tragedy of that becomes even more difficult to bear when we consider that new data from the office of national statisticsoffice of national statistics is incorporating care home deaths and deaths in the community. and when you factor that in, it looks like the death toll in britain could actually be around 41% higher than what we've been told by the government. this had long been a concern, because those in care homes are of course the most vulnerable to this, they are the oldest and often have other comorbidities. all of that being said, there still remains a problem with personal protection equipment in the united kingdom. the governments say, they maintain that is enough. they say margins might be tight but there is sufficient ppe. that is not the story i had a h from the front line, jake. the leader of the main opposition party in the and you kingdom says the same, there is a big discrepancy between what the government is saying and what doctors and nurses are saying. they're having to feel pressured to perform their duties without the requisite ppe. and also, jake, i've been learning today there's a

all wee kly and the orange bars show the all weekly registered deaths, registered to the office of national statistics bright date of registration. and please be very careful in comparing these statistics, as you know, unfortunately, if you have lost someone, unfortunately, if you have lost someone, it takes a while for a death certificate to be issued, and for that to be registered with the office of national statistics. so, there is inevitably some difference between those two bars, and we are not comparing apples with apples. we are comparing apples with pears. but it does, i hope, help you understand the trends in the mortality data, and we need to see that turn. we will have to wait a little longer, but we need to see that turn. thank you. finally, iwill show but we need to see that turn. thank you. finally, i will show you a slide i've shown you before. this is about global debt comparisons. again, asi about global debt comparisons. again, as i have said before, the slide is indexed on time .0 when our country declares its first 50 cumulative debts. now, for almost all of the countries on this s

figures due to be released later from the office of national statistics will give an indication of thee. at this care home run by care uk in durham, 13 residents have died after showing symptoms of coronavirus. the government said there have been outbreaks of coronavirus at over 2000 care homes in england. care home operators say better access to protective equipment and testing is vital. i'd like our teams to have access to testing, that is now beginning to happen. but i'd also like our residents to have access to testing. at the moment, the only people who get tested out of care homes are people who go into hospitals. and they are then tested when they get there. we have very large numbers of people in care homes who are passing away who are exhibiting covid—19 symptoms, but who aren't being classified as having the coronavirus because they haven't been tested. over the easter weekend, the overwhelming majority of people stayed at home, according to the government, whose scientific advisers will meet later to review the lockdown. at yesterday's downing street briefing, the indication

even higher because testing is just not done outside the hospitals at the moment and the office of national statistics at the moment suggests that it might be 40 at $40000.00 at the moment which would of course put the u.k. having the highest death toll in all of europe already don't you show other parts of the story force and london show want to thank you very much. you're watching news i'll be back at the top of the hour with more world news followed by the day i hope to see you there. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and news. hour corona update. covered 19 special next on the.

deaths that happen in care homes or retirement homes on like for example from and the office of national statistics has come out with some of those figures today and it looks like the disparity could be as much as 15 percent now that would give us a very different picture of where we are in the car sees me that it comes down to study that would give us a very different idea of where we actually are in the curve at the moment at the moment the government is saying we're about 10 days off the peak but if those figures were to include the number of deaths in the community it could spell out a very different picture charley many many thanks indeed we'll let you go and deal with charley and so that reporting live from home here about a sara many thanks indeed the international monetary fund says the coronavirus pandemic will cost the world's economies $9.00 trillion dollars over the next 2 years the warning comes as countries around the world face prolonged lock downs as they try to contain the outbreak the i.m.f. chief economist says it's the worst economic shock since the great depression of the 18 th

own homes in the community and particularly in care homes and social care settings the office of national statistics putting out their numbers on the tuesday morning and now throughout this crisis of deaths across all of those sectors and across all causes of death as well and then comparing and narrowing down to those that have coded 19 on the death certificate they indicate that they running total up to april the 17th as an 11 day lag time in all of this the running total of deaths that have coded 19 on the death certificate was joint $21284.00 as of april the 17th if you compare that to the official number being put out by the government and the n.h.s. of deaths in hospitals at the same time it was 13917 suggesting that the actual picture as of the 17th of april was 35 percent worse than the public were being made aware of and within all of that one sector particularly badly hit the care sector registered some 5 and a half 1000 deaths which is a pretty shocking figure if you consider the relative size of the population within care homes as opposed to the population at large well move on to spain

