today, they have 36 covid patients on itu in the qe, so this is inevitable, i'm afraid.ou know, hip surgery, that kind of thing, it is going to be postponed. it may already have been postponed from earlier on in the year, but that is because the number of patients they are getting in the hospital at the moment is just increasing all the time. they have 389 patients across the four hospitals in the trust with coronavirus now. that is half as many as they had earlier on in the year at the height of the first wave, but far more than they had two months ago when they only had 60 across the trust. they are also saying that some procedures for gynaecology will also be paused for the month of november at one of the other hospitals in the trust, the good hope in sutton coldfield, but across not just the midlands but across the country, we are seeing that even though lockdown has now come back in england, there is still a lag in the effects that it will take and they are still expecting the number of admissions to go up over the next few weeks. sad news, but what a long and remar

the united states needs to get involved at the general assembly and the itu and the standard-setting and the regulatory efforts far more than it needs to engage more than it has. and to bring allies along. the allies, as you can see with huawei. we are reluctant to side with the u.s. on banning huawei's 5g technology. why? because they were afraid donald trump would do a side deal and leave them hanging with whatever they had come into initially with the united states. that will change under joe biden. we will get better alliance with our countries, are democratic institutions. i think we will not have that splintering. we will start regaining some cohesiveness. however, that is going to depend on whether the biden administration puts people in place in these institutions that can provide leadership globally. bernard: ok. nobody disputes that there are dark, unpleasant corners of the internet. it would be some effort to do something about it. but isn't the uninhibited exchange of views and ideas, doesn't that lead to innovation and development? as soon as people are careful about wha

capacities and then, if necessary , double itu capacities and then, if necessary, to treble itu capacityure right now is the assistance we have been given in terms of some patients took lanarkshire health given in terms of some patients took la narkshire health board, given in terms of some patients took lanarkshire health board, so these mutual aid arrangements will continue to work when necessary. finally, yes, i can confirm, i will make some of this information available, that we have all of the supplies of ppe that we have assessed and acquired. we have healthy stocks of ppe. unlike at the start of the pandemic, and it is true for governments across the uk, we now get a significant proportion of our ppe, the start of the pandemic it was imported, now a significant proportion is from scottish companies, so we have been able to build some economic resilience as well as health resilience as well as health resilience there and we also of course have a much greater supply of intensive care ventilators than at the start of the pandemic should they be needed as well. thank you, richard leon

like we don't have to rush a little kids soccer game towards the ball every time we emergence, itus wouldeat to develop a universal vaccine, and we are putting a lot of energy into that goal. jonathan: sobering words there. we appreciate your time this morning, doctor. some really sobering words about the future and the fact that i think now, surely, the funding has got to be there for the kind of programs the doctor describes. tom: as a complete amateur, i think you, lisa and i have done a good job of pursing out our expertise. i am just looking at the mass. it is exponential and accelerating. that is what we've got to pay attention to. the numbers this week and are just flat out not good. and only just now trying to correct course of little bit more aggressively in america. alongside tom keene and lisa abramowicz, i'm jonathan ferro. one hour in five minutes away from the opening bell in new york city, to washington, d.c. wego in just a moment to talk about the economy and the lack of extra fiscal stimulus. that is next on bloomberg. ♪ - [narrator] this is kate. - hey. - [narrator] she

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you have seen it particularly in have seen itu broadly in the united states as well. is a regulatory overlay to that, a rates overlay to that. it is just amazing to see what is happening here. but have we had that initial knee-jerk reaction to the vaccine news? does that now start to fade the amplitudes going down with every positive piece of news? it also needs to be seen against the rising virus cases. what a week. what a complete switch from one side to the other. more details to follow. the european close is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ guy: we are winding up the european equity session for the session and the week. friday the 13th. something of a nonevent for the european equity market. up .2%. not much to fear. a very mundane session relative to the week we have had in the idea of what that week has looked like. monday the real catalyst for change in these markets, the pfizer news on the vaccine, really providing significant movement. that was monday. we came in with a small cap higher. that gap higher generated by the general election in the united states and the

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today, they have 36 patients on itu, and i'm afraid this is inevitable.they had earlier on in the year at the height of the first wave, but far more than they had two months ago when they only had 60 across the trust. but they are also saying that procedures for gynaecology will also be paused for the month of november at one of the other hospitals in the trust, the hope in sutton, but we are seeing that there is a lag in the effects that lockdown will take. they are expecting the number of admissions to go up in the next few weeks. hugely concerning to those patients have probably been waiting quite a long time to get the procedure that they need. besides treating coronavirus patients, which are the illnesses that are going to continue to be treated's they are not postponing serious, emergency operations. the most serious that have to be treated will still go ahead. they still have the capacity to deal with that. remember at the peak in april and early may, they we re peak in april and early may, they were not even able, sometimes, to deal with some of t

what sort of pressure is that putting on itu beds in the local hospitals?n tremendous pressure put on hospitals, not only in el paso but across the country and especially in rural communities across the united states, as more and more people are contracting a virus. 0ver and more people are contracting a virus. overtime, two to four and more people are contracting a virus. over time, two to four weeks after that, we're seeing a steady increase in hospitalisations and ultimately, we will properly see an increase in deaths as well. this pandemic has got out of control and the biggest problem that we've had is that not every state, not every locality, is using the appropriate countermeasures that they need to be doing in order to counteract the virus. let's take one state in particular, mississippi. it's about the size of a country like albania, about 3 million people. it has got the highest death rate per hundred thousand people in the united states. 119 people per hundred thousand people die in mississippi due to covid. this is on par with belgium, which is

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i knew that it's going to be a trial for very badly ill people in itu, after all, this gloomy time ofriends are so grateful for you, they really are. i do think that you helped save my life. more than 130,000 people who have had covid—19 have now donated their plasma, and just over 1,000 patients have been given a transfusion. it‘s part of a large trial in hospitals across the uk, co—ordinated by the nhs blood and transfusion service to see if convalenscent plasma can be an effective treatment. people who have had covid—19 are being encouraged to take part in the trial, to donate their plasma to help the most seriously ill. it‘s one of the very special days in my life. absolutely amazing. i‘m just so grateful that you people have given me the chance to meet him, and thank him. thank you, ann, thank you. good luck. bye. wish you the best. and you, thank you. and just it is lovely, isn‘t it? a wonderful story. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning, i‘m asad ahmad. a £2,000 reward is being offered by a charity to help find the person or people responsib

doctor and at that point they might be admitted to hospital, deteriorate further and then become an itu which is why i am saying we need low levels before christmas, otherwise, of the virus in total, otherwise, of the virus in total, otherwise we will see a lot more cases in mid—january, compared to if we start from a high point, we will see even more cases. brief one chris, now the restrictions have been eased, have you changed your plans for christmas? well, i have only just started making plans for christmas? well, i have onlyjust started making some, we weren't sure whether we would be able to get together at all, so, i think probably in my household like many across the uk, people are beginning to have the sort of discussion what do we want to do, what can we safely do, what can we put off till next year. safety first still, i am assuming. chris it is good... we will wait and see how it goes. i think many people are thinking that way. thank you very much. it is good to talk to you. it is good to talk to you. as well as mixing indoors, rules around travel have also been relaxed for