anyone with symptoms should request a test, there are two ways to do that, on the nhs website which is nhs. ukl 119. so that's anyone with symptoms. in this particular case, if she was contacted by a contact tracer she would, if she'd been in contact with someone who tested positive then she would be being asked to stay at home to self—isolate for 14 days. she wouldn't necessarily be asked, well, she wouldn't be asked to do a test. if she developed symptoms then that's the time to do a test. and some people find that a bit confusing. some of the reasons for that are, even if he were to do a test as a close contact and it was negative, you would still be required to self—isolate for the 14 days. and part of the reason for that is you could be carrying the virus but not have developed symptoms yet and in that scenario, a test is quite likely to be negative even though you are still at risk from transmitting it to others. so if you are contacted by a contact tracer, you would be asked to stay at home and self—isolate for 14 days, but only if she developed symptoms would you apply for a test and s

step two, you should then book a test on the nhs uk coronavirus site, or if you do not have internetworksr reason. if you test positive you will be contacted by the nhs test and trace service within 24 hours. all contact tracers have been undergoing training and induction before the beginning of this week and before they start work. step three, nhs test and trace will help you establish your you have been in close contact with and so who you might have infected and will gather your contact details. this could include members of your household or someone you have include members of your household or someone you have been within two metres or four more than 15 minutes. you will be given clinical advice and support for dealing with the disease herself —— within two metres of the more than 15 minutes. nhs te st of the more than 15 minutes. nhs test and trace will get in touch with those contacts, so if you have been exposed to an infected person they will contact you, you will then be instructed by the nhs to self—isolate for 14 days. even if you do not have symptoms or you feel perfectly wel

joint initiative with the european space agency, the uk government has pledged £2.6 million for drone or satellite projects that could help the nhsrone corridors for shipping vital supplies. the possibility of air corridors between different locations to support the covid—19 outbreak is a possibility in months. you find a few hospitals who are aware of the challenges that they are facing and up for engaging with us, and we have got some who are already engaged within nhs england and supporting this, who want to engage and have these testing and these pilots in their area. so is this a site we're going to have to get used to? drone delivery may be coming to our towns and cities sooner than we imagined. that wasjen. now, for anyone at home with kids, things have, of course, become a little more complicated of late, as we're always looking for ways to entertain them. so marc cieslak has been taking games to the next level. "why don't they go outside and kick a ball about?" that's the phrase often repeated by lots and lots of television preventers right after any item about videogames has just run. well, in the current circumstances,

principle and aim, and that was to save lives and aim, and that was to save lives and to protect our nhs. the ukw into lockdown, slow on testing, slow on tracing and slow on the supply of protective equipment. boris johnson acknowledges an "epidemic" in care homes — and says he bitterly regrets it. germany will lift some lockdown restrictions — with top flight football to return behind closed doors and more shops to reopen. president trump backtracks, saying he won't now disband the coronavirus task force — we'll have the latest. and — as the uk gears up to commemorate the 75th anniversary of v—e day, when the war ended in europe — plans for a permanent monument, to remember the caribbean volunteers who helped the war effort. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. let's start with the uk prime minister, boris johnson, has held out the prospect of the uk beginning its "exit" from lockdown, as soon as monday — but has been forced to concede failings in key elements of the government's coron

here in the uk, nhs workers, carers, hospital patients and care home residents will be among the firstavirus antibodies from next week. the government has agreed a deal with the pharmaceutical company roche and abbott labs to buy the tests, which will show if someone has already had the virus. it comes as the number of deaths reported in the last 24 hours has gone up by 338, bringing the official death toll in the uk to just over 36,000. here's our health editor hugh pym. it's a test which can tell you if you've already had coronavirus, and whether you might have immunity, and that's important for someone needing to know whether it's relatively safe to go into work. the test, which looks for antibodies in the bloodstream, is going to be made available from next week to tens of thousands of nhs and care workers and patients every day. we're developing this critical science to know the impact of a positive antibody test, and to develop the systems of certification to ensure people who have positive antibodies can be given assurance about what they can safely do. lower the window and i wi

