chelsea forward callum hudson—odoi also has the virus.e of the prime minister, justin trudeau, has tested positive for coronavirus. officials say sophie gregoire trudeau has mild symptoms and is feeling well. mr trudeau will self—isolate with his wife for the next 14 days. in other news ajudge in the us has ordered that the former intelligence analyst, chelsea manning, should be immediately released from prison. she's been detained since last may, after refusing to appear at an inquiry into the wikileaks website. mps are considering whether to back proposals to cut the cost of school uniforms in england. if passed, the legislation would force schools to keep compulsory branded items, like blazers, to a minimum. a survey by the charity, the children's society, has found that parents are paying an average of £337 a year on secondary school uniforms. those are the top stories this morning. chloe, back to you for the rest of the programme. carrie, thank you. new health measures come in force across the uk today to try and slow the spread of c

callum hudson—odoi then became the first player to confirm he had the disease.may be aware, i had the virus over the last couple of days, which i've recovered from. i've followed the health guidelines and self—isolated myself from everybody for the week. liverpool have enjoyed a glittering season, but with the club on the brink of a cherished title, the fans have been left in limbo. it's disappointing, but, yeah, 30 years, we've waited 30 years for the title, we can wait another three orfour months. but typical liverpool, we can only do it the hard way. so, hopefully we'll do it in the next few months. it is quite tough but it's only suspended, it's not cancelled. so, we'll still be there. with a host of clubs with players now in isolation, the whole of the english professional game has been suspended, those in the cash—strapped football league facing an uncertain financial future. we've got six home games left and if we don't play them, we will be looking at a £250,000 hole in ourfinances, at least. it's very worrying for any industry, which football is, that r

hudson—odoi then the first player to confirm he had the disease.be aware, i've had the virus the last couple of days, which i have recovered from. i followed the guidelines and self isolated from everyone. liverpool have enjoyed a glittering season but with the club on the brink of a cherished title, the fans have been left in limbo. it's disappointing that 30 years, we've waited 30 years for the title, we've waited 30 years for the title, we can wait another three or four months. typical liverpool, we can only do it the hard way! hopefully we'll do it in the next few months. it is quite tough but it's only suspended, it's not... it's not cancelled, so... we will still be there. with a host of clubs with players now in isolation, the whole of the english professional game has been suspended. those in the cash—strapped football league facing an uncertain financial future. we had six home games left and if we don't play them, we will be looking ata don't play them, we will be looking at a quarter of £1 million hole in oui’ at a quarter of £1 million

callum hudson—odoi is the chelsea winger who's the first premier league player to test positive for coronavirus major leagues across europe as well, the bundesliga followed suit. there was some matches that were going to be played behind closed doors, but that is no longer the case. the big question now is when these games will be played. they were supposed to resume in april. think about the sorts of stories that are building. liverpool winning the first english premier league title in 30 years, there is some talk about perhaps having to go into the summer. but we have got to european football championships, —— but we have got the european football championships, of course, supposed to be played. uefa is meeting on tuesday and on uefa, the champions league and europa league are suspended also at the moment. covid—19 has spread to a number of high profile people, including the hollywood actor tom hanks. some celebrities, including the castaway star, are using their platforms to spread the right message. freya cole has the story. # did you think i'd crumble? # did you think i'd lay down and die?

the english premier league team chelsea has gone into self isolation after a forward callen hudson odoi tested positive for cope with 99 emergency meeting is being held and we are hearing that the premier league matches english football league women's matches as well will be postponed in england until the 3rd of april at the earliest that's a latest on we're hearing on english football also the arsenal manager. tested positive for the virus and in spain league has been suspended because rail madrid is in quarantine as well in north america sports have been canceled or postponed as well that includes the n.h.l. the hockey league major league baseball n.b.a. basketball college basketball championships have also been called off and back in australia organizers of the 1st formula one race of the year have called off the ground perri the event was due to be held in melbourne this weekend with about 100000 spectators also a member of the mclaren team tested positive for the virus on thursday and is now being treated. still more to come now coronavirus coverage on al-jazeera how the pandemic i

arsenal's manager nicola tester tested positive for covid—19 and chelsea's callum hudson—odoi confirmeded positive and spoke about it on a video posted on social media. hi, guys come as you may be aware, i had the virus for the last couple of days which i have recovered from. i followed the health guidelines and self isolated myself from everyone for the week. hope to see everybody soon and hopefully be back on the pitch very soon. take care. around the world, sport is closing down. australia's formula i grand prix was cancelled with doubts growing over the whole season. with doubts growing over the whole season. in the usa, golf's immaculate fairways will see no play until april at the earliest. england's cricketers, meanwhile, are being sent home from sri lanka. the governing body says the well—being of players and support teams is paramount in what it calls com pletely paramount in what it calls completely unprecedented times. but at horse racing's cheltenham festival today, life continued. the horses arrived on gold update and everything that goes with them, including tens of thousa

