u. k. coronavirus deaths of. nine huh in a day for the very first time the government announced nine hundred thirty eight deaths. among the total deathth toll of seven thousand ninety seven sie the crisis began. to develop health and social care reports of a sixty thousand p people have tested positive. the most famous of them boris johnsnson uk prime minister remains in intensive care for a sececond day he's reportededly sitting up and engaging. positively with h the medical staff that a patio is following this force in london. it's official the prime minister boris johnson is improving- we've just launched from the child to the exchequer the minister of finances- rishi sooner. that the prime m ministr has beeeen quoted sitting up in bed that he's- talalking. to the clinical teams that arere lookig off to him and that central london hospital st thomas's where he's been. since sundayy evening originally in ward and then. moveded t to intensee c ce as you remember something the on m monday eveningng and of coe tha

>>in washington, i'm karin caifa >>this year's tennis tournament in the u k has been canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic the grass court grand slam was set to start on june 29th. it's the first time littleton has been called off since world war 2, the number of confirmed cases has continued to rise in the u k with its government implementing lockdown measures on the entire country. and italy is extending its national lockdown until at least april 13th to cope with the pandemic the country's prime minister said today that although they are seeing a quote positive effects of these social distancing measures that are in place perspective now, italy's first went into a national lockdown on march 10th and it continues to be one of the hardest hit cotries by coronavirus with over 105,000 confirmed cases and ov 12,000 reported deaths. news that came out of the white house today in the daily briefing with the president along with the coronavirus task force they addressed some new efforts to get lifesaving gear to first responders forced to resist asu has the latest. >>the difficult days are ahead for a

u. s. and italaly. the british government seven hundred and sixty three more people with coronavirus have died in the u. k. hospitals taking the total to eighteen thousand one hundred. the corona virus pandemic donna the palo the session this wednesday the leader of the opposition labour party case donna baystate and wasted time in a verbal attack on the government steve of it. of the crop. that's the coronavirus pandemic spreads the world food program is warnining that could be widespread famine. meanwhile the g. twenty nations have pledged to enensure food supplyy to all nations eight. he opens twenty four hour a donkey but this. though the corona virus pandemic was relatively slow to hit many developing countries the world food program warns the outbreak could cause widespread famines of biblical proportions. report by the u. n. organization estimating the pandemic could nearly double the number of people using starvation. but now the world food program else's shows also due to the problem of ours that. an additional hundred thirty million. good beat the braves starvation by y the end f twenty twenty t

just yet so how much has the prime minister's illness influenced the attitudes towards the coronavirus in the u k. well in the beginning of this crisis a prime minister himself seemed kind of careless and i think that reflected in many people's attitudes now of course that has changed went to show that this virus doesn't discriminate so definitely more people became a lot more careful but i think it's also because of the she and numbers that we're looking at here in the u.k. that people are getting more and more worried we are at a point where the death toll has nearly reached $8000.00 it's comparable to the end spain almost the rise of deaths per day $7.00 to $800.00 at the moment the national health service is slowly becoming overwhelmed at some places already at a breaking point where doctors and nurses a saying hospital beds are filling up way too quickly so while boris johnson seems to be out of the woods the country at this point definitely is not yet and he would . expect in the office so to speak. not yet least a just off recovery that could take a few days i guess if we look at the other

what sort of trends have you seen in terms of hiring since the coronavirus crisis in the u .k.? n't think there is a personal business that has not been affected by the coronavirus in the u.k. from speaking to family members who have had to shut down small been unemployed, what an incredibly difficult period it has been. we went from 28 million members in the u k and the hiring rate has dropped 50% year over year and that is a number we extend to continue on a downward trajectory in the coming weeks and months. having said that, there are are -- there are sectors that are essential to the pandemic response. if you work in transportation and logistics or hardware and networking and perhaps not surprisingly in health care, we have seen a significant increase in the number of job post in those areas. in health care specifically, roles on the front lines -- people doing hero work. jobs jumped 38%. having said that, there is another group of industries that i would argue are weathering the storm. financial services. i.t. up and down a couple of percentage points. and at the other extr

weeks later what actually happens in hospitals and it's still not known when the peak of coronavirus will be in the u k. let's bring in rory chan's now he joins us live from london so any word on how he's doing in intensive care and why he might come out. since i sent that report in late last night it does not seem that it's boris johnson's condition has deteriorated significantly any further michael gove the cabinet secretary has been speaking to the british media this morning on the dating us on on what's happened overnight he says that the prime minister has received oxygen support bots that he hasn't been put on a ventilator or or intubated and that as far as he knows or a strengths and has not had any new motion the diagnosis it's being reported in the british media the assumption got about 4 liters of oxygen. the usual threshold for covert 19 patients in i.c.u. intensive care units in the u.k. is about 50 liters so that puts him perhaps. certainly in the in the better health part of the intensive care spectrum for over 19 patients even though dissolves see a very serious situation that the prime

