simon browning reports. it is situation critical. nhs hospitals are running out of vital gowns to protect staff and patients. yesterday, one nhs doctor contacted me to say the situation was so bad at his hospitals that are connected directly to the fact that gowns. i saw on the website that the manufacturing gowns, and my local health care system is very short of gowns. i wanted to get a name and a contact, so to see if you had a name of someone i could talk to to get some gowns. paul durrands is a specialist in ppe. he has worked in government setting up supply chains

simon browning, bbc news. it's never been more important to separate fact from fiction.ling three myths about coronavirus that are being shared online. we're all going to be in this for the long haul and separating fact from fiction is really important. so, here are some more myths you should be aware of. myth number one, lemon juice protects you from covid—19. there have been plenty of claims about things you should eat or drink to thwart coronavirus, and the lemonjuice myth just won't go away. it started with a viral social media post containing advice from a fake chinese scientist. to be clear — lemonjuice is obviously not bad for you. in fact, all fruit and vegetables are essential while nearly all of us have to stay at home. they can help keep you healthy, but they don't stop you getting a virus like this. myth number two, mosquito bites can infect you with the virus. we all know you can get other diseases from mosquito bites, but there's no evidence at all that the little brutes can infect you with coronavirus. again, remember, this is a respiratory virus spread ma

simon browning, bbc news.on, sadiq khan, says he thinks people should wear a facemask whenever they leave home. the government is considering the idea, but the chief medical adviser, professor chris whitty, says the evidence about the effectiveness of masks is weak. a number of countries have, though, made wearing them compulsory. so could they be a way out of the current lockdown? here's our health correspondent, dominic hughes. how to get out of lockdown and get these empty streets back to normal without risking a fresh coronavirus outbreak? that is the question experts at the royal society have been asked to address, how to safely ease social distancing, whether schools can start teaching again, is the virus less dangerous in the summer months, and could the widespread use of face masks make a difference? the mayor of london thinks they can and should be part of the solution? non-medical facial coverage, think of bandannas, masks. what it does not make you more safer. you can still catch the virus, but what

simon browning, bbc news.and jobs crisis caused by coronavirus. we've had thousands of questions coming into the bbc. let's answer some of them with lindsey cook, a personal finance expert and money mentor columnist at the financial times. good to see you, thank you very much for joining good to see you, thank you very much forjoining us. let's start with andrea stevenson in bradford. i have paid a deposit for a package holiday to roads injune, they are now asking for the balance to be paid, should i pay it —— 23 rhodes. asking for the balance to be paid, should i pay it -- 23 rhodes. i'm afraid you should, even though it's probably unlikely your holiday should go ahead, because we don't know when this will be over, until the company cancels the holiday, you have to pay because otherwise you breaching contract. and that's an issue. also holiday companies have got so many people, literally millions of people making claims against holidays that they haven't been able to take already, so they arejust been able to

simon browning reports. it is situation critical.unning out of vital guns to protect staff and patients and yesterday one nhs doctor contacted me to say that the situation was so bad at his hospitals, could i direct him directly to factories who make gams? i have seen on the bbc website that barbour were manufacturing guns, my local system was low on downs, so i contacted you to see if you have someone contacted you to see if you have someone i could talk to to get some guns this man is a specialist in ppe. supply change issues have caused problems. if our staff turn up caused problems. if our staff turn up on shift and our ppe is not in the cupboard, it is not good enough. this morning, the situation experienced by the doctor and his collea g u es experienced by the doctor and his colleagues was acknowledged by the health secretary. we are tight on guns and that is the pressure point right now. —— downs. we have another 55,000 gallons arriving today and we —— gowns. we are working internationally to get more gowns. we are on it and

simon browning reports. it is situation critical.ospitals are running out of vital gowns to protect staff and patients. yesterday, one nhs doctor contacted me to say the situation was so bad at his hospitals could i connect him directly to factories who could make gowns. i'd seen on the bbc web—site that barbour were manufacturing gowns and my local health care system is very, very short of gowns and i wanted to get a name and a contact so i contacted you to see if you had a name of someone i could talk to get some gowns. paul durrands is a specialist in ppe, he has worked in government setting up supply chains before they were changed and this has caused problems. i think the sense of shame, if our staff turn up on shift and the ppe isn't in the cupboard, it isn't good enough. just this morning the situation experienced by dr durrands and his hospital colleagues was acknowledged by the health secretary. we are tight on gowns, that is the pressure point at the moment. we have another 55,000 gowns arriving today and we're working on t

