u.k. department of health but then gave out all the time to this board thank you. nature is sending us a message those are the words of un environment chief in their own design and today on earth today she joins me from copenhagen in denmark thanks so much anger for coming on i'll get to the message nature is sending us but is coronavirus shaking up geo politics maybe no more fracking after the collapse of oil futures greenhouse gas emissions apparently therefore goes to reduce way a quarter in europe at 2020 thanks to all the locked out. well 1st of all i don't think that we should consider the lockdowns a silver lining to environmental helps because we know that a 1000000000 children are out of school and people falling into poverty so the connections between climate change and corona virus are somewhat they are not as clear as many people think they are clearly the virus appears nothing to do with climate change but we could say this that is climate change in hans's on increases we expect to see ecosystems shifts we expect to see the movements of some of the vect

u.k.'s department of health says that mobile testing unit will travel around the country to increase access to coronavirus testing. these units are meant to operate on top of existing drive-thru test sites to ramp up the number of tests done each day. personnel from the armed forces will collect swabs and care homes, police stations and prisons will be the top priorities. the spread of the coronavirus in russia is having an impact on vladimir putin's presidency. a spike of almost 6,000 new cases reported on saturday and the country's restrictions are fuelling a growing discontent. cnn's matthew chance explains. >> reporter: this is the kind of chaotic scene that the kremlin has been desperate to avoid. hundreds of protesters angered by the coronavirus lockdown, demanding more financial support. these demonstrations were quickly brought under control by riot police, but across the world's biggest country amid tight covid-19 restrictions and a growing death toll, patience is wearing thin. that is a potential threat to vladimir putin. the russian president depends on order and prosperity for h

u.k.'s department of health puts out later in the day is the aggregate number for the whole of the country just because of the way that all these numbers are counted up there's always a bit of variation and it always looks a little bit confusing. they are likely to be undercounted because we know that these are only the deaths that's taking place in hospitals and even so there are other hospital deaths are going to be pushed into the numbers eventually over time they're going to be many more deaths happening outside of hospitals in care homes etc but swore we know i think from this is that the trajectory of the u.k.'s epidemic is still on the upwards. incline it's going up and up and up day by day with a few variations but yes this is still a situation that is getting worse and worse and worse in the u.k. on that side of things on the hospital admissions and the new cases side of things well then there's a bit more optimism there because that the chief scientists and the chief medical offices are saying that they all. i think starting to see some leveling off they've been saying that for a

of the u.k. from the department of health but it looks like at the moment 854 new hospital deaths in the united kingdom and of course that doesn't take into account the number of people who are dying out in care homes or in their own homes and those figures the whole tally for the for the country won't be known for some time yet but this looks like the situation is still getting worse in terms of daily deaths in the united kingdom thanks that update there are a challenge live from london. spain has recorded an increase in daily corona virus infections and deaths for the 1st time in 5 days now the ministry says 743 people succumbed to the virus in the past 24 hours compared to $637.00 reported on monday the rate of confirmed cases also increased slightly on the previous day while the editor has the details from madrid. we have $5478.00 new cases of corona virus in the past 24 hours leaving a total of 148510 lost cities some core of virus in spain in the past 24 hours a 4 percent increase since yesterday despite these figures we have been dismissing crease in the figures we have seen these dissolution ev

and i know not all so on that the number of deaths that have just been published by the department of health in the u.k. 938 reported in hospitals across the u.k. up until 5 pm u.k. time yesterday and that is the worst day this epidemic so far all right that's the picture from london every chance reporting that thank you. the un's chemical weapons watchdog has released its 1st report explicitly blaming the syrian government for sarin and chlorine attacks against civilians the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons looked at 3 attacks in 2017 in the northern syrian time of men in hama province it says there are reasonable grounds to believe government forces used bombs containing sarin that hit heavily congested civilian areas including a hospital report goes on to say that bashar al assad's heavy use of chemical weapons has been a crucial part of his regime's military strategy diplomatic editor james base has been following developments from the united nations. an important report but will it be a game changer clearly the long and horrific saga of the use of chemical weapons goes back to