hence the organisation nhs england, as opposed to nhs uk. e slight differences to the track and trace system as it is going to be used across the different nhs jurisdictions and the different nhs jurisdictions and the different devolved administrations of the uk. but the real point here that i want to reassure people about is that identifying cases and tracing contacts is bread—and—butter and business as usual for the health protection agency is of the uk. they do this as a matter of routine for tuberculosis cases, for meningitis cases, for food tuberculosis cases, for meningitis cases, forfood poisoning outbreaks and believe me, those don't always occur. you can't say to a disease, we wa nt occur. you can't say to a disease, we want you to stay this side of a border. it doesn't happen that way. the health protection agency is of the uk are very used to working together and passing contacts and patients through as necessary. so i have no real worries that they won't be able to cope with this in the covid—19 circumstances. thank you. now we go

principle and aim, and that was to save lives and aim, and that was to save lives and to protect our nhs. the ukective equipment. boris johnson acknowledges an "epidemic" in care homes — and says he bitterly regrets it. germany will lift some lockdown restrictions — with top flight football to return behind closed doors

joint initiative with the european space agency, the uk government has pledged £2.6 million for drone or satellite projects that could help the nhs. the possibility of air corridors between different locations to support the covid—19 outbreak is a possibility in months. you find a few hospitals who are aware of the challenges that they are facing and up for engaging with us, and we have got some who are already engaged within nhs england and supporting this who want to engage and have these testing and these pilots in their area. diagnostics too could also be done by drone. trials from the university south australia show how temperature and vital signs can be seen by a drone, identifying someone who is coughing and what their temperature is. the system is now being tested by a police force in the us with a dragonfly drone. researchers say it could one day be able to distinguish between different diseases, for example if someone is suffering from coronavirus or ebola. so is this a site we're going to have to get used to? drone delivery may be coming to our towns and cities sooner than we imagined. that wasjen. now, for anyone at h

joint initiative with the european space agency, the uk government has pledged £2.6 million for drone or satellite projects that could help the nhsthe possibility of air corridors between different locations to support the covid—19 outbreak is a possibility in months. you find a few hospitals who are aware of the challenges that they are facing and up for engaging with us, and we have got some who are already engaged within nhs england and supporting this who want to engage and have these testing and these pilots in their area. diagnostics too could also be done by drone. trials from the university south australia show how temperature and vital signs can be seen by a drone, identifying someone who is coughing and what their temperature is. the system is now being tested by a police force in the us with a dragonfly drone. researchers say it could one day be able to distinguish between different diseases, for example if someone is suffering from coronavirus or ebola. so is this a site we're going to have to get used to? drone delivery may be coming to our towns and cities sooner than we imagined. that wasjen. now, for anyone at hom

joint initiative with the european space agency, the uk government has pledged £2.6 million for drone or satellite projects that could help the nhsorridors for shipping vital supplies. the possibility of air corridors between different locations to support the covid—19 outbreak is a possibility in months. you find a few hospitals who are aware of the challenges that they are facing and up for engaging with us, and we have got some who are already engaged within nhs england and supporting this, who want to engage and have these testing and these pilots in their area. so, is this a sight we're going to have to get used to? drone delivery may be coming to our towns and cities sooner than we'd imagined. that wasjen. now, for anyone at home with kids, things have, of course, become a little more complicated of late, as we're always looking for ways to entertain them. so marc cieslak has been taking games to the next level. "why don't they go outside and kick a ball about?" that's the phrase often repeated by lots and lots of television preventers right after any item about videogames has just run. presenters right after any item about

hydroxychloroquine as a possible treatment for covid—19, after a study here in the uk, some of the doctors on the front line of the nhso help save people in another. the bbc‘s fergal keane has met syrian doctors in manchester, who say they're working in hospitals there to repay some of the generosity they've received since arriving in britain. some nightmares never end. years of killing stretch into more years. it's created a vast refugee crisis, forcing millions to flee. dr ahmed al—ammar is a syrian refugee now working at royal 0ldham hospital in manchester. here he is checking on a patient admitted with a severe cough. hello. my name's ahmed. yeah. i have checked your chest x—ray, yeah? yeah. it doesn't look like covid. meanwhile, it looks like a bacterial—type infection. 0k. arriving in 2014, ahmed and his family found safety in britain, and he brought precious skills. where's my chocolates? laughter he has a presence that puts other staff at their ease. i've only had one day off! having struggled with mass casualties in besieged aleppo, he is well placed to offer emotional support to colleagues. during this diffi