here's our business reporter simon browning. off the truck and straight to the factory floor.ing to work. companies have encouraged us to stop the production in favour of the nhs. jenny got a call from an nhs supplier can get their normal stock from overseas. the first orders for 5000 sets of scrubs by monday. the race is on. the first orders for 5000 sets of scrubs by monday. the race is onm could have happened a couple of weeks earlier, if i'm honest. we are looking at at least 20,000 a week. we have ladies who did not have enough work who are going to come back as well, so we are really going to go for it. within 30 minutes, the first bottoms have been cut and overlooked. well done, christina. this is why you have to make them in the uk. two weeks on from a survey, and the majority of companies who are consulted have still not received a response. supply from overseas has been restricted, so uk factories are desperate to help. this company in sunderland is silent, the factory empty. the boss told the government he could make ppe a fortnight ago. we have 25 staff. at the mom

brown: thank you, simon, your question. the question was what are the metrics and how will the state capacity for contact tracing and i'll add isolation and quarantine in our communities around the state. the oregon health authority is working on a plan to address these issues. like dr. sidelinger to that question. dr. sidelinger: thank you for that question. this epidemic hit, our framework in public public healthn modernization so local public health, tribal health authorities and o.h.a. working together as a system, the skills we needed and resources we would need to implement those skills. that has been supported by our leadership, the governor's as we'vend legislators gotten additional resources in and that plan is setting us to thisto respond current pandemic. we know there are skilled epidemiologists and others with specialized training we need to identify and bring on board. take time but we have ideas of what the need is there and working with our local public health authority partners, healthcare partners, to find

and by the tony blair the gordon brown government the major government made government cameron how as significant because simon stevens of course the boss of n.h.s. england used to be a boss of the us health company united health known for scandals patrick vallance senior adviser here used to work at j.f.k. another scandal that multinational company pharmaceutical company well many of us have been worried about this progressive privatization of the national health service. from the beginning my own view is that it has a role at the margins but not much more than us and we see how difficult it is to caroll to organize so lobel our ace every think that's needed when so much of this is lower provided by private companies who will only do things you know really if it's written into the contracts and they're being paid for it if you take public health itself local public health teams no longer have their own community public health nurses who you could use to deploy it outbreak like this in an epidemic to do the concert tracing i think when this is all over that one of the things that leads to come less of this is

let's talk to simon lewis who was director for gordon brown that met director of communications.a downing street director of communications who has a prime minister in hospital. as far as by minister's conditioners concerned, it is about how you release the news. we have seen that there is a briefing going on right now will stop the situation i was in was brought about very differently. he went to see chancellor merkel and then he woke up and realised his right eye was foggy. he went to moorfield hospital and was told that he might need an operation despite the dramatics, we were seeing that thinking about how we would handle that. the government was still running unlike the situation now where lots of people are suffering from the virus. he planned to have the operation the following sunday but he got it second opinion, this is all in this autobiography, and didn't actually go ahead with it. circumstances were different, how to communicate, when to communicate and how to activate an alternative standing in prime minister were very different. this is very different. it is much mo

simon, thanks so much for that reporting. let's talk about all the developments overnight. dr. sanjay gupta is with us, and dr. megan brainy, emergency physician and associate professor of emergency medicine at brown university in rhode island. good morning to you. sanjay, can we just talk about this new normal? even if it means going to restaurants with fewer people and masks or children going to staggered school days, if that happens a few months from now, how can that be effective for the most people without a vaccine if we don't have contact tracing and rapid testing for everyone? >> yeah. no, i think that's absolutely right, poppy. i think all these things, if you listen closely to what governor newsom or other governors have said, and read these plans very carefully, which we have been doing, it really is predicated on this idea that you gotta have not only lots of testing available. it's got to be practically available to people. poppy, if i were to say to people, you know, right now, if you want to get a test and get a result back within a day, could you do it? there's a lot more people who would answer yes, but there's still too many people who say no. for vulnerable communities, to your