matt hancock talking to us earlier.nd the president at the time. our correspondent ben wright was watching in washington. even before president trump spoke, this felt more like a republican party rally than a solemn state of the union address. "four more years," chanted republican lawmakers, while democrats looked angry and glum. in a striking snub of the most senior democrat in the chamber, president trump refused to shake nancy pelosi's hand, someone who pushed hard for his impeachment. donald trump then fired out lines that will form the crux of his re—election campaign. jobs are booming. incomes are soaring. poverty is plummeting. crime is falling. confidence is surging. and our country is thriving and highly respected again. applause. the speech was bombastic, boastful, and partisan. my fellow americans, the best is yet to come. thank you. and then, at the end — this. nancy pelosi ripping up the president's speech in disgust. washington has rarely looked so bitter. and the partisan divide will only deepen later on

health secretary matt hancock said there was still much more to do.the opt—out system is already active in wales and will be introduced in scotland in the autumn. we will be asking the health secretary, matt hancock, about that new plan and also about the spread of coronavirus in an hour‘s time. holly is here with the sport and they‘ve done it again, another win for liverpool? 18 a row, equalling manchester city‘s record but we feel like we‘ve been talking a long time about liverpool getting so close to winning the league and now the maths is getting less complicated. they are 12 points from the title, for more games to go, for more victories, if manchester city keep winning as well. getting very close. at the moment i think the match will be crystal palace, lots of fans trying to work that out, but that could change depending on the fa cup ties and if that clashes it could be at the etihad against manchester city but we are getting ahead of ourselves. liverpool came very close to losing a premier league match for the first time this season last night

what have we learned from matt hancock's statement?and public health officials know they have to tread a very delicate line between keeping us informed and giving us the information we need to ensure we all stay safe and causing panic. but i think they could point with some justification of the fact that of the 326 tests for this virus carried out in the uk, only two have come back as positive and that is the couple of chinese nationals who are being treated in newcastle. also the actions of the passenger travelling back to the uk yesterday. felt ill on the journey back to raf brize norton. he alerted health experts on the plane with him, he was isolated from other passengers and did not travel with those ten people here to arrow park hospital. instead, he was treated at a local hospital and tested there. experts know this is, as matt hancock said, a marathon and not a sprint and levels of vigilance like that will be carried out for months to come. following yesterday's attack in south london, the government announces emergency legisla

matt hancock. now you may have noticed it's the awards season.ntary book awards. this year there's even a new set of awards celebrating politicians who behave with courtesy and decency to one another. the civility in politics awards are designed to recognise politicians who engage in thoughtful, reflective public debate. those shortlisted include the former cabinet ministers andrea leadsom and kenneth clarke. those who didn't make the shortlist — spoiler alert — include these two mps known for their robust approach. he put his policy to the british people in as much as anyone could discern it, in a general election. he was slaughtered. what bit of that message does he not understand? it's a delight to see your children here watching today, because i know that while you have a responsibility to parliament, that you take your responsibilities as a parent incredibly seriously also, and now to the prime minister. jess phillips and mark francois overcame their disappointment at not being shortlisted to discuss civility in politics. i think it's good t

nick, we have heard from matt hancock, how broadly would you assess the department of health is worriedhancock has said he is still hopeful a pandemic can be avoided if the countries where we are seeing these fresh outbreaks take the right precautions. has always maintained there is robust planning the intern in the uk, the nhs is very prepared to —— the government has always maintained. we have only seen 13 cases here, each has gone to one of the five specialist hospitals that treat respiratory failure, but there are another 19 regional infectious disease hospitals on standby to take inpatients, but in the uk we are a long way from that. thank you, nick triggle and theo leggett. now the rest of the day ‘s news. a damning new report says health inequalities in england have increased to a shocking degree over the last ten years, representing a lost decade for the country. the upward trend in life expectancy has stalled for the first time in a century, and among women in the poorest areas, it has fallen. dominic hughes reports. dear future me, by the time you read this letter, 20 years wi

matt hancock. would like to update the house in response to the wuhan coronavirus. i have laid an instrument before the house to confirm the powers to be taken to isolate those from spreading the virus, and if necessary to keep them isolated as part of our approach to protecting the public. the plaza proportionate and will help slow down the transmission of the virus, and will make it easier for down the transmission of the virus, and will make it easierfor nhs staff to do theirjobs. the clinical advice about the risk to the public has not changed and remains moderate. as of today, eight people in england have tested positive for coronavirus. all are receiving expert care from the nhs, which is well prepared and equipped to deal with the situation. contact tracing of the first four cases has undertaken rapidly and is now complete, while tracing for the latest four cases is ongoing. this contact tracing itself identified five of the cases, a tribute to the skill and tenacity of public health england