hudson—odoi then the first player to confirm he had the disease.y be aware, i've had the virus the last couple of days, which i have recovered from. i followed the guidelines and self isolated from everyone. liverpool have enjoyed a glittering season but with the club on the brink of a cherished title, the fans have been left in limbo. it's disappointing that 30 years, we've waited 30 years for the title, we can wait another three or four months. typical liverpool, we can only do it the hard way! hopefully we'll do it in the next few months. it is quite tough but it's only suspended, it's not... it's not cancelled, so... we will still be there. with a host of clubs with players now in isolation, the whole of the english professional game has been suspended. those in the cash—strapped football league facing an uncertain financial future. we had six home games left and if we don't play them, we will be looking at a quarter of £1 million hole in our finances at least. it's very worrying for any industry, which footballers, which relies on people payin

arsenal's manager mikel arteta positive for covid—19 and chelsea's callum hudson—odoi confirmed he hadpoke about it on a video posted on social media. hi, guys, as you may be aware, i had the virus for the last couple of days which i have recovered from. i followed the health guidelines and self isolated myself from everyone for the week. hope to see everybody soon and hopefully be back on the pitch very soon. take care. around the world, sport is closing down. australia's formula 1 grand prix was cancelled with doubts growing over the whole season. in the usa, golf‘s immaculate fairways will see no play until april at the earliest. england's cricketers, meanwhile, are being sent home from sri lanka. the governing body says the well—being of players and support teams is paramount in what it calls completely unprecedented times. but at horse racing's cheltenham festival today, life continued. the horses arrived on gold cup day and everything that goes with them, including tens of thousands of spectators. i was pretty shocked that this was going ahead, being a big event forfour days, but

and in sport — after the arsenal manager mikel arteta and chelsea star callum hudson—odoi test positive — the premier league will hold an emergency meeting on whether future matches should go ahead. good morning — and welcome to the bbc news at nine the government's chief scientific adviser sir patrick vallance, has defended the country's new approach to slowing the spread of the coronavirus. in a press conference yesterday, boris johnson announced that the uk was formally moving from the ‘contain‘ to the ‘delay‘ phase of the disease. he advised that anyone with a high temperature, or a ‘new, continuous‘ cough, should self—isolate for seven days. in total, ten people have died from coronavirus in the uk, with 596 confirmed cases. but health officials say the number infected will actually already be between 5—10,000. sir patrick explained why the measures had been put in place. broadly, actually, the scientific community is aligned on the measures that need to be taken and the question is around what time and what way. as we just said, the first set of measures are actually rather large.

that is after the arsenal manager, mikel arteta, and chelsea player callum hudson—odoi both tested positive virus. the canadian prime minister's wife tests positive for coronavirus. justin trudeau says he has no symptoms, but will self—isolate for m days. a terrible thursday on global stock markets as growing concern over the impact of the coronavirus outbreaks or nearly 11% wiped off the value of the top 100 companies on the stock exchange, the biggest drop since 1987. i will be here when the markets open this morning. we have a few showers on the cards today, but for much of the uk, a window of dry weather before things turn unsettled once again into the weekend. i will bring you all the details in about ten minutes. it is friday 13 march. our top story: new measures to help protect people from the coronavirus outbreak come into effect from today. anybody with a persistant cough or high temperature should self—isolate for seven days, as borisjohnson moves the uk response to the delay phase. the government is facing questions over whether the plans go far enough, but the prime minister sai

arsenal manager mikel arteta and chelsea winger callum hudson—odoi have both tested positive for theaning both squads are self—isolating, along with a third team, everton. it comes as the government's chief scientific adviser defended the country's new approach to slowing the spread of the coronavirus. in a news conference yesterday, borisjohnson announced that the uk was formally moving from the contain to the delay phase of the disease. he advised that anyone with a high temperature, or a new, continuous cough, should self—isolate for seven days. in total, ten people have died from coronavirus in the uk, with 596 confirmed cases. but health officials say the number infected will actually already be between 5,000 and 10,000. this morning the government's chief scientific adviser sir patrick vallance explained why the new measures had been put in place. broadly, actually, the scientific community is aligned on the measures that need to be taken and the question is around what time and in what way. as we just said, the first set of measures are actually rather large. we've just asked