here in the uk, some of the doctors on the front line of the nhs came to the uk as refugees, and theyn doctors in manchester who say they are working in hospitals in britain to repay some of the kindness and generosity that they've received since arriving in the country. dr ahmad alomar is a syrian refugee, now working at royal 0ldham hospital in manchester. here, he is checking on a patient admitted with a severe cough. arriving in 2014, ahmad and his family found safety in britain, and he brought precious skills. where's my chocolates? laughter. he has a presence that puts other staff at their ease. i've only had one day off! having struggled with mass casualties in besieged aleppo, he is well placed to offer emotional support to colleagues. during these difficult times in syria, i've learned how to cope with stress. i've learned how to manage. when the covid pandemic started here, i realised that it would be a very difficult time, because nobody had ever had similar experience. more than half syria's health facilities have been destroyed or damaged. hospitals have been targeted by

while in the uk, the nhs has so far had spare capacity. slower start than in italy and today came official acknowledgement of that. in the early phases, and i have said this before, i think if we had managed to mmp before, i think if we had managed to ramp testing capacity quicker, it would have been beneficial and, you know, for all sorts of reasons, that didn't happen and i think it is clear you need lots of testing for this. in so many towns and cities, there have been terrible losses and it isn't over yet. it may be years before we actually know the final death toll and then work out which country suffered most. and, when we get there, how much will that really matter to the families hit by the virus? david shukman, bbc news. our health editor hugh pym is here. as the number of deaths mount up, sadly, people are going to be making these kinds of comparisons, aren't they? yes, that figure for the uk of more than 29,a00 deaths, it is a sobering moment and as david said, trying to take stock of uk stands in relation to other countries. and

it was a major achievement by the nhs across all parts of the uk to create this extra capacity, criticalare bed capacity, to deal with a surge in coronavirus patients and the nhs has not been overwhelmed, hospital cases are falling. in terms of the number of deaths, the rolling average each day is falling but over the last week we have had three days with more than 600 newly reported deaths, a figure which certainly looks, tragically, very high. we have an issue repair homes, is the epidemic there really under control? —— an issue of care homes. the prime minister highlighted the provision of protective equipment., it is better but some representatives of doctors and nurses are saying it is not getting through in the right numbers. the other is the testing, tracking and tracing network to keep hold of any future spread of the virus. there are certainly ambitious plans but it is not yet fully in place. thank you very much, hugh pym, our health editor, with thoughts on what has been an add to keep hold of any future spread of the virus. there are certainly ambitious plans but it is not yet

this is the option being explored by the uk's nhs x team amongst others.here i go, my smartphone will extend an anonymous key with other smartphones nearby using bluetooth. my phone would keep the keys it receives for 14 days and strangers will keep mine. if i then get ill i will then be able to declare my status and up and add my key to a central database. that means everybody who has picked up my key while out and about can be warned instantly that someone they have met has coronavirus. this idea has the backing of apple and google — they plan to build the tech into their mobile operating systems, ios and android, so in future it won't even use a third—party app for it to work. now using bluetooth offers more privacy, because the codes shared are anonymous, the matching can be done on your device rather than on a central database, and the system doesn't use any location data so it won't keep a record of where you have been. but you'll need a smartphone, and not all of them have the right kind of bluetooth for it to work. on the other hand, if you collect

nhs and social care, for doing so much. even though we are past the peak, there are still many in the hospital with coronavirus in the uk thises in hospital with coronavirus, including some who we re with coronavirus, including some who were seriously ill. we must maintain oui’ were seriously ill. we must maintain our focus and there are two areas relative provide an update on today. both incredibly important for the future of tackling this disease. ppe and treatments first, we have been working hard to build a supply of personal protective equipment. i know how important this is, especially to colleagues in the front line. we all heard in the early weeks of the crisis, the calls from the front line for more and better ppe and we all saw the global scramble to acquire it. i have been com pletely scramble to acquire it. i have been completely open about the scale and the difficulties of this challenge, building a new supply chain from scratch and, the operational challenge of delivering. general nick carter said himself that this is the single greatest logistical challenge that he has faced in his 40 yea rs of challenge that

