i'm shaun ley with the latest from bbc news.e're covering all the latest coronavirus developments, both here and globally. unions representing doctors and nurses have expressed concerns about revised guidance that allows personal protective equipment to be reused in hospitals in england. an official from the doctors‘ union, the bma, said the change could lead to some front line staff deciding they're unable to treat people with covid—19. it comes as the head of the organisation which represents national health service trusts has warned some hospitals could run out of the gowns used in intensive care units this weekend amid a global shortage. in other developments, the world health organization has questioned whether tests for covid—19 antibodies are effective in showing immunity to the disease. some countries hoped the tests would be a way to end lockdowns. president trump has defended a series of tweets encouraging protests against lockdown measures in minnesota, michigan and virginia, three states with democratic party governo

hello, this is bbc news with shaun ley.le to stick to the strict lockdown restrictions. in the uk, police say they will only use their authority if they have to. when we come to enforcement, that really is at the last resort, because in a way, if we come to enforcement, than everything has failed to understand the significance of this endeavour. in the midst of the outbreak, sir keir starmer is elected the new leader of the uk labour party, the main opposition party to the british government. emotional tributes are paid to two nhs nurses in england who died after contracting coronavirus, each leaving behind three children. china remembers. klaxon sounded across the country for the thousands who died from covid—19. the us government issues clear advice — cover your faces in public to stop the spread of the coronavirus. president trump says he has no intention of doing so.

stages but as the country looks forward to next week's gradual easing of lockdown health minister yen shaun is urging caution. germany's streets are still empty its stores still closed a result of the country's strict physical distancing measures after almost a month the restrictions are proving successful germany's hospitals have i.c.u. space to spare at least $10000.00 intensive care beds are available this means the health care system has not yet been overwhelmed by the pandemic according to authorities this is because germany managed to flatten the curve and reach an important milestone a much awaited drop in the infection rate. if you're rationing leaked a reproduction number we calculated is currently 0.7 on average in germany. of course there are regional differences here too. but it's clear that this reproduction number has continued to fall. which means that on average each person who is infected no longer in fact another person. using courage in numbers are what the german government has been aiming for they show that the spread of the virus is finally slowing down although there'

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it's like shaun of the dead. every surgery has different rules and things in place.oking for scripts. they're queuing up outside, they're not letting them in, i think people are panicking and ordering as much as they can. if you see my list — my list‘s normally like a few pages, but i've got like ten pages worth of names. parked up here and have a go. look at that. bingo! look at that! that's more than i pick up in one day. it's obscene. families are getting piles of scripts, i think they're just panicking. that would be a week's worth. it's mad. back at the pharmacy, paul is worried about a shortage of some drugs. the supply of over—the—counter paracetamol is an issue. we have reasonable supplies of packs of 100, but we're breaking them down so that, splitting them, and selling them in 32s. it's potentially illegal to do that. we're running out of other products. some of those branded generics we can't get. some of the inhaler products you can't get. so i was, um, the pharmacist and over the last couple of days i've been a pharmacist, i've been an electrician, i've

no i told you the negative many are there are going concrete that based on in part the shaun of the consumables we haue some consumables that conflict out of the isolation was was the middle problem we have is that many of the nigerian bishops we present the regular hospitals and the whole arab laos rituals are also expected to. do 5. for a good idea i said that on the run jency us with my deficit medical units unfortunately we already know the quality will please and that is one of the dustmen you guys grab. it will do that is to across the pond if there were enough mass to go around for everybody and he had a would you say absolutely wear a mask. yes i think i work because as my colleague in washington say the mask we learned new things about this parcel time the course is changing what the masks dear if you are wearing them out jewels is stop you from being fed to you know the people with your chocolates we may not necessarily provide the person wearing the mask we protect you but everybody wears a mask protect you other people probably so from their breathing. as we know now you know breath