of those in hospital. official figures in england and wales suggest many more people are dying from the virus then the numbers being released daily by the british government. according to the national office of statisticshan 16,000 deaths were rorded. this is the highest number since date of this kindis was first pud in 2005. the figure is 6000 higher than the average for this time of year, whenst debts normallt calling after the flu season. so the department of health has confirmed there have been outbreaks in more than 2000 care the charity says the virus is spreading like wildfire. ca home figures have proven controversial because the u.k., unlike some european countries, does not include people who die from coravirus in their homes in the daily death toll announced to the public. alex has been speaking to the family of one homecare resident. >> my mom was a people's persone toryone that she loved them. everyone loved her. >> rose mitchell was a familiar face on her street in south london. so much so, her neighbors stood ctoutside to pay their reson hearing that she had passed away. she passed away in her care he after contracting coronavirus. her daughter in the rest of the family on the other end

. >> in a major new study by the office of national statistics, half of all british adults say the virus is affecting their sense of well-being. contributing to heightened levels of anxiety with many people setting financial worries. the virus is affecting the health of the nation in more ways than one. >> according to recent funundin, we arere not all in this togeth. we know men are twice as likely to die of the virus. so too are those with underlying conditions. also greater risk, people in poorly paid jobs. those are black, asian and minority backgrounds who are 30% more likely to become critically ill. many of those contracting the virus are essential workers. cleaners,s, caregivers and the national health service. this is mary. an nhs nurse. she was pregnant when she tested positive for covid-19. she died soon after her baby was delivered alive and well by emergency cesarean. a formal review is to be launched to understand the deepening disparity in deaths. a long-standing inequality in wealth and health. that means that some are more likely to lose their lives. al jazeera, london.

of that as well, there's another analysis of that same data that says, if you use the office of national statisticsby-week death tolls going back a number of years, and you actually see for that first week of april a 75% increase over the tracked number of deaths in that week on any given year. so, yes, the government's facing a lot of questions, and prime minister's question time today and the new hybrid just reopened parliament, new leader of the opposition, kiir stamma, will be there in person. just a handful of mps sitting in the socially distanced houses of parliament today for that session. so, no doubt, these questions are all going to come up, robyn. >> they certainly will. nic robertson, good to see you. thank you for joining us. >>> you're watching cnn. i'm robyn curnow. coming up, normalcy is sitting over where the pandemic began, while everywhere else, this seems to be nothing but upheaval. confident financial plans, calming financial plans, complete financial plans. they're all possible with a cfp® professional. find yours at letsmakeaplan.org. they're all possible with a cfp® professi

designed surveys of the type the secretary of state has just described, the one led by the office of national statisticsersity. although a positive swab test is very reliable, i want to stressed that a negative result does not absolutely guarantee that you are free of the virus. however it is a very good guide for whether it is safe to return to work. blood testing, by contrast, can tell us who has previously had the infection, again improving our understanding of the spread of the virus when used in surveys. and in individuals it may also be able to tell us about the risks of future infection. which of course is so important. if you have had the virus, you may have acquired some degree of immunity and i stress may because the science on immunity is still uncertain and it also takes some time for that immunity to build up and for the test to be positive. our five pillar national testing programme is designed to ensure that everyone who needs a test can have one. to make that happen, we are doing two things. increasing capacity for testing and increasing access. may i have the first slide, please? here w

what we're looking at in the same figures from the office of national statistics is a huge disparity between between what the government is saying and what the reality on the ground is or the government is basing its figures on the number of deaths within the health service within the national health service or in hospitals what they are not taking into consideration of these figures that are now being shared so up until april the 3rd the office of national statistics is the actual death toll was 15 percent higher than the official figures so if you look at the figures around now it's around 11 and a half 1000 deaths in the u.k. should we then just assume that we should add 15 percent on the top of that bringing it closer to more than more than $13000.00 bringing the u.k. a little bit closer to from when it comes to its death toll you would have thought that this kind of data or would be pored over would be at the forefront of specialist minds looking at trying to bring the situation under control oversee all of this data will be need to be need to be closely looked at when it comes t