u.k. fear of asa's a professor of global health metrics and evaluation at the university of washington's department of global health he's one of the researchers behind those stats welcome to the w professor the comparison between the united states and great britain that seems will go frightening why are you predicting this so many more deaths in the smaller country. ellen we start with explaining what we do is so we look at the daily counts of that that are being reported. to fit and we look at the pattern of those deaths they increase when did they start and then with the information that we have from epidemics that have gone further ahead and some of them have started to peak of course 1st in china that's in parts of italy and spain as well as some of the states in the u.s. we're seeing already a decline off deaths due to coal fit to make use of that information to them predict what's the precinct the most likely scenario is that will play out in other countries ok so as far as you can tell from the figures that you compile the way that the a pandemic has gone in britain is much higher than it ha

u.k. changed its counting methodology. well it's of course a huge number huge jump in one day there so before the department of health which is responsible for the counting had only included those that were affected by cold and died in the hospital not outside in the community or in care homes the government when pressured from journalists about this always said that it was too difficult to include those that died in the communities and in care homes but the pressure was too high and the government needed to change that and that explains this huge jump in numbers and it also shows you how widespread the virus is in the u.k. and how deadly it has been it has really affected here not only the elderly and the vulnerable but today's death toll for example included a 14 year old boy who sadly died of covert $99.00 she was otherwise healthy. lack of testing in the u.k. there must be warnings that the real figure is even higher than not. yes some say even in the thousands higher so far the government really has turned a blind eye on care homes and we know that the situation is really devastating then nurses and caretakers who are

u.k. fear of asa's a professor of global health metrics and evaluation at the university of washington's department of global health he's one of the researchers behind those stats welcome to d w professor the comparison between the united states and great britain that seems will get frightening why are you predicting the so many more deaths in the smaller country. ellen we start with explaining what we do is so we look at the daily counts of that that are being reported as too cold fit and we look at the pattern of those deaths they increase when did they start and then with the information that we have from epidemics that have gone further ahead and some of them have started to peak of course 1st in china that's in parts of italy and spain as well as some of the states in the u.s. we're seeing already a decline off deaths due to cold fit so make use of that information to them predict what's the think the most likely scenario is that will play out in other countries ok so as far as you can tell from the figures that you compile the way that the a pandemic has gone in britain is much higher than it

u.k. is now more than $6000.00 according to the department of health that puts the force in the world after italy spain and france let's cross over to the one in charge of parts in london joel what is the latest on the condition of the prime minister. well boris johnson has been brought to san thomas' hospital just across the river from downing street on sunday night it's one of the best hospitals in the united kingdom and he went in for routine testing because yet those persistent symptoms of the virus a high fever and a cough you've been self isolating in downing street for 10 days and we last saw him last thursday when he was clapping for the national house service and he did not look good then so when he went to the hospital there were some tests done and his condition even worse and he received some oxygen support and was then moved to the intensive care unit just in case he needs ventilation downing street says so at the moment he's not on a ventilator he does not have pneumonia this is what downing street tells us but he's being closely monitored and he's 55 we know that he said othe

part of a traditional new year amnestic a spokesman for the prisons department says the release of nearly 25000 inmates is not linked to covert 19 concerns. a top public health professor in the u.k. says britain was too slow to act on the corona virus outbreak speaking to a parliamentary committee antony costello questioned the editors that led to the slow response the death toll has risen on friday to more than 14000 people. where with the cisco system marriage legislation have probably the highest death rates in your and we have to face the reality that we were cheese number but we can make sure that in the 2nd wave when nazis. really challenges life for us in london rory i think this is one of the 1st times the u.k. government has been held to account for the way it's responded to the spread of the virus. certainly wasn't pulling his punches in this committee meeting he said his was in the time for any blame game yet he really did push questions matt hancock the health secretary. the government's handling of this crisis and the spokesperson for the prime minister came out and gave a statement to journalists in the lobby of parliament around lunchtime saying that actually the

