we face a very real public health emergency in wales.eed to do everything we can to break the cycle of transmission and do everything that we can together to bring coronavirus under control. infections occur and are spread when people are in close contact with other people — in homes, in pubs, in shops. we have listened carefully to what people have been saying. so we will take action today so that retailers understand that our role already allow people, in acute need, to buy the basics which are essential to them over the next two weeks. but we also ask people to understand the very real crisis we are facing at the moment in wales. and to please treat people working in our shops with the respect that they deserve. we're meeting retailers this afternoon to review the regulations and guidance to make sure that it is being applied fairly and consistently. if there are anomalies, we will look at whether the guidance need to be revised or strengthened to make it clear that supermarkets have some discretion to sell to people who are in genuin

public health wales said there had been three further deaths reported, bringing the total deaths to 1711's it for now. now on bbc news it's time for the week in parliament. hello and welcome to the week in parliament, where the government brings in a new three—tier approach to tackling coronoavirus in england. but the labour leader reckons it's time for a short sharp lockdown. having read and considered the sage advice, i have genuinely concluded that a circuit break is in the national interest. but borisjohnson accuses keir starmer of opportunism. i think at three o'clock, mr speaker, the shadow health spokesman said that a national lockdown would be disastrous. at five o'clock, he was calling for it. the first minister of wales says he's to ban people from coronavirus hotspots entering the country. also on this programme: why do children from some ethnic minority groups do better at school than white working class youngsters? they are desperate to make a new start and enable their children to succeed in the new system. and a plea to help lorry drivers caught short in channel—crossing q

according to public health wales' latest data, in 20 of the 22 local authority areas, cases of covid—a national lockdown when figures in all but two areas are actually coming down? well, it's very easy indeed justify it. because, while the efforts that have been made by people in those local lockdown areas are succeeding, they cannot succeed far and fast enough to turn back the tide of coronavirus as it is currently accelerating across wales. but unless we take these actions, cases of hospital admissions will rise across wales. but there is compelling evidence of further interventions and, unless we do so, 6,000 additional deaths will take place due to coronavirus over this winter. what more data does the member need before he's prepared to do what his duties should tell him to do and support the actions being taken to save the nhs and to save lives in wales? plaid cymru's leader began by congratulating jacinda ardern on her re—relection as prime minister of new zealand, before going on to condemn borisjohnson‘s handling of covid and brexit. "the prime minister is utterly shambolic, w

according to public health wales's latest data, in 20 of the 22 local authority areas, cases of covid how can you justify a national lockdown when figures in all but two areas are actually coming down? well, it's very easy indeed tojustify it because while the efforts that have been made by people in those local lockdown areas are succeeding, they cannot succeed far and fast enough to turn back the tide of coronavirus as it is currently accelerating across wales. but unless we take these actions, cases and hospital admissions will rise across wales, that there is compelling evidence for further interventions, and that unless we do so, 6,000 additional deaths will take place due to coronavirus over this winter. what more data does the member need before he's prepared to do what his duty should tell him he should do and to support the actions being taken to save the nhs and to save lives in wales? mark drakeford. the government has faced cross—party calls for pet theft to be made a specific criminal offence. dogs and certain breeds of puppies can change hands for hundreds, if not thousa

new figures coming through from wales, public health wales telling us wales, public health wales tellingh wales also saying six further deaths have been reported, bringing the total number of deaths across the pandemic to 1622. very nearly 400 more cases in wales, according to public health wales. —— 24,383 confirmed cases in total. six months ago, italy was the global epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic — the first country in the west to see widespread transmission, and the first in the world to impose a national lockdown. but now italy's infection rate is considerably lower than that of many other european countries. 0ur rome correspondent mark lowen has been finding out why. covid's once global epicentre isn't letting down its guard. spot checks by italian police to ensure rules on overcrowding and mask—wearing are followed. it's one of the tools italy has used to get infection rates down to some of the lowest in europe, keeping the virus in check while others struggle with a fresh spike. "we issue fines when needed," says giovani cipriani, "but none today. usually everyone wears ma