u. k. confirmed with three thousand six hundred because the nineteen related deaths meanwhile a temporary hold special set to house four thousand coronavirus patients opens its doors in the capitotol london. it's a coming up in the press from ten to three three all they nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of the corona virus with checks being around top. get helping hand. drone technology. when i walked in the changed into you out from twenty former self like this and be all he would have longng for you this hour. we tae you first see the united states which now accounts for almost a quarter over portions coronavirus cases worldwide. you'll the epicenter of america's outbreaks or its highest single increase in the number of covered ninety rerelatedd deaths with five hundred and sixty two this friday. will be mall the stations facing a dire shortage defense relations with several hundred set to beat. distribution to the holders take hospitals falsely full featured. brian has this report. it's one of the most drastic changes yet seem to deal with urgent shortages. complaining that state so competing with each other to buy ventilated so

weeks later what actually happens in hospitals and it's still not known when the peak of coronavirus will be in the u k. rory we had gone abroad they're saying that boris johnson asked him to dip his eyes when necessary what does that mean is he actually running the country full time or. will the u.k. is different from the us where there is a very clear cut chain of come on for if the commander in chief the president is out of action in the u.k. it's a bit more. so what we're being told is that yes dominic robb the foreign secretary is deputising for boris johnson where necessary and i think that means that the as most of the big decisions when it comes to coronavirus and the countries response that have been taken. there is some administrative work in putting that into practice and that mainly is what dominic robb is going to be doing there is one decision though which is coming down the line and that is in about a week's time where this 3 week review process on how long the country is going to be staying in lockdown staying in in self isolation that is going to be considered again and that is if this

been aware of this in the weeks leading up you know in the past month or so when coronavirus really took hold in the u k. i think 1st of all every you know everyone's been growing with the understanding and knowledge of what corona virus is and its potential impact and everyone's be very concerned at the mismanagement outsing of the government's. handling of the pandemic the provision of you know p p and showing that it's adequate protective get all around but for people from the bin communities i can see that in my experience i am not surprised that the impact is disproportionate at the history miter impact on being communities but you have to bury my a lot of people from the bin communities who are impacted directly like the key and front lines staffers all of them don't have a choice but to go to work one of the bus drivers that died he is 1st the miss america many collectors family that if he did not go to work his wage would be deducted so that's out you that in fact even the the economics surrounding the it no assurance from the employer to ensure that employees were safe contributed to the high i

u. k. confirmed with three thousand six hundred because the nineteen related deaths meanwhile a temporary hold special set to house four thousand coronavirus the capitotol london. it's a coming up in the press from ten to three three all they nationwide lockdown to prevent

u. k. prime minister boris johnson was moved to intensive care for covid-19 treatment. >> americans are all praying for his recovery. >> reporter: earlier the president held 2 calls on the coronavirus. one is pharmaceutical companies, and the other with democratic presidential rival and former vice president joe biden. >> he gave me his point of view, and i fully understood that. we just had a very friendly conversation. >> reporter: a troubling newly released report from the department of human health and services inspector general, found hospitals are dealing with issues including shortage of supplies, personal protective equipment, toilet paper, and linens, according to a survey conducted in late march. >> it's wrong. give me the name of the inspector general. could politics be entered into that. >> reporter: they're urging the president to fully evoke the production act, and appoint a czar to oversee the distribution of critical supplies. the white house is touting the approval of more than a thousand small business loans through the program that launched on friday, but officials are already warning they may have to ask congress for more money. >> our job is to execute. let's g

u have you don't have to worry about that. but you will have to show at least one ofthe coronavirus related symptoms to access t testing enter through the fairgrounds k 12 and that's locatejust off of valley avenue.so if you live in the area there you go. ll to the east now at least one school strict is alrea planning what to do. just in case, they must continue distance-arning into the next schoolyear. in a message poed on th district website, the dublin unified school district says that they're working on 2 different plans for the next school year one plan wou be w

u have you don't have to worry about that. but you will have to show at least one ofthe coronavirus related symptoms to access t testing enter through the fairgrounds k 12 and that's locatejust off of valley avenue.so if you live in the area there you go. ll to the east now at least one school strict is alrea planning what to do. just in case, they must continue distance-arning into the next schoolyear. in a message poed on th district website, the dublin unified school district says that they're working on 2 different plans for the next school year one plan wou be how to handle students returning to physical assrooms and the other will lay oua plan just in case you know distance-learning must continue into the fall. the strict says said. it is you know in the students best interests to begin the year in classrooms with they just wat to prepared for anything. a unified hool district is setting up more sites in the city to provide free grab and go meals the district announced new partnerships with 5 community-based organizations to expand access. sothe district has provided more than 500,0 free meals to children sinc closing schools because of th coro