here in the uk, some of the doctors on the front line of the nhs came to the uk as refugees, and they to meet syrian doctors in manchester who say they are working in hospitals in britain to repay some of the kindness and generosity that they've received since arriving in the country. dr ahmad alomar is a syrian refugee, now working at royal oldham hospital in manchester. here, he is checking on a patient admitted with a severe cough. arriving in 2014, ahmed and his family found safety in britain, and he brought precious skills. where's my chocolates? laughter. he has a presence that puts other staff at their ease. i've only had one day off! having struggled with mass casualties in besieged aleppo, he is well placed to offer emotional support to colleagues. during these difficult times in syria, i've learned how to cope with stress, i've learned how to manage. and, when the covid pandemic started here, i realised that it would be a very difficult time, because nobody had ever had similar experience. more than half syria's health facilities have been destroyed or damaged. hospitals hav

captain tom moore, the war veteran who raised millions of pounds for the nhs, the uk's health servicearmy in world war two to raise money for russian medics. 0ur moscow correspondent steve rosenberg has her story. a message for captain tom from sergeant zeno. when 97—year—old russian war veteran zeno saw these images of tom moore doing his sponsored blog for the named nhs she realised her country needed her. she couldn't do 100 laps of her garden, last year she broke her hip. instead she's been sharing wartime memories online. and asking for donations. it's to help the families of russian doctors who've died in the pandemic. she is a real russian hero. she served in an anti—aircraft brigade and fought in the battle of stalingrad. these days when she is not fundraising she's knitting. and she's just finished a pair of socks for captain tom. her socks are now winging their way to britain express delivery. so, if captain tom ever wants to do more charity walking at least his feet will be warm. steve rosenberg, bbc news. two inspirational people there. thanks for watching. good evening, i

and calls for nhs workers in the uk who've treated coronavirus patients to get the same mental healthport as soldiers returning from war. it would be like having, you know, 15, 20 patients who are really on the edge who are going to die in the next few hours if you don't do anything every 12 hours. that is how bad it is. good morning and welcome to bbc news. i'm annita mcveigh with the latest developments on the coronavirus outbreak in the uk and around the world. here, unions representing teachers and school staff will meet the government's top scientific advisors today, as they demand reassurance over the safety of opening schools in england next month. some teachers have expressed concern that social distancing will be difficult to implement and have questioned whether staff should be given ppe. a road map setting out how wales could lift lockdown measures will be published by the country's first minister later. mark drakeford will explain how restrictions on day—to—day life, schools and businesses could begin to be eased. europe's biggest economy, germany, has shrunk by 2.2% in th

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. nhsten million coronavirus antibody tests knowing that you have these antibodies will help us to understand more in the future if you are at lower risk of catching coronavirus, of dying from coronavirus, and of transmitting coronavirus. china will impose by decree a new national security law that will give it an even firmer grip on hong kong. scotland prepares to start easing lockdown restrictions from next week — people will be allowed to do more outside — schools could reopen in mid august. another 2.4 million americans sought unemployment benefits last week — and it's now middle class suburbia queuing at the food banks. warm welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. as usual, we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. first in normal times — tomorrow would have been one of the busiest days for british airports, as families head to the sun for the may half term holiday. but with most flights grounded the airline industry is looking at

the nhs was for people who reside in the uk, not for people who reside in the uk, not for people withassport. everybody should access to health in this country, it is one of the most basic rights. thoughts from giles, what do you make on this? they said it was not his finest hour, he got the figures wrong about what it was going to cost the nhs. yes, i mean, look, good government, good leaders, it is all about admitting when url and changing your mind and rectifying that and i think it's come to the right conclusion. i think that should be applauded, the worst thing is when we think that politicians should be right all the time, did government is about realising when you have got things wrong and he has done that and recognise that. i think it should be applauded for it. rachel, do you think this is something that keir starmer will carry on running with for the next pmqs as well, as you say, about how this affects other people as well? well, i think it is a pressure point, isn't it? there really is no reason why migrants who live and work in the uk and pay taxes like the rest of us sh

