laura foster there.00 people have been fined for failing to stick to the rules on social distancing across england and wales. details were revealed at the daily news conference, by the head of the national police chiefs' council. the home secretary announced more funding for support groups which help the victims of domestic abuse. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. day after day, the same demand of the british people. some experts are surprised at how rigorously we have stuck to the new rules of life in lockdown. but technically, that's not allowed. and even this sort of exercise is likely to prompt questions. the police have been told to engage, explain, encourage, and if necessary, in force. 108a people have been fined in 37 forces so far. but it does seem to be working. there are some grey areas. but for the most part, you know, i think definitely there has been a decrease in people that are out and about. the first police officer to attend the daily briefing said this was a new world

many thanks, laura foster. message forwarding, in a bid to stop the spread of misinformation about coronavirus. users will now only be able to forward a message that has already been frequently shared to one chat at a time. our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones is in west london. and it's not just whatsapp taking action against so called fake news? it is not just it is notjust whatsapp, there has been concern about whatsapp because facebook, which owns it, cannot see what is going on. we know there is a lot of activity and a lot of fake news stories being shared on it, and they have decided the way to stop thatis they have decided the way to stop that is make it much more difficult to forward those fake stories, make people go through a lot more work to do it. but what we have seen this morning, very interestingly, is action from youtube, which has been under pressure. there is an awful lot of material on youtube with people making all sorts of dubious claims about the virus, and in particular over the

here's the bbc‘s laura foster.ting closer to having a vaccine that can stop the coronavirus. but it has to be safe and it has to work. that doesn't happen overnight. what exactly is a vaccine? they are like a training course for our body's immune systems. they harmlessly show bacteria to our bodies. 0ur immune system recognises them as an invader and learns how to fight them. amines next time when we counter the disease for real, our bodies know modified it. —— know how to fight it. the who says more than 70 different teams are currently working on a vaccine. it's quickly become the most important piece of scientific research in the world. some universities are pausing other projects to work on it full—time. with charles being done on a number of animals as well as humans —— trials. scientist at the university of oxford said it could be as early as 2020 in september, but if something goes wrong it could push everything back. most think it will be more likely 18 months from now, so be more likely 18 months from now,

here's the bbc‘s laura foster. are getting closer to having a vaccine that can stop coronavirus. but it has to be safe, and it has to work. that doesn't happen overnight. what exactly is a vaccine? so, they're like a training course for our body's immune systems. they harmlessly show viruses or bacteria to our bodies. our immune systems recognise them as an invader and learn how to fight them. it means next time, when we encounter the disease for real, our bodies already know how to fight it. what research is being done? the world health organisation says more than 70 different teams are currently working on a vaccine. it's quickly become the most important piece of scientific research in the world, with some universities pausing other projects to work on it full—time, with trials being done with a number of animals, as well as in humans. when will it be ready? scientists at the university of oxford have said it could be as early september 2020. but that is if everything goes according to plan at every single stage

on those stories in a moment but first on the latest in the uk, here's our health correspondent laura fostermost 9000 people have died after contracting coronavirus in the uk, including 19 nhs front line staff. doctors, nurses and physios can't practise social distancing while treating patients. their protections comes in the form of equipment, such as gowns, masks and gloves. problem is, not everyone who needs this ppe gear to treat patients safely will get their hands on it. this front line hospital nurse says they are being forced to use things they know don't offer enough protection. the situation is really bad. we are scared. we are seeing colleagues pass away every day, so this is not fair for us. we are on the front line, we don't deserve it. we don't deserve it. we need more. the british medical association says the problem is particularly bad in yorkshire and london. a survey of members found more than half of doctors working in high risk environments said they were short of face masks or had none. two thirds said they didn't have eye protection and more than half said they were bei

the bbc‘s laura foster explains how to live and look after someone who may have the disease.r someone with coronavirus at home. one, what they need. someone with coronavirus symptoms needs rest, nutritious food and to regularly drink lots of water. paracetamol can help lower fever but if symptoms get worse and don't go away after a week, then contact your health service. two, isolate their area. they will need to stay isolated at home next seven days. ideally they should have their own room and food should be left out the door. if you have to be in the same room, keep two metres away and possible, where a medical mask don't touch it and throw it away when you leave the room. if you have to be in the same room, keep two metres away and possible, where a medical mask don't touch it and throw it away when you leave the room. do you share a kitchen or bathroom? in that case, have a shared area that you use before they do and clean them afterwards. numberthree, clean, clean, clean. everything they've touched could be infected so clean things like door handles often, give them a bi

