital is one of the top hospitals in the country, it's just across the bridge from the houses of parliament the prime minister was working from his hospital bed here. we understand he was given oxygen before that decision was made to move him to intensive care. we are told that has been done as a precaution, it's been done in case he needed ventilation to aid his recovery. now, like thousands of other families that have been affected by the coronavirus, this is an extremely worrying time for him and his family — especially of course his fiancee, who is pregnant, and has been suffering with symptoms of the coronavirus herself. vicki young outside saint thomas‘s hospital. 0ur political editor, laura kuennsberg has more on how the uk government has planned for situations like this. the foreign secretary now is technically in charge, as he is the prime minister's official understudy and he's been requested by downing street to deputise for him, as and when. and government insiders are pretty confident, they say, the way the cabinet committees have been designed to try to deal with coronavirus i

thomas' hospital is one of the top hospitals in the country, just across the bridge from the houses of parliament by downing street earlier that the prime minister was working from his hospital bed. we understand he was given oxygen before the decision was given oxygen before the decision was made to move him to intensive care. we are told that has been done asa care. we are told that has been done as a precaution. it has been done in case he needed ventilation to aid his recovery. like thousands of otherfamilies his recovery. like thousands of other families who have his recovery. like thousands of otherfamilies who have been affected by the coronavirus, this is extremely worrying time for him and his family, especially, of course, his family, especially, of course, his fiancee, who is pregnant and has been suffering with symptoms of coronavirus herself. many thanks, vicki young at st thomas' hospital. back to westminster and laura kuenssberg now. you asked dominic raab directly about the functioning of government. what did you make of the answer? well, i think dominic raab, perhaps not surprisi

hospital joseph hospital which is just down the road just across the river thames from where the house of parliament and downing street a located now initially the line coming out of government was that boris johnson was in a good condition he was having a comfortable last night spent in a hospital there were many others especially sources suggesting that he wasn't as well as the government were suggesting that they had to go to the hospital on the sunday night meant that his death case or his situation deteriorates it well it turns out that earlier this evening he has been moved from the ward in the hospital to intensive care and of course that means a significant step down incentives of his well being in terms of his condition and the french president sent a tweet out saying the. he wishes boris johnson a speedy recovery now in this situation what comes next boris johnson has to all intents and purposes been incapacitated so the foreign secretary dominic roth is also the status minister state essentially he is the prime minister of defense in the east stepping up and will be annexing prime ministe

twitter and his spokesperson who couple of hours ago briefed the media in the lobby of the houses of parliament and the message from boris johnson on twitter is last night on the advice of my doctor 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 and he went on to thank the brilliant n.h.s. staff as he put it taking care of him and all others in this difficult time the message from his spokesperson a bit more expansive than that saying that yes the prime minister did still have a cough and a fever this been going on for 10 days or so that was why he was admitted to hospital for the routine tests they put it's going to a bit more about how he is still performing his functions as prime minister he said he was still receiving his box of work there any decisions that needed his attention would get them that he still led the government but that he was handing over for the interim. the chairmanship of the coronavirus emergency meeting that hap

prime minister is being treated at st thomas' hospital, just across the river thames from the houses of parliamentespondent vicki young is there. and what more do we know today about the prime minister's condition? well, really, there hasjust been that one update from downing street today. making the point that he has been stable overnight, although still in intensive care, that he is in good spirits. he has been receiving what they call standard oxygen treatment and they say that means he has not needed mechanical ventilation. a more serious point, of course. 0r noninvasive respiratory support. we are told also that he doesn't have pneumonia. downing street say they want to be transparent about all of this, but they have to weigh up that these are private medical details, treatment of courses up to the doctors here at st thomas‘. but of course, there is the public interest in all of this. it has been striking today i think that political opponents have been making the point that at a time of national crisis, our country does need its leader. now, of course things can change quickly. this time yes

westminster and the country white, in the houses of parliament, across the river, the prime ministere. boris johnson the river, the prime minister is in intensive care. borisjohnson has shown persistent symptoms since testing positive 12 days ago. these are pictures from friday were the last time we saw him, from self isolation in downing street but his condition has got worse. he was taken into condition has got worse. he was ta ken into intensive condition has got worse. he was taken into intensive care at 7pm last night when his condition worsened during the day and as we speak, the prime minister is in intensive care, being looked after by his medical team, receiving the very, very best care from the team at st thomas is and our hopes and prayers are with him and with his family. this afternoon downing street has said the prime minister remains stable and in good spirits overnight. he is receiving oxygen treatment but otherwise breathing unassisted. his spokesman said he hasn't required the use of a ventilator and hasn't been diagnosed with pneumonia. the foreign secretary has be