also, at a time when the uk is in the grip of this coronavirus crisis and the government has been at pains at every turn to celebrate and congratulate the hard work of those in the nhsyment, this extra payment, in place for migrant workers, people from other countries coming to the uk to work in the nhs, was deemed, as far as many people we re was deemed, as far as many people were concerned, to be unfair. in fa ct, were concerned, to be unfair. in fact, the former chairman of the conservative party chris patten was one of those adding his voice to the calls for the government to change its policy, describing it as immoral, and it is now clear that the prime minister has come round to that view. interesting that he has raised his own experience at the hands of nhs workers from overseas, because, of course, some of those who treated the prime minister was singled out in that video message he made after he was discharged from hospitalfor a special made after he was discharged from hospital for a special mention. 0k, jonathan, many thanks, a big development this afternoon at westminster. we will speak to you again very shortly in the run—up to the briefing. let's speak

for the seventh week in a row, millions of people have turned out on to streets acrss the uk to clap for nhsorkers, carers and keyworkers. hywel griffiths has been speaking to one man who has more reason than most to be thankful. every week, we share this moment. in gratitude or grief, it gives us a way to be together. for danny in port talbot, it's heartfelt. the nhs saved his life. after eight days in a coma, he came through treatment for coronavirus. when he became the hospital's first covid patient to leave intensive care, it was the staff applauding him. i can't praise them enough. there's not enough words in the vocabulary to praise them. i remember thinking to myself, "am i ever going to see him again?" clapping every week doesn't seem enough, but at least it's something we can do to show our appreciation. along danny's street, they clearly have a reason to applaud. this may be the seventh week, but it feels, if anything, like momentum has been building. people are finding new ways to say thank you. at port talbot‘s giant steelworks, they've been turning to song. music too in suffolk

therefore, it's vital that the uk procures items nationally rather than individual nhs organisationsor the same supplies". i know that our members have raised this question of a letter telling them to simply rely on the national supply, and i think the reaction is, and it will be compounded by the story of the turkish supplies, well, actually, if we're managing to access what we want locally, then we're going to stay and continue to do that. ppe shortages are still reported in some parts of the nhs, including this gp‘s surgery. they say they haven't had enough from central nhs supplies and have had to go to builders' merchants and diy stores. we managed a few weeks ago to source a lot of supplies from builders' merchants, but those supplies have dried up, so we're worried about ongoing supply issues. we're not going to have enough to last the summer and certainly not into the winter months. so we do think it's something that needs to be addressed quite urgently. a government spokesperson said they were working to source ppe internationally and domestically, and more orders were lined

you we think this is the best one in the world and we're really thrilled to be working with the nhs in the uk to help bring it about. >> liz: keep us posted on that i'm very interested in following that contact tracing there. as we ramp up because i know you guys are incredibly busy, our viewers don't know this about you unless they listen to our previous interviews that you've been on but you grew up on a farm. you were not a wealthy child growing up and this is a very difficult time for people. you've got to tell me as you yourself have had to cut jobs and freeze 401 (k) matching plans at the company what is that like for you as a manager and when do you think you'll see that freeze thaw? >> yeah, and we've what i've said is one, for any leader in this period of time communicate communicate communicate, just can't be talking enough to your employees. second, be transparent. don't be afraid to say what you don't know because in it often just saying i'm not sure of the uncertainty of this period of time. third, empathy. it is hard. you know, many of the employees that i've zoomed into their h

some of the doctors on the front line of the nhs came to the uk as refugees, and they're unable to helprgal keane has been to meet syrian doctors in manchester, who say they are working in hospitals here to repay some of the kindness and generosity that they've received since arriving in britain. some nightmares never end. years of killing stretch into more years. it's created a vast refugee crisis, forcing millions to flee. dr ahmed al—ammar is a syrian refugee now working at royal oldham hospital in manchester. here, he is checking on a patient admitted with a severe cough. hello. my name's ahmed. yeah. i am one of the doctors here. i have checked your chest x—ray, yeah? yeah. it doesn't look like covid. meanwhile, it looks like a bacterial—type infection. 0k. arriving in 2014, ahmed and his family found safety in britain, and he brought precious skills. where's my chocolates? laughter. he has a presence that puts other staff at their ease. i've only had one day off! having struggled with mass casualties in besieged aleppo, he is well placed to offer emotional support to colleagues. d