nick stripe is the head of health analysis for the office of national statistics and he gave us a summaryin march, the actual rate of death in march, over 3912 involving covered. 0f actual rate of death in march, over 3912 involving covered. of those, 86% of them had an underlying cause of death of covid—19, so that was the cause of death. 86%. that makes it the third most common cause of death in march as a whole, 7% of all deaths, and you need to remember that the number of deaths from covid was relatively low until the start of march, so until the 1st of march, 28% of all deaths occurring on that day were due to covid. 91% of people dying with covid had at least one pre—existing health condition. now let us put that into context, so between 30—a0% of all adults had one existing pre—existing condition, and about two thirds of adults over the age of 65 had at least one, so on average, people dying with covid had between two or three existing health conditions. of the most common pre—existing health conditions, heart disease was the highest, so 1496 heart disease was the highest, so 14% o

restrictions the answer continually given it's too soon to tell in a major new study by the office of national statistics half of all british adults say the virus is affecting their sense of wellbeing contributing to heightened levels of anxiety with many people citing financial worries the virus is affecting the health of the nation in more ways than one and according to recent findings we aren't all in this together we know men are twice as likely to die of the virus so too are those with underlying conditions but also a greater risk people in pauley paid jobs and those from black asian a minority ethnic backgrounds who are 30 percent more likely to become critically ill many of those contracts in the virus are essential workers bus drivers cleaners and caregivers in the national health service this is mary a go argue pong an n.h.s. nurse she was pregnant when she tested positive for covert 19 but died soon after her baby was delivered alive and well by emergency says areon a formal review is to be launched to understand the deepening disparity in deaths but the suspicion is that longstanding inequalit

the office of national statistics said tuesday 22,351 wales died in england and in the week ending aprilnd a growing number of deaths, the elderly and care homes, where the doctors warned that the pandemic has not peaked. we will beorrow, publishing not just the number of deaths in hospital each day, but the number of deaths in care homes and in the community. this is something that wasn't previously possible. correspondent: with guidance from british scientific advisors, there is little appetite for the government to relax lockdown measures yet. but with a similar sized population to the u.k. on the fourth-highest recorded death toll from covid-19 in the world, preparations were announced to ease the restrictions on daily life. history of our country have we seen this situation, not during the war nor the occupation or during previous active -- previous epidemics, never. never has the country been confined as it is today. it evident cannot be so for long-term. barbara serra ins -- correspondent: in spain, a drop in daily infection rates and thehs have led to easing of lockdown. deaths f

people who died inside hospitals, and new figures are starting to be published by the office of national statisticshat are slow, but they look at deaths anywhere, anywhere where the death certificate registers covid-19 as a possible cause, people dying in homes or care ons is counting more. the government insists a huge short of ventilators for ill patients will start being filled next week. >> orders have been placed to a consortium led by ford and their mclarenford and airbus, and dyson. in candidate this weekend, the first ventilator devices will roll off the production line and to be delivered next week. paul: the economic toll continues to mount as two planes landed at gatwick, repatriating from peru.e the u.k. airports, almost completely empty. al jazeera, london. medical workers say they still lack vital protective equipment. a doctor in london who has been self-isolating spoke to me earlier and said that u.k. should follow who guidelines on personal protective equipment. >> there have been problems with ppa. many hospitals are now starting to receive ppa equipment, but there are still probl

outbreaks of coded 19 and this comes as recent figures the latest figures in fact from the office of national statistics reveal that up until april the 3rd 217 people had died after testing positive for coded 19 in care homes and of course it's been 12 days since then and that number is expected to risen significantly in that time frame now we've also been hearing from the medical director of public health england yvonne doyle and she says that these types of stats which are rich which are released by the office of national statistics should be done so on a daily basis. we are working with you and us to actually speed that up so that we do get quicker information as you know the daily death we would very much like to have it's a bit more complicated for care homes because although over 9 out of 10 deaths sadly do occur still in hospital in the community there's a range of places where they occur including in care homes but not just there in hospices and at home indeed as well and in these very dispersed systems we just need to be absolutely clear that the cause of that is attributed is correct and that

these and many other countries there are there is actual evidence provided by the our office of national statistics and many physicians publicly announcing that there is a discrepancy whereas in the case of iran when i have talked to physicians there hasn't been any limitations on and there hasn't been any limitations for doctors to send swabs and i have worked directly with them on forming a hospital in. to iran and there there may be a delay in announcing the numbers but there isn't a discrepancy between the total number and the but what i also have to add finally that generally we are operating in and chaos of numbers globally this this coronavirus crisis is not an easy easy one to to keep track of so if you're not going to drop bombs that i know that. it's going to have to words it's as as a boss mentioned it's just not to say that the number is provided by iran are absolutely correct but it's just to say that this is an issue everywhere but there isn't any hard to verifiable evidence to show deliberate attempts by iranians to cover up. and i appreciate you making the point of. being on this sh