the hospital where johnson is under close observation just across the river thames from the houses of parliament the scene of so many of johnson's recent victories only a few weeks ago he was telling journalists how he was still shaking hands with people some of them patients in hospital but that was before current restrictions before the death toll started to accelerate and now johnson like so many others across the u.k. have to put their faith in one thing modern medicine in his absence johnson's designated deputy dominic robb and the rest of the cabinet are debating when to lift the lockdown is costing british businesses billions of dollars. after facing criticism for failing to impose restrictions quickly enough there's now a danger of the government lifting things too soon a risk known all too well by london's transport workers 14 have died after contracting covert 19 most of them bus drivers the price of keeping our cities moving the farka al-jazeera london or the coronavirus is taking its toll on economies in europe talks between the finance ministers they broke down on wednesday as they

at what we understand is the leader of the house of commons, jacob rees—mogg, has said parliament will the 21st of april, when it was due to, but they are looking at technological solutions. what we could see potentially are some kind of virtual parliament, something we have never seen before. they have been something —— doing something quite similar in the welsh assembly, holding virtual sessions, where you see people and video conferencing calls. as for the prime minister, boris johnson, he is still in hospital, like likely to be returning to work imminently? i think that's right. we had the news on thursday evening that he had been taken out of intensive care. the prime minister had tested positive for coronavirus. his condition deteriorated after he showed persistent symptoms for over a week. he was admitted to hospital, then into intensive care, then started to recover. as we understand it he is on the mend but won't be returning to work for a couple of weeks, forcing on recuperation. doctors and his friends have been telling him he needs to focus on that. we understand he has tol

the new hybrid just reopened parliament, new leader of the opposition, kiir stamma, will be there in person. just a handful of mps sitting in the socially distanced housesment today for that session. so, no doubt, these questions are all going to come up, robyn. >> they certainly will. nic robertson, good to see you. thank you for joining us. >>> you're watching cnn. i'm robyn curnow. coming up, normalcy is sitting over where the pandemic began, while everywhere else, this seems to be nothing but upheaval. confident financial plans, calming financial plans, complete financial plans. they're all possible with a cfp® professional. find yours at letsmakeaplan.org. they're all possible with a cfp® professional. just between us, cleaning with a mop and bucket is such a hassle. well i switched to swiffer wet jet and it's awesome. it's an all-in-one that absorbs dirt and grime deep inside. and it helps prevent streaks and haze. stop cleaning. start swiffering balanced nutrition for strength and energy. whoo-hoo! great tasting ensure with 9 grams of protein, 27 vitamins and minerals, and nutrients to support immune health. i got this mountain bike for only $11.

across the thames from the houses of parliament, the prime minister remains in intensive care, strugglingavirus. borisjohnson has shown persistent symptoms since testing positive 12 days ago. alas, i still have one at the symptoms, a minor symptom, alas, i still have one at the symptoms, a minorsymptom, i alas, i still have one at the symptoms, a minor symptom, istill had a temperature... these are pictures from friday were the last time we saw him, from self isolation in downing street but his condition has got worse. he was taken into intensive care at 7pm last night when his condition worsened during the day and as we speak, the prime minister is in intensive care, being looked after by his medical team, receiving the very, very best care from the team at st thomas' and our hopes and prayers are with him and with his family. this afternoon downing street has said the prime minister remains stable and in good spirits overnight. he is receiving oxygen treatment, but otherwise breathing unassisted. his spokesman said he hasn't required the use of a ventilator and hasn't been diagnosed wit

the hospital is here opposite the house of parliament. not far away is 10 downing street. offices you worked with theresa may. what must the atmosphere be like in there and speak to this question that the foreign secretary now is in charge, doesn't appear to be in communication with the prime minister. >> yeah, i was speaking to some of my former colleagues who are now still? number 10. i think they were shocked at which the speed of the prime minister's condition deteriorated yesterday afternoon. some of them were saying at 6:00 last night things weren't great and suddenly things changed quickly and they've made this move to take him to icu. in terms of dominic raab, the devolving of authority to a prime minister to another senior minister happens quite a lot. it happened with theresa may when she was aboard or holiday or too busy. another cabinet minister would be asked to deputize for her in making -- in chairing some of those key decision-making meetings. that happens quite a lot. the key difference here is, i think, the scope of the decision-making that dominic raab i