and it's patients like shaun evans in suburban atlanta. he's a diabetic, and after coming down with covid-19, he now needs a new kidney and regular dialysis. >> just so people know, this is kind of the way i take dialysis right now. this is a port in my chest that goes directly to my heart. >> reporter: the study published today looked at 5,700 sick patients, and found that nearly 57% were already struggling with high blood pressure. nearly 42% were dealing with obesity. and nearly 34% were diabetic. they also found that men were more likely to die. harold jenkins came close to dying in a south georgia hospital, and was on a ventilator in the icu. he is also diabetic. >> i've seen a lot of things. i'm a vietnam veteran, you i'm a vietnam veteran, you know. i've done a lot of things. this pandemic is something else. >> reporter: scientists believe that covid-19 targets blood vessels, so patients with pulmonary damage from high blood pressure, for example, could suffer more. there was hope that hydroxychloroquine may help treat sick patients

consumables and because of that many of the african countries including the idea depends on imported shaun of the consumables i will note that in your own camp concrete us where i live on the i developed country many of the. companies producing. these consumables i have to take care of the look comes up sure wish is jewish wish this you how short for so we have china has been never really been a lot of consume it was well next year are not the african country well who could. live we did last. good mosque on down crumbs of must that will produce a look i loot so on. in that is are we to cook doctor which i dispense it continued to desist but dr phil i let me add let me get in there for a 2nd so i understand you're saying the importance of social distancing absolutely but if you definitely had enough masks for everybody and i geria to where would you tell them to wear that well i think. we've written we do treasure that is green and so is the crew another arrow says no nobody asked more do fool the street or the process or quitters be sure i will advise i don't want it we don't leave notes m

now on bbc news, dateline london with shaun ley.lcome to the programme which brings together some of the uk's leading specialist journalists with the foreign correspondents based here who file their stories with the dateline "london". joining us from home: stefanie bolzen is uk and ireland correspondent for germany's die welt. michael goldfarb presents the frdh podcast — that's the first rough draft of history. and, boy, what history is he reporting on now. welcome to you both. and with me again — at a safe distance — the bbc‘s chief international correspondent, lyse doucet. good to have you again. grounded she may be by covid—19, but her curiosity about the world remains undiminished. we'll begin here in the uk. it's week two of the "great stay at home," and the statistics suggest it's working — dramatic falls injourneys on public transport, little activity at airports, quieter roads. this, though, is the calm before the storm. because of the time lag between becoming infected and showing signs, those who are dying now were infecte

our next question will come from shaun of breitbart news. you may go ahead. >> thanks for doing this, leader mccarthy. seeing in new york there's been a drop in hospitalizations and intensive care units as well as the fact that the white house is reporting looking at potentially reopening -- do you think that there's potential for reopening of the country in regions less affected by the coronavirus before the april 30 deadline? or a little bit after that? mr. mccarthy: we know the country is going to reopen. it will have to reopen in -- reopen in phases, with the data. some of this looks promising. looking at the models where the numbers, the predictions and deaths would be and the timing of where the peak would be. california is in a better place here we took options sooner. not sure what it is but this country needs to open back up at the right time. it's important to have the data. the more we can expand on our testing, ea the abbott test i actually took very quick, blood testing, people who have already had it can get back to work. all t

it depends on what lockdown restrictions remain in place. 2005 champion shaun murphy says the sport desperatelynt. i can't ican't imagine i can't imagine that the world chapin chips at the crucible will be a full 970 also about and seated sell—out tournament. i think it might bea sell—out tournament. i think it might be a bit early for that. i would love to be wrong. please god let me be wrong. but i have to say i think from the players point of view but we would just be so thankful to have that event on anyway, anyway it can be on to get our cues out again and have the opportunity to play and go back to work and bring some much—needed normality back to all of our lives. and finally various sports are dealing with this question of behind closed doors and hood may or may not favour. in snicker is there any way of knowing who that might favour?” snicker is there any way of knowing who that might favour? i don't know. i think snicker is in a great position because we are not football or rugby or tennis point to tens of thousands of people. —— i think snooker. behind closed doors it might be strang

rush years sort of new one who dreams and this is one food chain street also known as beijing's shaun's elisa revenue. is a fairly heavily guarded at the moment. guard and police vehicles roughly every 100 meters. this sign informs people of the precautions they must take when they go to work where i'm asked question asks and then there's an image of a foreigner behind bars it seems i failed to tell the truth. he brought the virus back with him and didn't spend time on quarantine the foreigner belongs in jail. china has been blamed for the spread of the virus by trying to dissimulate the origin of the propagation it hasn't turned stoke to mistrust of foreignness who have for the regime become the principal menace of the epidemic and to deal with on one thing a certain very few people are flying anywhere at the moment. there's the express train to beijing is have got. just the same international air travel has been suspended. except for flights operated by the chinese airline. these are very strictly controlled on. this train is usually full. foreigners are no longer allowed to enter chi