amount of research by the office of national statistics suggesting the actual death toll in england and wales in early april was 40 percent higher than the number reported by downing street. those daily government figures don't include deaths outside hospital in care homes hospices or in the community they also classify what counts as a covert 19 death in a slightly different way there are concerns the u.k. could soon have the highest number of deaths in europe putting pressure on the search for a vaccine human trials will begin at oxford university on thursday this is uncertain science but i'm certain that we will throw everything we've got at developing a vaccine. the u.k. is at the forefront of the global effort we've put more money than any other country into the global search for a vaccine the crisis is now also defining the shape of britain's democracy with m.p.'s making plans for a virtual parliament the proposal allows up to 120 m.p.'s out of 650 to join the debate by video conference a further 50 will be in the chamber sitting spaced apart there are some who believe the parliam

own homes in the community and particularly in care homes and social care settings the office of national statistics putting out their numbers on the tuesday morning now throughout this crisis of deaths across all of those sectors and across all causes of death as well and then comparing and narrowing down to those that have coded 19 on the death certificate they indicate that they're running total up to april the 17th is an 11 day lag time in all of this the running total of deaths that have coded 19 on the death certificate was joint $21284.00 as of april the 17th if you compare that to the official number being put out by the government and the n.h.s. of deaths in hospitals at the same time it was 13917 suggesting that the actual picture as of the 17th of april was 35 percent worse than the public were being made aware of and within all of that one sector particularly badly hit the care sector registered some 5 and a half 1000 deaths which is a pretty shocking figure if you consider the relative size of the population within care homes as opposed to the population at large china is accusing the u

the office of national statistics revealed that the number of deaths has risen to its highest level inly double what would be expected at this time of year. in the seven days to april the 10th, there were 18,500 deaths in england and wales. more than 6,000 — that's a third of them — were linked to coronavirus. in that same week the number of deaths in care homes quadrupled, rising to more than a thousand — and there are fears that the number may be higher still. and this afternoon we got the latest daily numbers — 823 people have died in hospital across the uk. we'll look at exactly what that means in a moment but first this report from our social affairs correspondent alison holt. each face so much more than a statistic, a life lived and a family morning, the extraordinary high toll of deaths in the official numbers today can only really give a glimpse of how much the coronavirus is taken from us. amongst those it is claimed is 89—year—old john davies. from us. amongst those it is claimed is 89-year-old john davies. my mum could ask about something that happened when she was a child a

yes, the office of national statistics has done some analysis. we know something is for certain. lf of all deaths are in the over 80s. secondly, nine than half of all deaths are in the over80s. secondly, nine out than half of all deaths are in the over 80s. secondly, nine out of ten people who died have had underlying conditions, on average they had three underlying health conditions, things like heart disease, diabetes. third, men are far more likely to die than women. and we don't know why. it's unclear why a disproportionately large proportion of black, asian and minority ethnic people are in critical care. one in three. now, it's possible it is due to public facing roles, a very high proportion of public facing, front line workers, nearly half of medical nhs staff, are from ethnic minority backgrounds. but there could be lots and lots of other factors as well. thank you. this pandemic has confronted nhs workers at all levels with an extraordinary challenge. fergal keane and cameraman tony fallshaw spent time with some of the teams fighting the virus at imperial college healthc

die inside britain's hospitals and new figures are starting to come out published by the office of national statistics they're slower to compile but they look at deaths anywhere anywhere where the death certificate registers covert 19 as a possible cause people dying in their homes or in care homes and the o.m.'s is counting more. the government is insisting the huge shortage of ventilators for critically ill patients will start being filled next week orders have been placed with consortium led by ford airbus the formula one racing teams including mclaren jian aerospace and rolls royce and dyson's and i can answer that this weekend the 1st thousands of new ventilator devices will roll off the production line and be delivered to the n.h.s. next week the economic toll of all this continues to mount as 2 planes arrived at london's gatwick repatch relating britain's home from peru british airways shut down its operations at the airports it follows easy jet grounding its entire fleet on monday the u.k.'s airports like it city centers cafes museums restaurants and shops are almost completely empty rory chal