[inaudible] did this beach which is the upper house of parliament he did it on valentine's day if yearsust said that had a book at school also in my book his favorite book was the past is never dead, is like hey guys let's write this song if you look at the german protocol if you look at the minutes there's an exclamation point, which having lived there for ten years i can count on my one hand the number of times there was an exclamation point. it was very rousing. he's like when you start chance to make it right in the whole board went silent and the next discussion was about regulatory procedures from altering the codification of real estate. and so you're like okay that did not go quite as well as jay stewart. but the point is some people have tried there's a lot of progress being made. >> host: 's actually interesting the current topic for debate in germany is not about this at all it's about colonial era collections. earlier this year, german cultural authorities made a big announcement, signed an agreement, they would start to return objects collected from german colonies under so

hospital just across the road which is a cross the river from downing street and from the houses of parliament and he spent the night there sources say he spent a comfortable night there his condition is still not thought to be very serious however there are other sources suggesting that the prime minister's state might be worse than the government are initially letting on however robert generate he is the housing secretary and he's said that despite the prime minister being in hospital he is still very much in charge of government he remains in charge of the government he will be updated regularly in hospital as he has been once he's been self isolating let many other people who've been having to do that. now if boris johnson does remain out of contention and in fact can no longer lead then dominic robb who is the foreign secretary he would take over if you will a designated survivor type of person somebody who will stand in should the prime minister be incapacitated for any longer period of time and of course we've already seen the health secretary matt hancock testing positive for covert 90

house of parliament but last night it would appear that the prime minister's condition. for the us because he was taken to intensive care when he remains oh not just to spite and they should be at even the day downing street and all that up attend school staying that's the promise that was ok and i'm not comfortable. in the hospital but i'm holding to the same sources i have out in st augustine are still in good spirits and is despite big an intensive care not receiving treatment without any ventilators or intrusive 3 think the platelets. the prime minister has been stable overnight and remains in good spirits he is receiving standard oxygen treatment and is breathing without any other assistance he has not required mechanical ventilation or noninvasive spirit trees. now images that we can see from the helicopters flying above showing the hospitals in thomas' where the prime minister is being treated and while he is here dominick rob will be the acting prime minister for all intents and purposes he is the 1st minister of state he's also the foreign secretary and he will

last night he was admitted to hospitals and thomas's hospital just across the river from the houses of parliament and from downing street where the prime minister was self isolating previously government figures saying that the prime minister had a comfortable might in hospital though some sources say that actually his condition is worse than perhaps is being initially led for where we're being led to believe by the government now mr johnson may not physically be there at the helm but he has been utilizing like zoom which he's been doing cabinet virtual cabinet meetings with and also the video conferencing up now being rolled out for parliamentarians in the wider sense for m.p.'s to be doing their work to spite the fact of course that they're all isolating and working from home and he said what about number ten's plans for testing well we heard last week that the government had ordered a number of tests testing kits and some of those tests themselves having tested positive for being infected with one having coded 19 and so that was delayed it's now emerged that those tests won't work where cases

program but 1st let's speak to our correspondent paul brennan he's waiting forces outside the house of parliament to mean what has the government had to say about the times report because it is damning. it is critical the times the sunday times apologies basically gone back to early january and kind of looked at the government's response in those early weeks particularly the 5 weeks from the end of january to the very start of march where there were 5 cobra meetings this is the national crisis committee of the government where security advisors scientific advisors and political bodies political people get together and work out what the government strategy should be the cobra code was the acronym then what we have is the prime minister not attending the 1st 5 of the sunday times is gone and spoken to senior downing street advisors people from within various government departments and the quotes that they put forward in today's report spread over 4 pages as you say pretty damning you know one quote is from a department of health person the pandemic was always top of the national risk register alway