that is why elsewhere you see reports of matt hancock trying to show something is being done. if they think there is a sufficient and serious risk in order to show that when you see these striking sides of people in hazmat suits, reminiscent of whether there has been a russian outbreak in salisbury or something, they are taking actions. in the meantime, the fatality rate as well. generally those who have suffered the most of the ones who are the most vulnerable. having care and attention is what matters.|j vulnerable. having care and attention is what matters. i think, you know, the interesting thing in all of this is the best advice is still to just wash your hands very well. there is nothing hours. it is the basic thing. —— nothing else. but i do think these new powers, they have had 2—4 people stay in quarantine, they are definitely aimed at reassuring people the government is taking this seriously. it's interesting that people don't know what is best for them for themselves and it leads to government departments to step in. let's look at the daily mirror, nicola. this is d

so at 7am, matt hancock, their will.cock, the health secretary, signed this legal power and regulation, that they can be forcibly detained. that person was talked out of trying to run out. they are due out on thursday anyway. but it is all to do with those legal powers. it is not to do with an increased threat risk to do with an increased threat risk to the uk. the official threat risk remains moderate. thank you for joining us. fergus walsh, there, our medical correspondence. in china, the authorities say 97 people died of the virus yesterday which is the highest number of deaths in a single day since the outbreak began. the total number of deaths in china now stands at 908, with more than 40,000 infected, but the number of newly—infected people per day has stabilised. robin brant is in shanghai. what is the latest that you are hearing from the authorities there? we are hearing from the man at the very top, president xi jinping has been seen in a visit to a community in beijing earlier today, the first time he has been

matt hancock.ng, also saw the prime minister challenged about andrew sabisky, the downing street adviser who resigned after alleged past remarks on race and eugenics. he was born with cerebral palsy and was unable to talk, walk or feed himself. he broughtjoy and love to all who knew him. and last week one of the prime minister's advisers resigned when a basic check of their internet history revealed that they had promoted eugenicists policy. the sort that would have ended my brother's life before it began. so can i ask the prime minister of the united kingdom, to advise the house, and every disabled person in this island, why andrew sabisky, remained part of his government, and was not removed from deposition immediately, when abhorrent views became apparent? mr speaker, let's be absolutely clear that i certainly do not share these views nor are they the views of anybody in this government, and that individual no longer works for the government. borisjohnson. again. mps have held theirfirst big deb

in the past half hour, the health secretary matt hancock said the public can be assured the government plan to "contain delay and search and mitigate" the spread of the virus. meanwhile, ireland's health minister has called for the ireland—italy six nations rugby match to be postponed — it is due to be played in dublin in ten days‘ time. our first report is from our health correspondent sophie hutchinson. police checks on the outskirts of the town in northern italy. it's one of ii the town in northern italy. it's one of 11 areas here in lockdown designated a red zone because it is at the centre of europe's largest outbreak of coronavirus. more than 370 people have been infected and i2 had died. a big concern is how the virus is spreading across italy's borders. today, the health secretary here told the commons once again the government was doing everything it could to protect the public. our approach has at all times been guided by the chief medical officer working on the basis of the best possible scientific evidence. the public can be assured that we have a clear plan to contain, del

matt hancock is able asa the government?ary and he has been dipping up needs in the commons and giving updates regularly throughout the week. it sometimes you do need the top man or woman in charge to come out and calm down nerves. he has been reticent to do that and people wonder why. one thing that boris johnson, that and people wonder why. one thing that borisjohnson, that we have seen of his style of leadership is that he does want to be seen to delegate to his senior minister on these things. he has made a point of that. but as michael says, these sort of situations where people are nervous and want to hear from the prime minister. as you move around the capital have you noticed a sense of nervousness? 0r behaviour? the capital have you noticed a sense of nervousness? or behaviour? what people have said about the tube system and if it gets into the tube system and if it gets into the tube system that is how it will be transmitted. coming here tonight, eve ryo ne transmitted. coming here tonight, everyone seemed transmit

the health secretary, matt hancock.uise ship injapan where ten passengers have tested positive for the virus. british tourist david abel remains on—board the ship where a strict quarantine is being enforced. the last 24 hours, it has changed quite considerably. having enjoyed a wonderful cruise, when we arrived in 0kinawa, four or five days ago, wonderful cruise, when we arrived in 0kinawa, four orfive days ago, we had to go through a quarantine procedure, and since then, it has been really downhill with regard to what is happening to passengers on the ship. 6:30am japanese time today, so nine hours ago, we were informed by the captain that every passenger had to remain in their cabin. i would passenger had to remain in their cabin. iwould imagine in passenger had to remain in their cabin. i would imagine in the next five days, every passenger is going to be tested again to see whether anyone is proving positive for the virus. until then, we are all confined to our cabins. we are one of the fortunate folks, well, one of