the number of cases mexico's registered nearly 9013 has more than 700 deaths the coronavirus death toll in the u.k. could be much higher than figures indicate the office for national statistics says by april 10th there recorded more than 13000 deaths in england and wales that's 41 percent higher in the government's figures of around 9000 the un is warning that more than a quarter of a 1000000000 people could be pushed to the brink of starvation by the pandemic the world food program says countries need to take immediate action or risk famine and the virus has brought thailand's tourism industry to a halt it's estimated to lose $24000000.00 visitors this year because of travel restrictions and the impact on elephant camps has been devastating and facebook has to buy a near 10 percent stake in india's digital giant geo platforms investment of more than $5000000000.00 is the biggest the country's technology sector foreign funded geo has more than $380000000.00 subscribers on the move is seen as a joining of forces between thanks book and india's richest man mukesh ambani those are the headlines and news continues here on al-jazeera after listening post station that's watching.

the numbers we were speaking about from the office of national statistics, they go to the 3rd of aprilcoronavirus mentioned on the death certificate, but if you look at the figures from the department of social care, there are about 4000 deaths, so they are capturing more deaths by looking at registrations and by going outside of hospitals. i know the figures of scotla nd of hospitals. i know the figures of scotland and wales and —— include some figures in care homes, but most of these figures are in hospitals. the ons of these figures are in hospitals. the 0ns figures, 6000 extra in a week, they have said 3500 had covid—19 mentioned on the death certificate. what about the others, what is happening there? that is the question, there could be a couple of reasons, biologically it could be deaths because of coronavirus that had not been registered, it is not on the death certificate, it could be deaths that are sometimes due to coronavirus but not directly, so people not getting access to care or treatment being cancelled, things like that. or in some cases it could be the effects of the

and its daily number 10 briefing and what the reality on the ground is according to the office of national statistics who have been collecting data on death tolls in a week by week basis for the past 15 years is that the week ending april the 3rd there were 6000 deaths that they believe were attributed to 19 other this figure it was actually 15 percent higher than the official figures coming from the government the reason from the disparity is because the government does not collate and collect all of the deaths that take place within the community or in care homes and that number as shown here is clearly significant the suggestion is that this data really needs to be crunched and poured over the government needs to be more transparent and sharing this information because it really forms the bedrock of decision making it will inform the government as to whether or not to ease restrictions on movement of people something the economy is desperate to see happen and it's also an indicator of where crucial resources need to potentially go as well and we're hearing account after account from care homes acr

why i think the office of national sussex stakes and in the care quality commission of working together to build a more rapid way of telling that story. —— office of national statisticshave parliament as we know it, but we will have some form of scrutiny and accountability of the government. mps overwhelmingly feel their disbelief is to be some sort of scrutiny at this moment of national crisis. the only real accountability the government faces is via the media and the daily downing street news media and the daily downing street n ews co nfe re nces . media and the daily downing street news conferences. she will get a sort of hybrid parliament where there will be a few mps in the chamber, they are being discouraged, they don't want mps in the chamber, but there will be a smattering, no mourning 50 at one time. most will have to make the contribution through a video link, as no doubt many of us have been doing with friends and family during these times. that will be set at a maximum of 120, so only 120 mps will be able to ta ke of 120, so only 120 mps will be able to take part through video conferencing. they will be able to ask questions by e—mailing in the day befor

office of national statistics says the number of coronavirus sets could be more than 40 percent higher than the government's official data suggests more than 700000 people have now died from covert 19 in u.k. hospitals also a top diplomat says he was mistaken when he said the u.k. had made a quote political decision not to participate in a european union ventilator scheme. at least $150.00 migrants in a shelter in southern greece have tested positive for the corona virus the whole stole in the town of crow needy was placed in isolation on monday it's the 3rd migrant facility in greece to confirm cases of the virus and australia's 2nd largest air carrier has entered voluntary administration becoming the country's 1st major corporate casualty of the pandemic it's also the largest airline to fall victim to the current virus outbreak that has wreaked havoc within the industry al-jazeera world continues next news hour in half an hour by. 1 thank. you. all. just. what is in the game and i'll be there going into one of it tonight but almost all the 20 perhaps are young and if you all. cannot