he did this speech in the upper house of parliament and he did it on valentine's day a few years ago he just said he went to school with falconer, this is always also in my book and he said let's just write this wrong and if you look at the german protocol which is the minutes there's an explanation plan which is having lived there for 10 years i can count the numberof times . and it was very rousing. and he was like, let's make things right and then the next discussion was about regulatory procedures for altering the codification of real estate in cities so you're like okay, that didn't go quite as well as jimmy stewart. but the point is that some people have tried yes , there's a lot of progress to be made . >> it seems to me the current topic for debate in germany about cultural heritage isnot about this at all . it's about colonial era collection . earlier this year german cultural authorities got together and signed an agreement that they would start to return objects collected from german colonies under forests or really from unwilling populations. and i have to say before read

here to st thomas hospital just across the river time so from downing street and from the houses of parliament last night he was moved into the intensive care unit where he is now receiving treatment that it really is a far cry from earlier in the day yesterday went down the street and others what really trying to brief the media to tell them about the prime minister was comfortable that he was in good spirits of the good health and well he might be in good spirits is good health definitely not the case because his situation has deteriorated the government say he isn't on a ventilator just yet and they number 10 downing street that is have released a statement regarding the prime minister's latest updates. the prime minister has been stable overnight and remains in good spirits he is receiving standard oxygen treatment and is breathing without any other assistance he has not required mechanical ventilation or noninvasive spiritual support. in the absence of mr johnson dominic robb the foreign secretary is seeing a prime minister for all intents and purposes because he is also the 1st minister

across the thames from the houses of parliament, the prime minister remains in intensive care, strugglingme coronavirus. borisjohnson has shown persistent symptoms since testing positive 12 days ago. alas i still have one of the symptoms, a minor symptom. i still have a temperature, and so... these pictures from friday were the last time we saw him, from self isolation in downing street, but his condition has got worse. he was taken into intensive care at 7pm last night after his condition worsened during the day and, i'm as we speak, the prime minister is in intensive care, being looked after by his medical team, receiving the very, very best care from the team at st thomas‘, and our hopes and prayers are with him and with his family. this afternoon downing street has said the prime minister remains stable and in good spirits overnight. he is receiving oxygen treatment but otherwise breathing unassisted. his spokesman said he hasn't required the use of a ventilator and hasn't been diagnosed with pneumonia. the foreign secretary has been asked to deputise for the prime minister. he's in v

that's the house of parliament. that's the commons where boris johnson has held court for months as the prime minister. just, frankly, hard to take in, that he is now just across the river here, fighting for his life, frankly, although we are only being given limited information about exactly how he is doing. friends, people who worked with him, tell me he's fit. he's not a smoker. they have, in the past, gone running with him. so people are hopeful. you know, we keep talking about testing, and we can't talk about it enough. it really says something, doesn't it, about the crisis in testing on this side of the pond, that in downing street, that downing street was able to be infected. there weren't tests to try to ensure that didn't happen. just another piece of news op testing, a senior adviser to the british government here telling one newspaper that it will be at least a month before antibody tests are ready that might be able to test for antibodies in the millions. that's the case around the world. it's not -- wel

is less than a mile away from downing street, across the other side of the river from the houses of parliamenthe had a good night last night, his third night in intensive care. he is in good spirits, downing street said. he still continues to need oxygen. they said he has standard oxygen. they said he has standard oxygen treatment. we know he has had that since he went into intensive care. we heard yesterday from the chancellor a bit more detail that the prime minister was sitting up in bed me he was engaging. the message from downing street and here at the hospital is the prime minister continues to make improvements in terms of his health but he does still remain in intensive care and intensive care, of course, is a place in a hospital, jane, where the most unwelcome of the sickest patients had to go to, often needing very complex treatment. mrjohnson will be monitored 24 hours around the clock by a highly skilled team of doctors and nurses. it was a week ago, of course, the prime minister was standing on the streets of downing street taking part in clap for carers. we expect him to remain h

the hospital where boris johnson is in intensive care is just across from the houses of parliament, where he so often faced political opponents. now his challenge is a simple virus. >> prime minister -- >> reporter: he's been leading the british charge against coronavirus. but this morning, britain's prime minister, boris johnson, is in intensive care. focused on the fight of his life, his own difficult battle with the virus. politics pushed aside. european leaders, like the french president, who so often disagreed with johnson, tweeting support. >> when you're in intensive care, it's a big deal. >> reporter: president trump, hoping the prime minister will pull through. >> americans are all praying for his recovery. he's been a really good friend. he's been really something very special. strong, resolute, doesn't quit. doesn't give up. >> reporter: on thursday, johnson was outside downing street, cheering britain's health workers. he looked visibly sick in a video message friday. >> i still have a temperature. >> reporter: on sunday, he was moved to the hospital. and yesterday, just hours