matt hancock the health secretary has been very commit some quite strong noises about not necessarilying it compulsory but hinting at that and it is in the same vein that actually in health may the government does know better than individuals. and we have to listen to the man not in whitehall. the daily mirror. since we will come back to the coronavirus. i went will not come back to the front pages here, but a lot of your readers very angry about that. it's quite a dramatic picture, really. does the river which is swept through £33 million of defences which are unfinished and the people living there feel they have been betrayed and let down. by promises from the government and subsequent governments to sort this out, and i think for some of them is the eighth time in recent years. we have a recent news from couple that with the hardware store and it was the third time they have set this time that that, we cannot have rebuilt our lives twice, we cannot do it again. he shop will go and those kinds of things are really tough. particularly because people feel, they made promises about the

now, in the uk, the health secretary, matt hancock, says he is still hopeful that significant outbreaks he says much depends on these countries are seeing new cases, the response they get, and whether they get the response right to contain it. in the uk, we have only had 13 cases so it. in the uk, we have only had 13 cases so far, and all have been traced back to china or other asian countries. but the problem is, when you start getting human—to—human transmission in britain, there are plans then to scale up containment, keep tracing contacts and self—isolate people who have come into co nta ct self—isolate people who have come into contact with those cases, but eventually there is a point where they move to mitigate the impact of they move to mitigate the impact of the virus on people, and that involves the nhs scaling up its own plans. but we're still a little way from that yet. 0k, nick, thank you very much. we continue with our coverage of coronavirus in a moment, but breaking news coming to us from egypt, former egyptian president hosni mubarak has died today at the age of 91. we a

people should and travel to these 11 italian cities in the north of italy that are in lockdown and matt hancockbit like what i wouldn't exactly be making any plans to go there. but then we did see official government advice coming later in the day advising against all but essential travels specifically to those 11 italian cities. they started saving grace come obviously there's a lot of concern about this. the saving grace is that if you compare it to a virus like sars, back in the mid to thousands, sars was seen to be less infectious from what we know but more deadly. and more dangerous to human life. were asked this virus seems to be particularly affecting come as a flu virus with it and indeed the symptoms are very similar, this virus seems to be affecting vulnerable people with depressed immune systems like older people who have already got issues with her health. that is no consolation, that doesn't take away all of the worry, but i think the government is right to be reinforcing to people that this is not going to be a deadly virus for most people. if you can trapped this, you may have mi

matt hancock, the health secretary, said there would be more capital funding, that's money for investment to invest in isolation facilities and hospitals and other facilities. now, isolation facilities and hospitals and otherfacilities. now, know sum of money has been attached to that, but i'm told by sources at the department that this is asking hospitals and other trusts, other organisations to come forward and say, this is what we need to finish off these pods that were first reported on last week, that is providing a facility if a patient comes in with suspected coronavirus, they can be isolated safely. and if it's proved negative, they can go on their way. if the test is positive, then they will go to another specialist facility to be treated. he said the whole thing globally would get worse before it got better. which is probably in line with international thinking, but he went on to say that he thought the uk was doing all it possibly could to protect its citizens and ensure the virus didn't get out of hand. much more on the coronavirus on our website. inafew in a few minutes, we w

matt hancock staying at health. some staying in some going.repares to chair the first meeting of his new cabinet at number 10. coronavirus is not on the rise outside of china despite a sharp spike in hubei province, according to the world health organisztion. police in new zealand say they've found the body of stephanie simpson, the british woman who's been missing since monday. cases of mumps in england are at their highest level in a decade. public health england says the increase has been largely driven by outbreaks in universities and colleges amongst young adults who missed out on the mmr vaccine when they were children. tim muffett reports. i would literally be screaming, from being in pain... lectures, essays, the odd party and mumps — flora, ben and ollie's second year at leeds university hasn't gone quite to plan. i went to bed normal, like, normal, doing fine, everything fine, and then i woke up and then, bang, my face was just puffed out, so swollen. were you surprised as to how painful it was? i got prescribed morphine, it was that

they were following public health england advice, and the advice of health secretary matt hancock.right thing. personally i think that it was the right thing. parents demanded all sorts of actions like closing the whole school for two weeks, deep cleaning. some... 0ne whole school for two weeks, deep cleaning. some... one said they were seeking legal advice and another pa rent seeking legal advice and another parent compared it to the reaction to chernobyl. my goodness. do you think there is some sensationalism oi’ think there is some sensationalism ora think there is some sensationalism or a lack of understanding?” think there is some sensationalism or a lack of understanding? i think there is. i am a journalist, so i'm not averse to the accusation that the media is responsible for some of the media is responsible for some of the hype, but there is a great deal of misunderstanding and misapprehension about the risk. i think that for healthy, teenage kids, the worst thing they will get isa kids, the worst thing they will get is a bad cold. but i appreciate some families have more v