change the messaging that the uk government not the scottish welsh and northern ireland governments. part of that i think, the stay—at—home save lives and protect the nhswould be. part of the problem now is that the uk government will need to now encourage people in england back to work. there has been no material change in terms of the regulations that were passed through the house of commons before the crisis hit. people have always been able to go to work if they could not work from home and going to work as a reasonable excuse to be out on the street. so this is part of the process of trying to encourage people back to work but unless schools are open that will pose a significant challenge for many parents. looking now at the guardian. the pm‘s lockdown list leaves the country confused undivided. boris johnson says leaves the country confused undivided. borisjohnson says he is encouraging people to go to work. he said that in the next question is how can someone said that in the next question is how can someone go said that in the next question is how can someone go to work if they do not have a car, if they cannot walk to it and public transport i

given the excess in critical care beds across the nhs and nightingale hospitals, my question is, why has the uk deaths when compared to countries such as italy who had their health ca re systems such as italy who had their health care systems completely overrun by covid—19? care systems completely overrun by covid-19? thank you edward for that question. why has the uk suffered a higher numberof question. why has the uk suffered a higher number of deaths compared to italy, for example whose health care syste m italy, for example whose health care system was overrun by covid—19? i think as the prime minister has said ona numberof think as the prime minister has said on a number of occasions now, it is difficult to make international comparisons with certainty today. there will be a time for that and we have already established a way in which we will measure that in due course. which is a measure of excess deaths. but that is a hard calculation to do with accuracy today. of course we want to learn whatever lessons we can once we're still responding to the virus. but i think the time for accurate c

uk showing their appreciation for health workers. let's have a listen. applause. cheering. for the seventh week in a row, millions of people up and down the country showing their support for nhs day across most of the uk today. a couple of showers popped up here and there, but on the whole a clear evening and a clear night, and more on the way tomorrow. another warm and sunny day in store for the majority of the country. now, here's the satellite picture. it's not completely clear out there because low pressure is parked just to the west of us and it is meandering out there, with clouds circling around its centre. and some of these clouds are sort of brushing western parts of the uk, so that does mean that, through the night and then early into friday morning, there will be some clouds affecting coastlines around the west here, perhaps some rain from time to time — one or two locations, for example, cornwall, maybe devon, perhaps western parts of scotland. but on the whole, many central and eastern parts of the country are in for a clear start to friday and a mild one, too. temperatures will be around ten degrees in some of the bigger towns and cities. on friday, it will be c

cheers and claps people have joined in with people across the uk to clap for nhs staff.use from their gardens, balconies and windows earlier this evening. sheep baa here, ross has been inundated with customers. the shop has been a mental week, a mentalfortnight. i had one here for 25 years. after work, ross brings a surprise to his family. but he cannot come in. put them down! get back! missing the kids and missing leanne. and missing them terribly. i'm going to go and try and get some rest, ready for tomorrow's onslaught. i really miss you. i hope the coronavirus goes away. good night. mason takes to social media to get his message across. i really hope this is over soon so he can come home to us. all i ask is that people listen to the important health advice. to save lives, lockdown has become a way of life for all of us singing amy and her family are determined to stay upbeat. always look on the bright side of life! they whistle goodbye to you all and stay safe and i love you. temperatures are set to climb over the next few days. a lot of dry weather around as well bu

uk. from the nhs point of view, if i can speak from the nhs point of view, as national medical director, are linked into the joint bio—security centre so that any changes in alert levels or any changes in the early warnings around the virus can be used by the nhs in determining its planning going forward. so we need to be able to respond as we did so magnificently in april. if we see the change in infection, the nhs needs to do that again so it's important we link into the centre so that we have that dialogue and understand when we might need to adapt what we are doing. anything to follow up on? can i check that 100 billion number, is that roughly what we are looking at for the total cost of the two schemes over eight months? and to dr powis, what has gone on with the testing numbers? we didn't have people tested numbers for six days, have you sorted out the problem? the office for budget responsibility have provided a range of estimates which i would point you to and we publish a weekly calculator or projection of where we are in the scheme and total claims and it is difficult now to sa