cabinet is responsible for taking decisions and is responsible for getting them through the house of commons and parliament that is a subtle difference, it is an important difference. an important difference indeed but clearly, the prime list is not able to make those decisions, he has put his deputy out front. if there is a dispute in the cabinet, dominic raab has to make that final decision, right?|j cabinet, dominic raab has to make that final decision, right? ithink breaking any cabinets confidence is to say, there are often disagreements. you will hear a range of views and whoever is chairing cabinet will bring us together and synthesise them. whether you are prime minister of the secretary of state that is what you will do. i think what is important is that the prime minister, even if the prime minister is temporarily away, has set the general strategy that is the cabinet sticks to that strategy and we know what the strategy is for trying to defeat coronavirus and thatis trying to defeat coronavirus and that is more or less everything that the government is doing at the moment. that strategy is not g

minister remains out of action recovering from covid-19 and will not be in the house of commons to answer questions when parliamentts scrutiny of the government's plans. dominic raab will face a new u.k. labor leader while both will be in the chamber in a historic first. most members of parliament will be taking part by zoom videoconferencing technology. european central bank policymakers will hold a call in the evening where they may discuss whether to accept junk rated debt as collateral from lenders. the videoconference could be intended to head off concerns that sub sovereign corporate bonds will be downgraded to noninvestment grade because of the cost of fighting the coronavirus pandemic. fallen angels in other words. manus: the italian prime minister joins a chorus of european nations purporting as much as 1.5 trillion in joint bonds to help economies crippled by the virus, headed for a clash at the european summit. christophe, the fed justified buying junk bonds or fallen loretta mester. there was no hazard. will the ecb be able to pass through the storm and actively by junk rated paper in europe? would you

around this hospital, which is less than a mile from downing street, across the river from the houses of parliamentn monday he was moved from a ward into intensive care as a precaution, we were told, so he could be near a ventilator. the latest we have is that he remains in intensive care. some positive news yesterday, the chancellor saying in a news briefing yesterday afternoon, the prime minister, he said, his condition was improving. that's the first time we've heard that word being used about the prime minister's health. we also heard that boris johnson minister's health. we also heard that borisjohnson has been sitting up that borisjohnson has been sitting up in bed and has been engaging positively with clinical staff. in terms of the treatment that the prime minister has been receiving, we know from downing street and from the hospital that he's been getting what they describe as standard oxygen treatment. he's been breathing by himself, and crucially, he hasn't needed to be put on a ventilator. that is a very complex bit of machinery that basically ta kes bit of machinery that basically take

but he's written to the leader of the house of common asking for urging talks of the speaker. now parliamente to return obviously certain recess on the 215t of april. that's clearly not going to happen. there is in argument that there are lots of things that need to be held up to scrutiny. not least of all the shortage of bbe. another good example is the three and half million covered covid—19 testing kits that were ordered. nobody knows how much that cost but patients we guarantee regardless of the fact that they didn't work. i'm just going to move across to nigel because we've got a few more papers to get through. you talked and your point about holding the government to account. no relief that would be via parliament. but we've seen every day essentially journalists try to hold the government to account in the daily press conferences including you this afternoon. with one of your questions. what your view on the recall of parliament? we only ever get a couple of questions when it comes down to the number ten press c0 nfe re nce . when it comes down to the number ten press conference. whil

mps will be discussing turning it into a virtual parliament, or what the speaker of the house of commonsnse that you will have some people in the house of commons chamber and others will be asking questions via video link on video screens, they have installed four of them, on one side and four on the other. so it will look very different tomorrow if mps agree this afternoon, as we expect they will, to move to this because they can then say that they are taking social distance and seriously. before the extended break, although they were supposed to be practising social distancing on the green benches, we saw, for example, the prime minister and health secretary pretty close together at a session of prime minister's questions, and they both came down with the virus. i am not sure we can prove cause and effect, but at that stage they really had to show the public if they are asking them to keep a distance that they would do the same. it means very different arrangements, there are questions over deaths, ppe, overthe provision and production of facemasks, a range of things ministers have to

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