public health wales say that they have seen a drop off in cases, but they're still identifying more than 1,000 covid cases in this part of the uk every single day, kim. >> all right. we appreciate it. thanks so much nina dos santos. >>> well, china says it's taking no chances with covid. why millions of people are being tested in the country. we'll have that next. ♪ ♪ ♪ heart monitors that let your doctor watch over you, just like you watch over your best friend. another life-changing technology from abbott, so you don't wait for life. you live it. . >>> health officials in china's western region of xinjiang say they're in the process of testing 4.7 million people for covid, this after a single asymptomatic case was reported in cash guard city on saturday. authorities say that so far the mass testing has identified 137 additional asymptomatic cases. cnn's steven jiang joins me from beijing. the first detected case in over a week from mainland china. the good news, the incredible scope of testing they're able to marshall to get it under control. >> that's right, kim. from the chinese offi

we face a very real public health emergency in wales.our rules already allow people in acute need to buy the basics, which are essential to them over the next two weeks. but we also ask people to understand the very real crisis that we are facing at the moment in wales, and to please treat people working in our shops with the respect that they deserve. we are meeting retailers this afternoon to review the regulations and guidance to make sure that it is being applied fairly and consistently. if there are anomalies we will look at whether the guidance needs to be revised or strengthened to make it clear that supermarkets have some discretion to sell to people who are in general genuine need. coronavirus is widely circulating in all parts of wales. cases have been rising in most local authority areas throughout october. in total there are now eight authority areas where there are rate is higher than 200 cases per 100,000 people. in blaenau gwent, cardiff, merthyr tydfil and rhondda cynon taff the rate of cases is now higher than 300 cases

dr chris williams is the incident director of public health wales.uld you support this so—called circuit—breaker looked would you support this so—called circuit—brea ker looked on, would you support this so—called circuit—breaker looked on, do you think it would be effective?” circuit—breaker looked on, do you think it would be effective? i think a brief period where we get down transmission to reduce the overall numbers and growth would be helpful to reduce pressures on the system and intermediate pressure is on the nhs. i know there was government is considering this at the moment and we are waiting to hear what the plan would be, but it has been used, lockdowns have been used elsewhere to reduce transmission for either a long period or a short period. something similar to what northern ireland is doing as of this evening is possibly the sort of thing being considered in wales. lots of people will wonder, if you have this so—called circuit—brea ker for a few weeks, what do you do on a public—health level in that time to ensure that once you come ou

public health wales just issuing these figures. inning of the pandemic now standing at 1722. those are the latest figures from wales. news coming from the house of lords. there has been a vote on the controversial brexit legislation and the government has suffered a heavy defeat in the house of lords over the legislation that would enable ministers to break international law. 395 votes against 169, a majority of 226, and the amendment described as a regret amendment, condemning the internal market bill, and largely symbolic at this stage but underlining the difficulty is the government is having following its admission that it intended to break international law with the provisions of their bill. we will bring you more on that and reaction to that throughout the afternoon. the irish government is re—imposing some of the toughest coronavirus restrictions in europe. for six weeks from midnight tomorrow all non—essential shops will close — and people will have to stay close to home. the irish prime minister said that if everyone pulled

the total there is 40,253 and public health wales say that a further 13 deaths reported from covid, bringingthe pandemic to 1756. that's in wales. dozens of cafes, pubs and restaurants, as well as several councils, have stepped in to offer free school meals for children in england during half term, after the government refused to fund them. the footballer, marcus rashford, has used twitter to highlight the places which are now offering children free food, and he's promised to carry on campaigning on the issue, as i've been finding out. marcus rashford was helping out at the food warehouse named after his mother, melanie, who was there with him as he loaded up supplies. he said he's been blown away by support for his campaign for free school meals from businesses around the country and he has this message for his critics. i know for sure that a lot of them speak in the way that they speak and it is so insensitive about the issue and they've definitely not been through it themselves, so, for me, you know, i'll take that all day long as long as we start to see improvements going forward for the

today's figures bring the number of deaths reported by public health wales to 45 this week. coronavirus is all just a hoax, but it is a mild disease and that it does no harm. these are the people who say that to you do not face the families of people who have died this week and who have never seen and never speak to their loved one again. they will never face the hundreds to their loved one again. they will neverface the hundreds more people in wales who would die unless we act now to bring this deadly disease back under control. when i spoke to you last week i said we faced a very real risk that the nhs in wales could be overwhelmed injust real risk that the nhs in wales could be overwhelmed in just a matter of weeks. and it has taken just six weeks for coronavirus to re—establish itself here in wales. every local authority area now except for one has an incidence rate of more than 50 cases for every 100,000 people. and in every part of wales and in a growing number of parts of wales it is more than 100 cases for every 100,000. the impact on the nhs lags a few weeks behind

