hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed.s the extensive air time the bbc is devoting to the coronavirus mean it's guilty of scaremongering? and how can reporters provide all the information on the virus that the public needs without encouraging a sense of panic? one subject has led almost all news bulletins this week, and it seems likely to remain top of the agenda for some time to come. here's hugh pym, on thursday's news at ten, reporting on warnings that the coronavirus was likely to spread further in the uk. the warnings today have been on the basis of a worst case scenario. case numbers may be less than expected, but health leaders feel they need to prepare hospitals, their staff and patients for a potentially very tough time ahead. while some viewers have applauded the way the topic‘s been handled — with a twitter user called jonathan posting this... but chris stapleton had a different view, asking, as well as the sheer extent of the coverage, including a number of special programmes on radio and television. the freque

hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. —— rebecca jones, stemming enforce a mirror. 0nnducing panic over coronavirus. with its use of language and images. and how bbc news is reaching out to hear from and how bbc news is reaching out to hearfrom a and how bbc news is reaching out to hear from a section of the audience it is finding hard to appeal to through its young reporter project. as the significant impact of coronavirus on oui’ as the significant impact of coronavirus on our lives becomes increasingly apparent, bbc news has this week examined how that has manifesting itself not just this week examined how that has manifesting itself notjust in terms of health and the world economy but in terms of our shopping habits too. footage like this of supermarket shelves empty of loo roll, hand sanitiser and other household essentials has been aired widely over the past few days. prompting some to question the value of such broadcasts. wendy clumsily wrote to us broadcasts. wendy clumsily wrote to us last sunday: —— wendy hemsley wrote to us last sunday: the speed with which

hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed.is devoting to the coronavirus mean it's guilty of scaremongering? and how can reporters provide all the information on the virus that the public needs without encouraging a sense of panic? one subject has led almost all news bulletins this week, and it seems likely to remain top of the agenda for some time to come. here's hugh pym on thursday's news at ten, reporting on warnings that the coronavirus was likely to spread further in the uk. the warnings today have been on the basis of a worst—case scenario. case numbers may be less than expected, but health leaders feel they need to prepare hospitals, their staff and patients for a potentially very tough time ahead. while some viewers have applauded the way the topic‘s been handled, with a twitter user called jonathan posting this: but chris stapleton had a different view, asking: as well as the sheer extent of the coverage, including a number of special programmes on radio and television, the frequent references to the daily toll of ne

now it‘s time for newswatch with samira ahmed.s today have been on the basis of a worst—case scenario. case numbers may be less than expected, but health leaders feel they need to prepare hospitals, their staff and patients for a potentially very tough time ahead. while some viewers have applauded the way the topic‘s been handled, with a twitter user called jonathan posting this: but chris stapleton had a different view, asking: as well as the sheer extent of the coverage, including a number of special programmes on radio and television, the frequent references to the daily toll of new cases and deaths in the uk and worldwide concerned some viewers. here‘s alan cummings and first, alan collinson. every day, i am hearing announcements such as "three more people have been diagnosed, bringing the number infected to 90". no mention of the people who were diagnosed in the first three weeks, almost all of whom have now fully recovered. 90 is not the number of people who have the virus in the uk today, but the number who have ever had it