this is bbc news with shaun ley.some personal protective equipment is in short supply. speaking at a press conference this afternoon communities secretary robertjenrick said more must be done to get ppe to frontline nhs workers. he said 84 tonnes of it were due to arrive tomorrow from turkey. last night public health england issued advice suggesting health workers should either substitute or reuse personal protective equipment when treating covid—19 patients. this has raised concerns among doctors and nurses. the department of health has insisted the advice is in line with guidance from the world health organisation. it comes as new figures show more than 15,000 people have died in the uk with coronavirus. latest official figures for the uk show there were 888 deaths reported in hospitals in the last 24—hour period. it brings the total number of people who have died in the uk to 15,464. that number doesn't include deaths in care homes or in the community in england and northern ireland. here's our health corresponden

shaun's baby board. >> sean: we've got a minute. >> one of the problems for biden he's been running forars. he first ran for president in 1988. he's always been running. if theodore roosevelt ran for 32 years for president and got elected in 1904, he would've had to declared his candidacy at the age of ten. jfk would begin his first campaign for president at 11 in order to run 32 years before he got elected president. ulysses s. grant would declare at 13. obama 14. fdr 16. lincoln and carter would've become president of candidates in the first race at the age of 19 if they were to run for the next 32 years before they actually got elected. another way of looking at this, sean, biden 2020. if ulysses s. grant was the same age as joe biden when he got elected president, he would've been elected president in 1900, not 1868. et cetera. this is a very old head of the ticket the democrats have nominated and one that's been around the track a lot. >> sean: karl rove. getting a new whiteboard so i don't have to hear it anymore. man... you are cruel. i almost -- cruel! shocking story. russia inv

hello this is bbc news with shaun ley. the headlines... is warned by police for breaking her own advice and twice travelling to her holiday home. people have told me that i am irresponsible, that i have behaved as if my advice does not apply to me. i want people to know i have seen all of that and i have heard the comments. what i did was wrong. i am very sorry. queen elizabeth is to make a rare television address to britain and the commonwealth — stressing the value of self—discipline and resolve. england's health secretary has warned the government will look again at allowing outdoor exercise if people flout social distancing rules. if you don't want us to have to take the step to ban exercise of all forms outside of your own home, then you've got to follow the rules. one of the uk's top scientific advisors says there is currently no precise exit strategy from the lockdown. exit strategies from this were very problematic, challenging. there are a number of ideas in play. president trump warns americans to prepare for a big increase in th

hello, this is bbc news with shaun ley. the headlines...re rejected by a government minister. the national care forum estimates that the number of deaths linked to coronavirus in uk care homes may be far higher than official figures currently show. protesters in several states in the us demand to go back to work, saying stay—at—home measures are too tough. millions of people across the orthodox christian world are marking easter weekend — and not all follow their governmnts' advice on social distancing. now on bbc news, it's time for your questions answered. thanks to the thousands of you have been sending in questions, some about the financial concerns due to coronavirus. we've got two experts with us to help answer them now. jasmine birtles is the editor of moneymagpie.com, and annie shaw is a financial agony aunt. jasmine and annie thank you for joining us. nice to have you once again. annie, iwill start joining us. nice to have you once again. annie, i will start with you and this is from one viewer. he is saying i had to pay a deposit

now, earlier on bbc news my colleague shaun ley wasjoined by lisa minot, the travel editor at the sunvel—related questions my wife and i are due to go on holiday to south africa at the end of august. this is from john daly. we didn't book it through a travel agent. should we cancel? it depends whether they would like to lose the money. technically, according to government advice which is against all but essential travel, indefinitely, that means that if they have taken out travel insurance they should be able to claim on the travel insurance for any of their losses because of this indefinite amount of time before we are being told we are allowed to travel again. practically it might mean that companies are quite difficult to get your money back from. we are seeing a lot of companies dragging their heels, and not giving out those refunds anywhere near as quickly as people should have them. thank you very much for that. let's move on, now. this i think will be of interest to abta. my forthcoming cruise holiday was cancelled by the travel company — they have offered me credit to use for