i understand this is similar to the findings observed by public health wales.continue our work of the last few months to further improve safety measures in ca re further improve safety measures in care homes. as you know we now do wreak —— routine weekly testing of ca re wreak —— routine weekly testing of care home staff and we intend to extend that testing to designated visitors and a wider range of professionals who enter care homes regularly. we are also considering the findings of the report so we can better mitigate against the potentially effective care home size in seeking to prevent covid infections and the health secretary will set out more on that in a statement to parliament next week on social care planning for the winter period. and where the conclusions highlight the need for further measures, we will take that on board. we take that seriously and lastly on this subject, i think it is appropriate for me to convene my condolences to everyone who has lost a loved one to the spinous and in particular to those who have lost loved ones who were residen

tracing systems based on local public health teams, such as in scotland, wales and now in some partsd, have all outperformed the centralised circle system, which has barely reached three quarters of cases and well under two thirds of contacts. i welcome that local public health teams will now be directly involved in contact tracing in areas of high covid spread. but will the secretary of state now have the lead contact tracing in all areas across england to help get the test trace and isolate system working effectively? matt hancock said the best approach was when local and national systems worked together. meanwhile the welsh first minister announced a ban on people from uk coronavirus hotspots travelling to wales. mark drakeford said the move was needed "to prevent the spread of infection within wales" and elsewhere in the uk. i've read the paper that accompanied the paper to the prime minister yesterday and that confirms that the data does not constitute definitive proof in favour of a travel ban. in fact, that paper goes one step further and suggests that it should be considered

what will mean for public health 01’ out what will mean for public health or what the legal situation will be. there's been a mismatch of local lockdown around the uk. here in wales lock—out. people aren't allowed to leave their area unless they have a valid reason, even if they don't have coronavirus. the less government has called on boris johnson to put the same measures and england. he refuses, saying people need to use their common sense. it's pushed forward to the effect of quarantine measures, and the was government can decide that someone from barcelona can't come here because the corona rates are two hi. they would adapt the same policy for somebody from burnley. we don't know whether or not they will push ahead with this. one thing to consider is three quarters of wales is already lockdown, so people can't come to those areas from over the border. it would only potential apply to a court of oil. the scottish government is considering if more restrictions need to be put in place to control rising cases of coronavirus. at her daily briefing, nicola sturgeon said a decision would be made in the next few days. 697 new cases have been reported in scotland si

this is all about the evidence and public health that will be from the end of august to september continuing and have more strands of coronavirus into waleside. that is the reality of the evidence that we have and we are acting on that to keep people safe and many more difficult choices and this did not really need to be the difficulty that it's presenting if the prime minister had chosen to act in a different way to protect people in england and to act in a collegiate way with the other nations of the uk. and how will this be enforced and policed ? uk. and how will this be enforced and policed? while, the police have done this already in effect. your recalled in the first phase of coronavirus, we have kept local rules in place with guidelines to this. throat of the fire and the fury, we have actually had a very clear message that police enforced and people were engaged, they were turned away and those people that wa nted turned away and those people that wanted to press on did receive a number of penalty notices. so, the police have already proven that they can police have already proven that they ca n e nfo rce police have already prove

wales, being brought in from friday. what do the latest changes in retsrictions mean for you? professor linda bauld is a professor of public healthfternoon to you. good afternoon, simon. let's just talk generally about what's happening in wales, because i want to pick up on something the doctor was just saying there. we sometimes forget that the people on the front line, this is a tough time for them, isn't it? absolutely. let's not forget that. as we were just hearing, they've been through a huge amount both in primary health care — shifting their ways of working — and then obviously in secondary care, dealing with covid and non—covid patients. and even within public health, the months of data analysts trying to set up new systems, etc, it's been really tough for the nhs and public health generally. right, well, lots of people sending in questions. this one from alice, who says, "i live in london, now in tier 2, and my family are in hertfordshire, in tier1. can i still go and stay with them?" so, alice is in a similar situation to me, actually, simon, up here in scotland where i can go and see my family outside my local health b