bethany was described by matt hancock as complex and vulnerable.s. they were calling out for beth to be sent to a high secure out for beth to be sent to a high secure unit. four hours down the motorway, beth was taken to an environment that she had helped design. she had put her ideas in for the decorating. she is now with a team of staff in a home setting. those staff understand her needs. they understand her autism. beth does not get restrained, she doesn't have her clothes ripped off her by groups of men. beth goes out for a walk when she wants. i go up there, we take the family pets, we go for a walk by the river. that's what bethany needed, not locking away. none of these people need to be locked away, they just none of these people need to be locked away, theyjust need their condition... there autism to be supported. what is your message to the health secretary, matt hancock, if he was watching right now? the money is in the system to make these changes. you are paying extortionate amounts of money to keep people in these hospitals that do no

health secretary matt hancock said there was "still much more to do."programme, we'll hear from the author of the study and get the reaction of a single mum with three kids. the disgraced film producer harvey weinstein has been taken to hospital after his conviction for rape and sexual assault. the 67—year—old should have spent the night in new york's notorious rikers island jail, but he complained of chest pains and was taken to a specialist unit for treating prisoners. weinstein is due to be sentenced on march the 11th but his lawyers have said he'll appeal against the convictions. new homes should not be built on flood plains — that's the warning from the head of the environment agency. sirjames bevan has also said that hard truths must be faced about the need for some communities to relocate. river levels are set to reach their highest ever level in shropshire today, after weeks of heavy rain. young people are being threatened with having their car insurance cancelled due to faults with a smartphone app that aims to make policies more affordable, th

with a series of announcements over the next week starting tomorrow with the health secretary matt hancock the andrew marr programme. it will involve a lot more coordination of government departments to focus on the virus as a priority working with the devolved administrations, there will be an action plan announced in the week and one of the measures being considered is something that will allow a rapid redeployment of retired health staff, bringing them back into the nhs and getting them reregistered quickly and that is being considered. you only have to look across the channel to see what can happen, france a week or so ago there were a dozen cases i know it is more than 100. today, the french authorities have announced a ban on all events involving more than 5000 people in confined spaces, for example a big agricultural show in paris, an example of the things governments are considering and hear the chief medical officer for england has raised the possibility of school closures and events being cancelled if things escalate from here. hugh pym, thank you. and you can find out more about

and the health secretary, matt hancock, has issued new powers in england to keep people in quarantinef health has described the virus as a "serious and imminent threat" to public health. i've laid an instrument before the house to confirm the power we've taken to isolate those at risk of spreading the virus. and, if necessary, to keep them isolated as part of our belts and braces approach to protecting the public. the powers are proportionate and will help us slow down transmission of the virus and make it easier for nhs and public health staff to do theirjobs. a gp practice in brighton was temporarily closed, after a staff member tested positive for coronavirus. people want and need more timely and accurate information, not just about washing hands and tissue use, vital though that is, but about things like what does self isolation actually look like? i think we need a much higher profile public health campaign. helen mccourt‘s killing, 32 years ago, is to lead to a new law making it harder for murderers to be released from prison if they refuse to reveal the whereabouts of their vic

we should not be travelling to these 11 cities in northern italy that are in lockdown and then matt hancockr that i would be fine travelling to southern italy but would not be rushing to travel to northern italy. there is clear advice now after some confusion. all but essential travel to the 11 cities north of italy. but there will be so many people with holidays planned over the next two months on the continent who will be thinking, will i be able to go? can iclaim it thinking, will i be able to go? can i claim it back on travel insurance? this is incredibly serious but people will also be thinking about other things as well. this spread across europe with many countries affected now. we do not know how these hotspots erupt? that is part of the concern. there is no obvious link to china. so the worry of why this is happening. governments around europe almost tried to second—guess an invisible enemy. around europe almost tried to second—guess an invisible enemym this the end of freedom of movement? how ironic. this is for very understandable reasons. six nations matches involve a lot of sup