u. k. we're live from central london welcome to our viewers from around the world and we're expecting the government's daily coronavirus briefing within the next few minutes and this will be led by the health secretary matt hancock and he's already under pressure after promising 100000 daily coronavirus test by the end of this month will be going live there shortly in the meantime our top stories this hour. i ask you to contain your read peachey it's called i believe we are coming to the end of the 1st phase of this conflict prime minister boris johnson wants against easing lockdown restrictions too early and pleads with the public to be patient as you turns to westminster following his own battle with coronavirus ability to get a commentator peter oborne surely. the minister for the cabinet office mughal go claims he hopes the crisis will focus the minds of the new negotiators in order to secure a trade deal with the u.k. by the end of the year we hear from a political strategist. an increase in state surveillance is the price worth paying to get over the pad every says the tony blair institute for global change the p

this is r t u k we're live from central london welcome to our viewers from around the world and we're just waiting for today's coronavirus press conference given by grant shapps the u.k.'s transport minister but in the meantime our other headlines this hour. the u.k.'s chief medical officer warns that the current peak of coronavirus could be artificial as the government's flagship coated 19 testing website shuts down hours after opening as wales followed scotland with a lock down exit plan. a stark difference in virus death rates between northern ireland of the republic leads to questions about the u.k.'s approach will be talking to a doctor based in the north. as the months of fasting and prayer known as ramadan starts muslim communities around the world find themselves unable to assemble in mosques shut done by the pandemic we hear. the u.k. government's coronavirus testing site shuts down within a few hours of opening as the chief medical officer warns of a 2nd or even 3rd peak that's the welshman is to follow scotland by proposing a lot down exit strategies despite westminster still refusing to reveal nationwide plan

coronavirus figures show another 621 people have died in the u.k. that's about 80 fewer fatalities from the day before john holl has more on what lies ahead for the u k. but i think anybody frankly is expecting very much to change here much before the end of may and again prophet professor ferguson reiterating this week of a government very worried about the people coming out in the sunshine taking advantage of the parks and open spaces i hate to say this park looks like people are behaving pretty responsibly but in lots of other places they have not been the health secretary saying if you don't stay indoors apart from at the absolute essentials like exadata exercising briefly or walking your dog they may have to cancel the privilege to exercise outside at all the number of new coronavirus related deaths in spain of 4 than for the 3rd day in a row with already as reported 674 deaths on sunday compared 280900 day earlier brings the total number of fatalities 212400 iran is reporting another 151 deaths but the number of new infections has decreased for the 5th consecutive day president hassan rouhani says low risk economic activities will resume on sat

increase as a result of the coronavirus pandemic doctors are becoming increasingly concerned that people who need care are staying away from hospital 2 to virus fears r t u kshot it was dashed he spoke to one council patient who's been trying to get the care she needs but found her calls were to no avail toni kroos was supposed to be on the path to becoming cancer free she's already been through the unimaginable twice now but she's fighting the fatal illness for a 3rd time and given her a rare form of cancer tony needs specialist treatment and it can't come soon enough unfortunately because of coronavirus at the moment the trials are actually not running so at the moment all they can really. do locally would be. sort of chemotherapy and things like that so. we are been informed in the past that this type of cancer risk chemotherapy resistant so if i was stout buckey my therapy then that would be more of a palace to treatment rather than something that could help cure this. the single mother of 2 was 1st diagnosed with a rare cancer in her 102016 which resulted in having her i've removed but now the disease has returned to her lungs and skin tissue while he

u k around wing it. a rolling don't get too close to the biggest story in town in fact the only story in town is of course the coronavirus crisis but breaking news it's organized chaos and it is in the driving seat jen is working flat out and correspondents like me in the deep end but with this story is simply can't be like that the government advice is to stay at home in order to stop the spread and anyone that can work from home our team does but in order to broadcast live television as you at least need some people here myself included in the office and in the studio so those of us that have to be here are at least spaced out 2 metres apart with plenty of hand washing a liberal use of hand sanitizer to behind the scenes one absolutely anyone that's not essential to the tech team is kicked out after they've done their setup good news for the lighting rig this is the room we call studio b. where our guests come to do live interviews but now they're all on video link so i guess it's just gathering dust before i go and i need to look presentable and even though the make up artist is here as an extra caution i'm doing it m