wales. at stormont, northern ireland's first minister stressed the importance of getting the public health messagee in belfast tested positive for covid 19. we have now put in place a digital campaign targeted at young people working in our organisations and using social media using coolfm and indeed something called mobster, which the member might be able to tell me what it is, but i'm not quite sure what it is — i'm sure many of our young people would be able to tell me! but apparently, we are going to use mobster to do some targeting for 16 to 25—year—olds, including students based on their location data. so obviously if they are in queens of the university of ulster or whatever we are obviously able to get some m essa 9 es obviously able to get some m essa g es to obviously able to get some messages to them. arlene foster. finally, that annual challenge for mps of how to mark national poetry day. fortunately, jacob rees—mogg was available. mr deputy speaker, we should take, as i said before, pride in this royal frame. the earth of majesty, this fortress built for nature. this happy breed of me

wales closing down again. hywel griffith, bbc news, caerphilly. martin mckee is professor of european public healthchool of hygiene and tropical medicine — he gave me his take on the situation in europe right now. it's certainly not what i would hope for. it's extremely alarming and we really shouldn't be in this position by now. obviously when the pandemic hit at first nobody knew what to do and we needed to have very severe lockdowns. but we have had a lot of time to put things in place to prevent this happening. unfortunately, we haven't done that. such as what? well, we should have had really well—functioning test, trace and isolate in all countries. a number of countries do have that and moved quickly. but also i think it's quite clear that some have opened up too quickly. and i think what we are seeing now is the consequences of a well—known phenomenon in europe and that is the august summer holiday, where people were mixing in a way that, in retrospect, for some people as was predicted, has allowed the virus to spread widely across many but not all parts of europe. there are, for example, ge

in that position, i am obliged, this is a public health emergency, i am obliged to take action to help to keep walesst for the next few days is very much the same. sunny spells, areas of cloud they enough for drizzle and showers, but the wind will eventually ease —— thick enough. the wind is coming around it ina enough. the wind is coming around it in a clockwise direction, north—easterly. walking along the east coast, you will notice it, taking the edge off the temperatures. starting off with showers and some will align themselves to give heavy showers in kent, the channel islands. brighter skies in some western areas and northern england. temperatures 10-14 , northern england. temperatures 10—14 , cooler northern england. temperatures 10—14, cooler in northern england. temperatures 10—14 , cooler in the northern england. temperatures 10—14, cooler in the wind. overnight, still showers around. some clear skies in the west. here we could see patchy mist and fog and the cloud in parts of scotland thick enough for drizzle. these are the overnight lows, 5—8. in sheltered areas, falling lower. tomorrow,

public health and what the legal situation will be. we know there is a mismatch in local lockdowns around the uk. here in wales. people are not allowed to leave their area unless they have a valid reason, even if they don't have coronavirus. the welsh government called on borisjohnson to adopt the same measures in england. he has refused saying people need to use their common sense so they have pushed towards the threat of quarantine measures. the welsh government can decide somebody from barcelona can't come here because corona rates are too high there and they might enact the same policy to somebody from birmingham or burnley. we don't know whether or not they will push ahead with this. one thing to consider is that three quarters of wales is already locked down so people can't come to those areas from over the border. it would only potentially therefore apply to around a quarter of wales. hywel griffith in wales, thank you. our top story this evening... tens of thosuands of people are still unaware that they've been exposed to coronavirus after a major failure in track and trace system. coming up... outdoor

tracing systems based on local public health teams, such as in scotland, wales and now in some partsear that ventilation is key to reducing viral spread indoors. so will the secretary of state ask the chancellor to promote the installation of filtered ventilation units by removing vat and making them tax—deductible? that way the government could help the hospitality industry make their premises more covid secure rather than having to repeatedly shut them down every time casey surge. the honourable lady talks about the testing system, and indeed the uk by testing system, and indeed the uk by testing system, and indeed the uk by testing system is an example of this whole country working together to keep people safe. the uk system provides the majority of tests into scotla nd provides the majority of tests into scotland and works very closely with the nhs in scotland who also of course provide important testing capacity. that is an example of the local system in scotland and the uk system nationwide working together for the people of scotland. she mentions the isolation payments and i s