here is health correspondent laura foster.s safely can get their hands on it. this front line hospital nurse says they are being forced to use things they know don‘t offer enough protection. the situation is really bad. we are scared. we‘re seeing colleagues pass away every day, so this is not fair for us. we are on the front line, we don‘t deserve it. we don‘t deserve it. we need more. the british medical association says the problem is particularly bad in yorkshire and london. a survey of its members found more than half of doctors working in high risk environments said they were short of face masks or had none. 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 want their lives to be at risk. they have dependents, they go home to their families, and what is really worrying us is the numbers of health care workers

i am joined now by our health correspondent, laura foster.f deaths continues to be horribly high. we were only certain figures during that press briefing, talk us through them. yes, the figures the number of deaths as it nears 10,000 is horrible to read. the charts that we were shown this afternoon suggests that things are looking to turn which is something to hopewell. the first chart shows the number of people in hospital beds with covid—19. we are told there are around 20,000 people receiving treatment in hospital for this virus at the precise moment. the regions identified are the regions of the highest number of cases, london, where the spread began, the midlands, the north—west and north—east and yorkshire. the nhs midland medical director said we are seeing the first signs of plateauing during the results, there was a little bit of dip from london because some hospitals did not report the figures. the good news is there is some levelling off but there is some levelling off but there are still more deaths. the next chart compares the uk

here's the bbc‘s laura foster.t. what exactly is a vaccine? so, they're like a training course for our body's immune systems. they harmlessly show viruses or bacteria into our bodies. 0ur immune systems recognise them as an invader and learn how to fight them. it means next time, when we encounter the disease for real, our bodies already know how to fight it. what research is being done? the world health organization says more than 70 different teams are currently working on a vaccine. it's quickly become the most important piece of scientific research in the world, with some universities pausing other projects to work on it full—time, with trials being done with a number of animals, as well as in humans. when will it be ready? scientists at the university of oxford have said it could be as early september 2020. but that is if everything goes according to plan at every single stage. if something goes wrong, that can push everything back. most think it will be more like a year or 18 months from now — so the second h

laura, thanks. >>> a drug developed by foster city-based gilead sciences may not have helped coronavirus patients in china in early trial. results for remedesavir were mistakenly posted to the world health organization's website before they were taken down the w.h.o. says the data is undergoing peer review. gilead says the results are mischaracterized. it says the study ended early because of low enrollment, and that did not lead to any meaningful conclusions. several large scale trials are being conducted in the u.s. right now to figure out whether this drug is safe. >>> for those of you keeping count, today is thursday, april 23rd, day 38 of our shelter in place in the bay area. the bay area's early shelter in place intervention likely saved tens of thousands of lives, according to a ucsf epidemiologist. dr. george rutherford estimates some 34 to 44,000 lives would have been lost had the bay area done nothing to confront the coronavirus pandemic. those figures are based on cdc and the imperial college of london's early estimates on wha haee st measures. >> we have much more to come on abc7 news

laura with a look at what's bringing a smile to many of our faces. >> here is something good in southern california where a non-profit is changing ways to help foster children find loving families. the organization kids save helps foster children 9 and older get adopted in l.a. county. until now, most meetings were in person. with new social distancing rules, the ceo says going digital is really the only option. >> kids were saying, when is the next event? we have to do something. we immediately thought, why can't we do this? in a virtual format. >> they are holding zoom meetings. they are collecting donations to provide care packages for those foster kids. the monterey bay aquarium is busy. check out their new hobby. ♪ that's a look at all of them inside the tank scuba dancing. the aquarium posting this over the weekend. it is getting a lot of attention. what a fun job there. we continue to celebrate bay area graduates who are going without an official ceremony. ♪ this morning in our great grads segment, congratulations to these 12 high school students. you did it. great job. let's celebrate these 12 middle school students going on sto hih school.