the health secretary, matt hancock, says the government will adopt the recommendations from the inquirypaterson is serving a 20—year prison sentence for wounding patients by performing unnecessary mastectomies and other surgeries. the report criticised "a culture of avoidance and denial" and recommended the recall of his 11,000 patients for their treatment to be assessed. the old bailey has heard how a man accused of helping his brother — who was the manchester arena bomber — had asked friends to buy him chemicals. hashem abedi is accused of working with his brother salman to make the bomb which killed 22 people at a pop concert in 2017. he denies murder, attempted murder and conspiracy to cause an explosion. voters in ireland go to the polls this week in a general election. three years ago when leo varadkar, who is openly gay and mixed race, became the irish prime minister, he was seen as a symbol of modern ireland. but now he is facing a possible defeat, while there appears to be growing support for the irish republican party sinn fein. here's our ireland correspondent emma va rdy. th

as we turn to the front page of the telegraph and the coronavirus, we are expected to hear from matt hancockike to tune in for that, but interesting take on the story. this is an idea that retired doctors and nurses and other health professionals could be called back into service if needed to cope with the extra pressures. it would require the emergency registration, oi’ require the emergency registration, or reregistration of lots of people who have retired. they could come m, who have retired. they could come in, buti who have retired. they could come in, but i mean, we have this crisis looming. you are damned if you do and you are damned if you don't. nigel and and you are damned if you don't. nigelandi and you are damned if you don't. nigel and i were talking about it before, and we were looking back at the previous health scares that we have had like stars and swine flu and bird flu and everything else, and bird flu and everything else, and if you don't do anything, you are blamed for not preparing, and if you over prepare, you are accused of creating panic and things. but it is quite c

there are two confirmed cases in the uk, but the health secretary matt hancock said the government ise. the key task for health experts is to limit the spread of the disease, to stop it becoming global. but as our medical correspondent fergus walsh reports — that is a huge challenge. this cruise ship, off yokohama near tokyo, has become a floating quarantine for 3700 people. the passengers, some of them british, have been confined to their rooms for the next 14 days after several tested positive for coronavirus. it's just an extended two—week cruise, but it's not going to be a luxury cruise, it's going to be like a floating prison. the novel coronavirus was first officially notified in wuhan at the end of december, but it had been circulating there for weeks, which helps explain why the outbreak spread so quickly. the official number of coronavirus cases has rocketed to almost 25,000. it's rising by several thousand a day within hubei province, where nearly all cases and deaths have been — just two of nearly 500 have been outside mainland china. 25 countries around the world have repo

let's return to coronavirus now, because the health secretary matt hancock has been speaking earlier,he way in which the government is responding to the coronavirus outbreak. he gave us an explanation. i am updating the cabinet, i obviously speak to the prime minister regularly on this question and then i am chairing a weekly cobra which brings together the cross government response, because many of the responses are outside of the department, and i chair that weekly, cross government, that cobra meeting. so, we have the government in place, we have a drumbeat of cobra meetings and meetings with the prime minister and reporting to cabinet, which is how a government should function in order to deliver the best decisions based on the science to keep people safe. this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. 0ur lead story is: there are 80,000 cases of coronavirus now in 44 countries, the world health organization says every country needs to prepare for it. the united states has called on all sides in india to refrain from violence as the number of people killed in sectarian clashes

matt hancock.eeping up the pressure on the ministry of defence to protect servicemen and women from so—called vexatious legal cases. the defence secretary, ben wallace, promised to take action very soon. he pointed out that all the current defence ministers had served in the armed forces and felt the issue personally. following their many years of service to our nation i want them to feel safe, i want them to feel safe and secure in the knowledge that they will not be hounded and harassed by vexatious litigation for decades to come. my question to the minister is how soon will our veterans be able to stand at ease? mr speaker, as her majesty said in her gracious speech, the government will be shortly introducing a legislative package to ensure our service personnel and veterans have access to the legal protections they deserve. this builds on the consultation held over last summer on proposed legal protections, measures for armed forces personnel and veterans in operations outside the uk. we expect

health secretary matt hancock told the commons that new guidance is being provided for schools and employersn the past few days, we have published guidance for schools, employers, first responders, social care and the travel industry on how to handle suspected cases. if anyone has been in contact with a suspected case in a child—care or educational setting, no special measures are required while test results are awaited. there is no need to close the school or send the other students or staff home. once the results arrive, those who test negative will be advised individually about returning to education. in most cases, closure of the child care or education setting will be unnecessary. but this will be a local decision based on various factors, including professional advice. schools should be guided by the advice on the gov.uk website and contact the regional schools commissioner. we will roll out a wider public information campaign in the coming days. while the government and the nhs have plans in place for all eventualities, everyone can play their part. to reiterate, our advice is for eve