we will discuss wales with my next guest but in your opinion, is a nationwide lockdown necessary now in terms of weighing a public healthf solomon. we need the economy to get going because of economy doesn't you will put a lot of people into extreme poverty. to what extent and you take the risk with people's lives because every single life lost isa because every single life lost is a disaster for those people and their family. the columns are stage we need that judgement of solomon to do you get to live with this and until as time that we have a vaccine or do you just manage it on an area by area basis to that is what is happening at the moment and no matter where it is it is incredibly difficult to there is no right way. it could be us soon is no right way. it could be us soonin is no right way. it could be us soon in england. great to talk to you, justin. thank you. as we mentioned it's a similar story in wales — it will go into a short sharp lockdown from friday. the first minister, labour's mark dra keford, said that without this action the nhs in wales would not be able to cope in the weeks and months ahead. but th

lasting two weeks will be in wales being bought in from friday evening, what do the latest changes in retsrictions mean for you? professor linda bauld is a professor of public health wales, because i want to pick up on something the doctor was just saying there. we sometimes forget that the people on the front line, this is a tough time for them, isn't it? absolutely. as we were just hearing, they've been through a huge amount both in primary health care and in secondary care dealing with coronavirus and non—coronavirus patients. the amounts of data a nalysts, patients. the amounts of data analysts, new systems, it's been really tough on the nhs and public health generally. i have a question, from alice, she says i live in london, can i still go and stay with someone in tier1 when i am in tijuana? i can go and see my family outside my local health board area but i'm not allowed to stay with them in their homes. the first thing i would say is the rose of the guidance in yourarea, i would say is the rose of the guidance in your area, you take them with you, so alice in tier 2 isn't allowed to stay in someone else's home but she can see them outside that sheet should

wales. let's go back to france. president macron is introducing a range of measures across france, particularly france's largest cities. it is called a national public healthlp me understand, in practical terms, what this means. state of emergency is a legal measures they've adopted and it takes us back to the height of the first confinement, when i was in place. it allows the prefix of the government to enact measures, but the big news tonight is that president macron has announced measures, that is a cu rfew, announced measures, that is a curfew, a night—time curfew, in paris and eight other big cities in france, because of the virus. that is the story here tonight, that in response to this growing number of cases of covid, 20,000 a day now roughly, and responsive situation in hospitals which he said was even more concerning than back at the beginning, because back in the beginning, because back in the beginning, it was very regional, it was paris and then it was the east of france and then it was the east of france and then it was the east of france and then it was the east of france and then demented patients could be around the country which we re cou

wales. while we appreciate that any decision will be taken following the receipt of public health advice, wet is our concern. businesses in wales will step up and do whatever they can to keep wales safe as they have done throughout this crisis. however, they are going to need support in the shape of business support, financial assistance. as well as extremely clear guidance. what would that financial support look like and how much of the divergences is there, if there is, between what is currently on offer and what you would like to see? it is difficult to found any lists of asks, before we know what the prime minister is going to say in his announcement injust the prime minister is going to say in his announcement in just under one hour. if it is any serious as what has hinted as so far, the packages are going to have to be over and above the economic resilience fund that the welsh government has released over the pandemic crisis and some clear guidance that businesses are going to need to help them adapt to yet another set of rules following the latest change. if we are going to be sectora

wales and scotland had a higher number of deaths compared to other nations. he said a combination of the general population health, the resilience of the public health and socialemic may have contributed to what looks like the highest excess deaths across 21 countries. let me read out some of your thoughts which you have sent in to me about the latest measures. equal respect and rights, the question is, what will england and northern ireland official say if the rate of infections doesn't change? and actually increases? that is an ongoing question. zahra says, i have been isolating for most of the year asi been isolating for most of the year as i receive been isolating for most of the year as i receive cancer been isolating for most of the year as i receive cancer treatment prior to lock down. i would like those ignoring the rules and spreading the disease to stop and think about what effect this is having on others. one more from sean. he asks what the point of the measures is when youngsters in the worst hit areas don't care with no punishment? keep sending in your comments on coronavirus or anything else we are covering today in the usual ways. let's go to n