trials to take place they believe this is a watershed moment this is of the in for some of these to shaun's to see the protests begin. perseus above all important is that this child is taking place i think a lot of people including at times have way through a very long time that this finally takes off it was a huge challenge for them to step back from the shadows and to speak about these crimes the 1st time ever. at thursday's hearing neither defendant indicated what plea they will enter to the charges given the presumption of innocence for all defendants it is for the prosecution to prove its case investigators have compiled a long list of witnesses prepared to testify dominick cain al-jazeera burl in a 2 week ceasefire declared by the sodium erotic coalition in yemen has expired without leading to a permanent truce with the rebels there were news agency says the coalition did not extend the ceasefire because the whole of these continued their attacks there are fears the country's war will now grinds on despite the threat of a potentially disastrous corona virus outbreak yemen's health car

in the last hour i spoke to shaun murphy who was champion in 2005.e honest. there has been quite a lot of worry amongst the players in our little whatsapp groups we chat between is that the tournament might not happen at all, which opens a big can of worms where these players are concerned who are down at the bottom end of the rankings are fighting for their tour survival. that is really their tour survival. that is really the bigger issue here. now i would love to see a little bit more meat on the bone as to when the qualifiers are going to be and a little bit more infrastructure around the event. so the 31st of july to begin with, you talk about those qualifiers and even the event to proper happening at the end of july. i know it is going to be hard to plan, but does it feel like right timing foryou? to plan, but does it feel like right timing for you? it does that feel achievable? we are supposed to be having these rescheduled tour championships in llandudno on the zist championships in llandudno on the 21st ofjuly, that was supposed to happen fiv

my name is shaun whelan, and today, i'm at the ambulance station.ey're bringing in infections. i need to protect myself and the family. i have a disabled wife. sometimes it makes it a really big risk, but we've got to crack on. but, obviously, since this virus has come out, a lot of people have taken notice of the jobs that we do. lorraine and her daughter charlene clean at a community hospital in essex. how has your work been, how challenging has it been? it's in your mind the whole time that what if someone's got it or are they showing symptoms? but i think you just have to get on with things. what would happen if everyone thought, "oh, i can't do it"? everything would come to a standstill. nothing would work without everybody. but without us, the situation would be a lot worse. you know, everything has to stay clean, everything has to run as it should. lorraine's other daughter candice felt her mum and sister weren't getting the recognition they deserved. her facebook post got a huge response. my mum's diabetic, my sister, you know, has got two b

i'm everything shaun in new york. there -- eric shawn in new york. there has been an urgent plea from and other states. we're going to pause for one moment to let our fox stations join us. >> -- 2,500 -- eric: this is fox news coverage of the white house task force briefing on the coronavirus pandemic. i'm eric shawn here in new york. let's listen to the president of the united states and other officials talk about the very late. here he is, the president. >> we have a lot of not only hospitals being built, but now we're manning the hospitals because states are, in many cases, unable to get additional people to work. it's just an incredible situation. there's never been anything like this. one of the important issues in battling this pandemic is coordinating the supplies throughout the nation based upon the most accurate information available, and we've got the best health care and disaster experts anywhere in the world, and everybody will tell you that, and we're dealing with big parts of the world on helping them also through this horrible situatio

joining us now are the chief constable of devon and cornwall police, shaun sawyer, and the chief executive sending clearly is we would welcome visitors, but now is not the time to visit. we will welcome you later when we have come through this very difficult time. chief constable, the message is being put out by those who head up the parts and these beautiful places of interest. how can it be enforced? there is very much a feeling of a soft touch, gentle touch for people, so they don't feel more restricted than they currently are. that is because the government is very clear that this isa government is very clear that this is a national endeavour, everyone plays their part. it is time to put others before yourself. we are seeing so many people across government doing their part. it is the public, the millions of people who will put others before yourself, to be selfless not selfish. the police by consent. when we come to enforcement, there really is the la st enforcement, there really is the last resort. in a way, when we come to enforcement, then everybody has failed to understand the sig