with a series of announcements over the next week, starting tomorrow with the health secretary, matt hancockn the mar programme. it will require a lot more co—ordination of government programmes to focus. there will be an action plan announced during the week. one of the measures being considered is something that will allow a rapid redeployment of retired health staff, bringing them back into the nhs, getting them reregistered quickly. that has been considered. and you've only got to look across the channel to see what can happen. in france, week or so ago there were only a dozen cases, now it is more than 100. and today the french authorities have announced a ban on all events involving more than 5000 people in confined spaces, for example a big agricultural show in paris. an example of this sort of thing governments are considering —— considering. and here the chief medical officer for england is considering school closures and events been cancelled if things escalate. that was the hugh pym. and you can find out more about the symptoms of coronavirus and how to protect yourself against it

matt hancock, the health secretary, said this morning the central recommendations of the report woulding much better information sharing between different health authorities. now his predecessor, jeremy hunt, chair of the commons health select committee, told the bbc his committee will look into the whole thing. when he was in office he really pushed patient safety as one of his top priorities, he really wa nted one of his top priorities, he really wanted to improve things. but as he told me this morning, there is clearly still a lot more work to be done. clearly still a lot more work to be done. well, what we'll look at is how we change the culture so that doctors who see something going wrong, it may be a mistake they themselves make, how we make it so it's easy for them to talk about it openly so that mistake isn't repeated. that is the most important thing if you're going to have a safety culture, and we still don't get that right. jeremy hunt, chair of the commons health select committee. in a separate development today, police have confirmed there was an allegation of sexual ass

today with a certificate to show they are virus free and that is something the health secretary matt hancockch individual has been a clean bill of health and the nation can be assured their departure leaves no risk to their departure leaves no risk to the public. thank you. our health correspondent, catherine burns, is with me. the numbers in china have shot up today — just remind us why? yes, there has been fold increase over night, which sounds alarming but it's actually not. china has changed the way it counts cases, so until this point it has needed genetic testing to confirm the case. now it is also including patients who have had a lung x—ray and are showing signs of infection which they say will speed up treatment. really we need to take these numbers with a hefty pinch of salt. the government view here is that we cannot have huge confidence in any of the numbers coming out of china right now because it is taking so long for reality to catch up with the situation on the ground. a ninth case confirmed in the uk, what more can you tell us about that? actually something new in the last f

that's despite advice from public health england and health secretary matt hancock that schools don'tnless there's confirmed cases. global companies are also feeling the effects of this outbreak. three firms in london have asked staff to work from home while collea g u es staff to work from home while colleagues reporting flu—like symptoms are tested. 0ther colleagues reporting flu—like symptoms are tested. other companies are restricting or limiting business trips to asia and other countries hit by the virus. while italy remains the european hotspot for the almost with 400 confirmed cases and 12 deaths, germany says it's bracing itself after a couple who've been travelling around the country for ten days have tested positive. translation: we are at the beginning ofa translation: we are at the beginning of a corona epidemic in germany. the chain of infection is no longer com pletely the chain of infection is no longer completely traceable. 0vernight, president donald trump announced he was putting his deputy, mike pence, in charge of the government's response to the virus. we are very

sonali: still with us are matt miskin of john hancock ofagement and melda mergen lumbee a threat needlew is the coronavirus impacting u.s. china trade discussions. matt: you are already seeing headlines china would like flexibility around the trade deal. mid-january the trade deal was signed. the coronavirus happened days after that and started to spread. it is going to be hard to handle the numbers. does this mean there is a real acceleration of that risk? it is hard to say, and you would not overplay the risk. i think it is pretty understandable what is going on in china and why they cannot buy as much goods, especially the oil market, commodity market. you have to be patient. we are saying as long as the fundamentals are good, stick with that versus the trade deadline coming back. romaine: when we signed the phase one trade deal, there was a lot of hope that at least some of the disruptions we have seen in the supply chain and the global trade would write itself -- would right itself or start to. what are you anticipating with normalization of global trade? melda: it is hard to predi

that's despite advice from public health england and health secretary matt hancock that schools don'tompanies are also feeling the effects of this outbreak. three firms in london have asked staff to work from home while colleagues reporting flu—like symptoms are tested. other companies are restricting or limiting business trips to asia and other countries hit by the virus. while italy remains the european hotspot for the almost with 400 confirmed cases and 12 deaths, germany says it's bracing itself after a couple who've been travelling around the country for ten days have tested positive. —— for the illness. translation: we are at the beginning of a corona epidemic in germany. the chain of infection is no longer completely traceable. 0vernight, president donald trump announced he was putting his deputy, mike pence, in charge of the government's response to the virus. we are very, very ready for this, for anything, whether it's going to be a breakout of larger proportions or whether or not we are at that very low—level. while the number of cases outside china is now increasing more th