uk has got a bigger population than italy. and of course there are some issues around international comparisons. and the nhsl in the circumstances, it hasn't been overwhelmed, despite productions. 0ne chart stood out, the one showing italy 15 days ahead of the uk in this epidemic. it was one of the first countries to be hit hard, and yet the uk now has a higher death toll. and it comes on a day with more scrutiny of the government by mps at the health select committee, and then in the commons health questions with health ministers, questions with health ministers, questions being asked respectfully, i think questions being asked respectfully, ithink mps questions being asked respectfully, i think mps from all parties know that the government had a very, very difficult job, that the government had a very, very difficultjob, in that the government had a very, very difficult job, in unprecedented circumstances, but questions being asked about, was the lockdown imposed to late? shouldn't testing have been ramped up a lot sooner? sir patrick vallance saying there that he thinks it could have been developed more

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nhs and in social care who are doing so much. even though we have passed the peak there are still 8802 people in hospital with coronavirus in the ukuding some who are seriously ill. so we must maintain our focus and there are two areas i would like to provide an update on today, both incredibly important for the future of tackling this disease. ppe and treatments. first we had been working hard to build our supplies of personal protective equipment, i know how important this is especially to colleagues on the front line. we all heard in the early weeks of the crisis calls from the front line for more and better ppe. and we all saw the global scramble to acquire it. i've been com pletely scramble to acquire it. i've been completely open about the scale and difficulties of this challenge, building a new supply chain from scratch and of course the operational challenge of delivering. general sir nick carter chief of defence general sir nick carter chief of d efe nce staff general sir nick carter chief of defence staff said himself that this is the single greatest logistical challenge that he had faced in his 40 yea rs of challenge th

for the seventh week in a row, millions of people have turned out on to streets acrss the uk to clap for nhsan who has more reason than most to be thankful. every week, we share this moment. in gratitude or grief, it gives us a way to be together. for danny in port talbot, it's heartfelt. the nhs saved his life. after eight days in a coma, he came through treatment for coronavirus. when he became the hospital's first covid patient to leave intensive care, it was the staff applauding him. i can't praise them enough. there's not enough words in the vocabulary to praise them. i remember thinking to myself, "am i ever going to see him ain? clapping every week doesn't seem enough, but at least it's something we can do to show our appreciation. along danny's street, they clearly have a reason to applaud. this may be the seventh week, but it feels, if anything, like momentum has been building. people are finding new ways to say thank you. at port talbot‘s giant steelworks, they've been turning to song. music too in suffolk to celebrate key workers of every kind... in every corner of the country. th

that experts are constantly looking at best practice around the world to inform the uk's response to coronavirus. nhsoid routine vaccination appointments for their children. there are fears that diseases like measles and mumps could make a return if immunisations fall because patients are scared of catching coronavirus when they visit a health centre or gp surgery. anna collinson reports. the idea has been likened to a fast—food drive through. you pull up, and you get yourjab. hello, beautiful. in this case, an mmr vaccine to protect 13—month—old safah from measles and mumps. well done. this drive—through may not be as fun, but doctors say a few tears are worth it for essential vaccinations. three weeks ago, this surgery saw a big drop in vaccinations. patients said they were scared they would come into contact with coronavirus in the waiting rooms. hello, daddy. how are you? so they started vaccinating outside the surgery, and people can come on car or foot. perfect, thank you, so much. so the first part where there would be a verbal explanation is done on the telephone and the nurse comes outjust t

nhs smartphone app to help trace any cases of coronavirus. it will identify recent contacts of anyone who tests positive. if it's successful, the government wants to expand it app's use across the uks month. but some critics have questioned the plan, saying not everyone has a smartphone, and some turn off their location services for privacy reasons. andy moore reports. the nhs covid—19 app let's you know quickly if you have come into co nta ct know quickly if you have come into contact with someone who has symptoms stop this is the nhs up that could buy a key role in stopping a second wave of the virus. it's already been tried on a small scale at an raf base in north yorkshire. nothing rolled out across the isle of wight. today, council staff and healthcare workers will be able to download it. on thursday, the general public on the island will be able to access it. the new app uses a phone ‘s bluetooth connection to work. once you have installed the app, every time you come into contact with someone you come into contact with someone else who has it, your phone records it. if you tell the app you have symptoms of covid—i9, the other people you have been close to will be automatica