own homes in the community and particularly in care homes in social care settings the office of national statistics putting out their numbers on the tuesday morning now throughout this crisis of deaths across all of those sectors and across all causes of death as well and then comparing in narrowing down to those that have coded 19 on the death certificate they indicate that they're running total out to april the 17th is an 11 day lag time in all of this the running total of deaths that have posted 19 on the death certificate was $2.21 as of april the 17th if you compare that to the official number being put out by the government and the n.h.s. of deaths in hospitals at the same time it was 13917 suggesting that the actual picture as of the 17th of april was 35 percent worse than the public were being made aware of and within north of that one sector particularly badly hit the care sector registered some 5 and a half 1000 deaths which is a pretty shocking figure if you consider the relative size of the population within care homes as opposed to the population at large 3. another part of the care. c

could cope but this is taking a toll on business and the office of national statistics the ins have released own figures on this according to them 24 percent of companies across the u.k. have temporarily closed a small number 0.3 percent of permanently stop trading but there are fears that number could rise significantly if you lock down measures continue for a significant period of time now in the creative industries 4 fifths of companies say that they've had to stop trading for the time being while 66 percent of companies claim that they are still trading but not at normal levels and 60 percent of say that they do currently have enough financial resources left to cope with the lock down although of course that number will dwindle as lock down continues and it remains to be seen exactly if it will be extended any further thank you very much indeed for all of that we'll have some more news for you after a short break. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy you confront a shouldn't let it be an arms race off and spearing dramatic development the only personall

of multiple famines. the coronavirus death toll in the u.k. could be much higher than government figures indicate the office for national statistics says by april the 10th that had recorded more than 13000 deaths in england and wales that was 41 percent higher than the government's figure of around $9000.00 until that day. in mexico nonessential services have been shot until the end of may the government has moved to what it calls phase 3 of its emergency response that's to further restrict movement because mexico is now seeing a rapid increase in infections mexico has raised just did nearly $9000.00 cases a more than $700.00 deaths a new harvard university study is found there might be a link between air pollution and the corona virus mortality rate the research shows the number of virus deaths was higher and more polluted areas in the u.s. release say the death toll in canada is worst mass shooting has risen to $23.00 the victims include a pregnant nurse and a 17 year old girl those are the headlines more news here on algis there are the politics of population control. affluent americans started a new movement most of them were men from well

that the government have their own standards before those are lifted now according to the office of national statistics a quarter of companies say that they've temporarily closed a very small number 0.3 percent say that they have stopped trading for good although again that number expected to rise should this lock down continue any further 82 percent of companies in the creative industries and also temporarily halted their trading while 66 percent of companies claim that they are still trading but not at their usual levels and 60 percent of say that they have enough financial resources left for now anyway of course this lockdown having been extended for another 3 weeks we don't know how much longer will be extended after that remains to be seen how many companies across the country have the resources to make it through this period without the economy returning back to normal thank you very much for all of the professor patrick oppman for told me that the longer the country is in lockdown the worse it will be for the economy. the science is actually much more controversial than the government is letting

we've just had some more figures on the impact of coronavirus from the office for national statisticsas the reason for death. they contain additional information such as pre—existing health conditions. for more on this we can speak to nick stripe the head of health analysis for the office of national statistics. give us an overview of the latest figures, if you would. all deaths that occurred in march, the actual date, 3912 involving covid 19, that occurred in march, the actual date, 3912 involving covid19, of those, 86% of them had an underlying cause of death, covid 19 was the cause of death, covid 19 was the cause of death, 86%. that makes it the third most common cause of death in march as a whole, 7% of all deaths and you need to remember the number of deaths from covid 19 was relatively low until the middle of march so by the 31st of march, 28% of all deaths that occurred on that day were due to covid 19. of all deaths that occurred on that day were due to covid19. 91% of people dying with covid 19 had at least one pre—existing health condition. and let's put that into context.

restrictions the answer continually given it's too soon to tell in a major new study by the office of national statistics half of all british adults say the virus is affecting their sense of wellbeing contributing to heightened levels of anxiety with many people citing financial worries the virus is affecting the health of the nation in more ways than one and according to recent findings we aren't all in this together we know men are twice as likely to die of the virus so too are those with underlying conditions but also a greater risk people in pauley paid jobs and those from black asian a minority ethnic backgrounds who are 30 percent more likely to become critically ill many of those contracts in the virus are essential workers bus drivers cleaners and caregivers in the national health service this is mary a go argue pong an n.h.s. nurse she was pregnant when she tested positive for covert 19 but died soon after her baby was delivered alive and well by emergency says arean a formal review is to be launched to understand the deepening disparity in deaths but this is special is the long standing inequal