matt hancock speaking earlier today.k this morning and it has been like this every day. this metro network is pretty much empty. train lines used to several millions ofjourneys a day on these carriages but at the momentjust no one is here. i've got my mask on, my gloves and when people do trickle back to work, the government will be worried about this kind of environment because it is here in close quarters that there is a heightened threat of the people spreading this virus. now, this is a metro station, people's square, one of the busiest intersections but as you can see, all the shops are shut, no one here. it has been like this all that week. you know, big business, this is not great for them at all but small business, this is really going to be difficult as they try and cope with it. it is not a ghost town here, there are a handful of people around, a few cars, a few shops are open. you know, you can get food, essential stuff, pharmacies, but most businesses closed, people that are out don't really have anything to

as does the health secretary matt hancock and the transport secretary grant schapps.nd priti patel, home secretary remain in place, which means the big four offices of state are occupied by committed brexiteers. michael gove stays as cabinet secretary with new powers. george eustice, a fruit farmer, has been promoted from minister to secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs. and suela braverman is the new attorney general who just last week, criticised judges for overreach. let's speak to sebastian payne, whitehall correspondent at the financial times, and olivia utley, deputy leader writer at the sun who is with me here. she's on her way. sebastian, do you spot any pattern in those who are outgoing today? laura talked about less friction. is this what you see in some of these departures? very much so. i think there's a broad theme for this reshuffle. it's about borisjohnson theme for this reshuffle. it's about boris johnson and downing theme for this reshuffle. it's about borisjohnson and downing street taking back control of this government. there

in a statement, the health secretary matt hancock said: "there is still much more to do, and our bold‘m feeling incredibly nervous because we have a big debate and vote in parliament today, but this has been a long journey, notjust in 2016 when i started to campaign on theissue 2016 when i started to campaign on the issue appear poverty, but for decades, for generations, women and girls have faced gender inequality around periods, where projects can be expensive and are not always accessible, so the campaign and the bill has been addressing poverty but making sure periods are normalised and the access to products is commonplace. apologies, that clip was in the wrong place, it was about another issue attracting attention today, and that is the news that the scottish parliament is set to back plans to tackle to poverty by making sanitary products available to all, free of charge. the legislation, put forward by labour msp monica lennon, is likely to pass its first vote in holyrood later. she was speaking earlier to bbc brea kfast. tributes have been paid to the pioneering nasa mathemati

and what we heard from matt hancock today was, i think, a sort of sense that there is no need yet ton. there have been, i think you said, 7000 people tested, only 12 positive, and i'd have already been discharged from hospitals. in terms of the contingency measures, yes, we did get clarity for schools, he said there was no need for schools to close if pupils or teachers coming back from skiing holidays to exhibit any symptoms, and he said they should wait for the test to come back, they would be contacted, there was not at the moment any reason for schools to close, and that would be a decision taken pretty much at a local level. and his advice was basically for people to continue to ta ke basically for people to continue to take what he called sensible precautions, in other words to use tissues, wash your hands, that sort of thing. and he held out the prospect that soon the government would be publishing a wider public information campaign, so a bit of clarification, a bit of reassurance. but from a government that was under some pressure to come forward with some pressure to come f

matt hancock giving the latest on the coronavirus.nd also from look north, we have peter levy in hull, who is telling us about how a community in grimsby has pulled together diy—sos style to help a children's football club. so, roger, what's the latest from arrowe park? arrow park is the quarantine centre where those people you were hearing about on friday on that flight from wuhan were brought. 83 of them made their way to the wirral. they are being kept in an accommodation block in the grounds of arroww park hospital, not actually in the hospital itself. there is no sign that any of them have symptoms of the coronavirus. the coach you are seeing there is one which came in last night which was carrying a further 11, while the plane was carrying a further 11 british citizens out of china. one of them on board the flight did show signs of some of the symptoms of coronavirus and has been taken for treatment just to make coronavirus and has been taken for treatmentjust to make sure, there is still no word that has been confirmed but the

in the last hour the health secretary, matt hancock, has warned that the new coronavirus will be arounde mild and not fatal. so far there have been two confirmed cases in the uk. let's take a listen to his update. this afternoon health ministers from g7 countries spoke and we agreed to coordinate our evidence and response wherever possible. currently the number of cases is doubling around every five days and it is cleared the virus will be with us for at least some months to come. this is a marathon, not a sprint. on existing evidence, most cases are mild and most people recover. never anyone who has travelled from wuhan or the province from the last 14 days should immediately contact nhs111 to inform them of a recent travel, should stay indoors and avoid contact with other people, just as they would with the flu, even if there are no symptoms. anyone who has travelled to the uk from mainland china in the last 14 days and is experiencing a cough, fever or shortness of breath should self isolate and call nhs111, even if symptoms are mild. a new hospital specifically built to tackle coron