and jason, if you are unemployed in the uk, you can still rely on the nhs.are unemployed in america, you might lose your health care, and that might be affecting millions of people. it is notjust health care there. sick pay is very sparse in there. sick pay is very sparse in the united states as well. one of the united states as well. one of the things coronavirus has exposed is actually the social welfare model of most european countries has come into its own. it's not particularly adequate in a lot of cases but it's adequate in a lot of cases but it's a lot better than what they've got in the united states, and does affect us because americans still the biggest economy in the world, and if that catches a chill, that permeates the rest of the world economies. it is going to affect us. it is deeply worrying. and the social divisions in america, the other thing to remember about this, as we know from our own research in this country, it's the black and minority ethnic populations which are most vulnerable to this virus, and in america there are enough a lot o

nhs. a new uk widejoint bio—security would overwhelm the nhs. ation that would have been in which the nhs would have been overwhelmed, and to hold us at level four. thanks to the hard work and sacrifice of the british people, by following the social distancing rules, we are now ina social distancing rules, we are now in a position where we can move in stages to where i hope the scientific advice will tell us that we are down to level three. but this will only happen if everyone continues to play their part, to stay alert and to follow the rules. we must also deal with the epidemic in care homes, where a tragic number of the elderly and vulnerable have been lost, and while the situation is thankfully improving, there is a vast amount more to be done. and of course we need a world leading system for testing and tracking and tracing victims and their contacts andi tracing victims and their contacts and i am delighted that baroness harding, the chairof and i am delighted that baroness harding, the chair of nhs improvement, has agreed to take charge o

while in the uk, the nhs is so far had spare capacity. testing got a slower start than in italy.said this before, i think if we've managed to mmp before, i think if we've managed to ramp testing capacity quicker, it would be beneficial. for all sorts of reasons, that didn't happen. i think it's clear we need lots of testing for this. in so many towns and cities, there have been terrible losses and it isn't over yet. it may be years before we actually know the final death toll and then work out which country suffered most, and when we get there, how much will that really matter to the families hit by the virus? and the disease never loses its shock, killing three members of this family within days of each other. first keith, a nurse age 5a. then a week after he died, his father morrissette and his mother lillian were also claimed by the virus. —— father morris. mother lillian were also claimed by the virus. -- father morris. i'm still in disbelief a little bit. if key‘s children are... absolutely devastated. then they lost their nanny and granddad, they were really devastated. my

today's expansion is the result of cooperation between nhs scotland, the scottish government and the ukif they have the virus and also will be very helpful as we build towards our strategy of test, trace, isolate and support. that will be especially important as we start to emerge gradually from the lockdown. that is relevant to that final issue i want to talk about today. i can confirm today that we will publish on thursday a route map setting out our phased approach to easing lockdown measures. this will take account of the up—to—date estimates of the transmission rate or r number, it will take account of the latest national records report on wednesday on the number of deaths from covid—19. the route map will give a more detailed indication of the order in which we will carefully and gradually seek to lift restrictions. like other countries we will not yet be able to put a firm date on all of the different phases because timings must be driven by data and evidence. it will also be important that we assess the impact of measures in one phase before moving on to another. we will continu

hear some of the stories, but a little insight into this bubble that is intensive care in nhs hospitals in the ukl need help, regardless of how they feel after this moment in time? yes, there is no doubt, what we've been through in the last seven weeks has been traumatising for the staff, i mean, it's been the most challenging, the most challenging seven challenging, the most challenging seven weeks they are ever going to see in their career. and now we are kind of quieting down, starting to see stress levels now, they are coming through. lots of tears, and the staff are suffering from insomnia, staff are finding it very difficult to sleep, anxiety levels high. it's sparking depression in staff. we a re high. it's sparking depression in staff. we are really focusing now on staff. we are really focusing now on staff well—being and how we can support our staff. it's really evident. the thing is, we are very fortu nate evident. the thing is, we are very fortunate and we speak to lots of nhs workers on this programme, more than ever, since coronavirus has hit, the attitude you seem to see is, we will