well, a little earlier the health secretary matt hancock was asked about the prime minister's responseirus outbreak — let's hear what he had to say. well we have a very clear government system in government for how we are dealing with this crisis. i am updating cabinet, i obviously speak to the prime minister regularly on this question. and then, i am chairing a weekly cobra, which brings together the cross government response because many of the responses are outside of the department — and i chair that weekly cross government cobra meeting. so we have the governance in place, we have a drumbeat of cobra meetings and meetings with the prime minister, and reporting into cabinet, which is how a government should function in order to deliver the very best decisions based on the science to keep people safe. several uk employers have now started asking staff to work from home as a precaution against coronavirus. workers who are ill are entitled to statutory sick pay, but the law says that if you stay away from work but aren't sick, you may not get paid. so here to explain more about how th

as does the health secretary matt hancock and the transport secretary grant schapps. cabinet secretary with new powers. george eustice, a fruit farmer, has been promoted from minister to secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs. and suela braverman is the new attorney general who just last week, criticised judges for overreach. joining me now is jack blanchard, the editor of politico's london playbook morning newsletter. lots and lots for us to discuss. let's start with his departure. is this a government in disarray, or is this a government in disarray, or is this borisjohnson asserting his authority? it's a bit of both, to be honest. this is not how the government wanted to go today, this was not the plan. borisjohnson had this idea he wants to assert his control over his minister, particularly the treasury which is the most powerful department and government, by choosing who the political advisers are in these department. and although the people don't see that's the public don't see these people, they're important and how the government works and

she has down syndrome and is part of the campaign writing to the health secretary matt hancock to amendanned. —— with foetal abnormalities. this text is said what an amazing young woman —— this person texting instead. lovely lad made me cry watching. change the law. a human being is a human being, i100% support their campaign. sarah says my son has down syndrome and is six and we were offered amniocentesis which i declined as it was my baby and he was being born no matter what the outcome. the doctor at the hospital who gave us the news post birth advised that if we wanted him adopted, we could find —— he could find information for us. my son is in mainstream school, safe, happy and making lots of friends and he is thriving. this person who doesn‘t leave their name, me and my wife had an appointment with a midwife or a pregnancy check up and when offered a test to see if our unborn daughter would possibly have down syndrome, it was swiftly followed by the comments, it gives you the freedom to terminate. i never forgot this and thought it was disgusting for a medical professional to make

well, huw, matt hancock, the health secretary, said there would be more investment and funding available to invest in isolation facilities in hospitals and other facilities. invest in isolation facilities in hospitals and otherfacilities. no sum of money has been attached to that, but i'm told by sources at the department this is asking hospitals and other trusts, other organisations, to come forward and say, this is what we need to finish off these pods that were first reported on last week, that is providing a facility if a patient comes in with suspected coronavirus, they can be isolated safely, and if it is proved negative, they can go on their way, and if the test is positive then obviously they will go to another specialist facility to be treated. he said the whole thing globally would get worse before it got better, which is probably in line with international thinking, but he went on to say that he thought that the uk was doing all it possibly could to protect its citizens and ensure the virus didn't get out of hand. hugh pym, many thanks. i will put some of those points to my ne

matt hancock to the decision that he was not going to implement what is known as section 40 were to comepress in relation to their relationship with the police. but also sir brian himself said he fundamentally disagreed with the move by the government not to go through with part two of his inquiry because that would have set some new boundaries and set a framework to cover the sort of click bait stories that are effectively a bit of a monster online. so the more people clicked, went to look at our own roles and this and will be click on the stories, the more revenue is made through advertising for the online platforms and the more stories they are going to write so it is self—perpetuating. stories they are going to write so it is self-perpetuating. 0k, stories they are going to write so it is self-perpetuating. ok, with the leave it there, thank you for your time. and as we mentioned earlier, there's help and support on the bbc‘s actionline website at bbc.co.uk/actionline. documents that appear to give an unprecedented insight into how china monitors thousands of uighur muslims who've be

that's despite advice from public health england and health secretary matt hancock that schools don'tse unless there's confirmed cases. global companies are also feeling the effects of this outbreak. three firms in london have asked staff to work from home while colleagues reporting flu—like symptoms are tested. other companies are restricting or limiting business trips to asia and other countries hit by the virus. while italy remains the european hotspot for the almost with 400 confirmed cases and 12 deaths, germany says it's bracing itself after a couple who've been travelling around the country for ten days have tested positive. translation: we are at the beginning of a corona epidemic in germany. the chain of infection is no longer completely traceable. 0vernight, president donald trump announced he was putting his deputy, mike pence, in charge of the government's response to the virus. we are very, very ready for this, for anything, whether it's going to be a breakout of larger proportions or whether or not we are at that very low—level. while the number of cases outside china is