the department of health confirmed outbreaks in more than 2000 care homes in england. u.k.s not include deaths facilities in the public tally. brish chancellor says work is underway to get accurate data. spain's death toll has passed 18,000. e rise in new infections has dropped to the lowest levelon since the nade lockdown last month. spain's prime minister says e country is far from victory. canada's prime minister has warned it will be weeks before economic lockdown measures are lifted. justin trudeau has added his country will have to remain vigilant until such time as a vaccine is found. his comments comin contrast to those of president trump, who hasg urged a prompt reopen the country, as we reported earlier. barack obama endorsed joe biden today, saying he has the character and experience to guide america through one of the darkest times. the backing of hormer boss gives biding a boost as he seeks to unify the party. it comes one day after bernie sanders also endorsed him. katty kay has more. just waiting for her. she is coming up on the significance of barack oe ma e

a shortage of chemical components, and experts are struggling to agree on what to do next. the u.k. health departmentors will at thevered to the nhs weekend. and italy, the number of new coronavirus cases have leveled off, hitting a two week low. the nation has reached a plateau, a sign that they may finally be coming under control. spain suffered its deadliest day yet, as well as a record number of deaths in france and great britain. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. anna: the coronavirus has guaranteed to throw the world into recession. the base case for forecasters is a recovery, even a vigorous one gets underway in the second half of 2020. as the pandemic spread through europe and the americas, the wide range of knock on effects comes clearer interview. much will depend on how fast businesses bring back jobs. shedllion positions may be due to the pandemic. goldman sachs strategist say the cost estimated this week that the coronavirus crisis has caused companies to pull $190 billion of b

u.k. is taking part in an eu procurement scheme. although the european commission says that isn't true. >> when we did receive an invitation in the department of health, as it came to the department of health, it was put up to me to be asked and we joined, so we are now members. >> another charge leveled at the government? mismanagement of a growing number of field hospitals set up across the country. dozens of covid-19 patients have interned away for treatment at the nightingale hospital in london. not for want of beds, but because there were not enough nurses to care for them. >> the death toll from the coronavirus in spain has increased over the past one of four hours and the figure is in line with the increases reported over the last few days. sanchez says that he hopes to wind down lockdowns in the second half of may. of coronavirus patients in intensive care here in france has seen its sharpest decline since the outbreak b ben . this while the deathth toll reaches 21,000. the public health chief has warned that the virus is still circulating a high level and the pandemic has shown that doctors are indispensable to the health-care system and are

the department of health has confirmed there have been outbreaks in more than 2000 care the charity says the virus is spreading like wildfire. ca home figures have proven controversial because the u.kike some european countries, does not include people who die from coravirus in their homes in the daily death toll announced to the public. alex has been speaking to the family of one homecare resident. >> my mom was a people's persone toryone that she loved them. everyone loved her. >> rose mitchell was a familiar face on her street in south london. so much so, her neighbors stood ctoutside to pay their reson hearing that she had passed away. she passed away in her care he after contracting coronavirus. her daughter in the rest of the family on the other end of the phone. >> we could hear her breathing. we playe"danny boy," her favorite song. we all told her that we loved hergo and saibye. >> karenin says what is happ in homes cannot be overlooked. >>k can only say to them th you. over the last week,hat has brought us incredible comfort, to know that she was notlone. >> one families exrience. the potentially devasthting impact ocoronavirus crisis on the u.k. economy has been spelled o

u.k. population and it's being driven by the office of national statistics which is the government's stats agency and the department of health and what they're doing is contacting $25000.00 households to get people to essentially buy into this. system where they're going to be testing these people on a periodical basis most are going to have taken from their throats and their nose that will tell the scientists who ran lies in the states or. whether these people do have covert 90. a further 1000 people are going to have blood tests taken to look for antibodies to look for immunity and that will give an idea of you know and in the u.k. population what kind of i suppose the term that has been used so far is heard it. might be in the population and this i think will give an extra platform of information for the governments to. covert 19 response around. workouts. and in what's order restrictions can be lifted. the same time we've got some discussion going on about face masks in public where is public policy heading on that. yes i have stood to victoria train station in london which is one of the u.k.'s main transport hubs it's t

u.k. representatives in brussels and they would have communities those to the foreign office as well as to the department of health so it was always and it's a bit suspicious that hey you use their own e-mail address being the excuse suggesting that we have to do things by e-mail now because of the lockdown is now it's a little bit dodgy and just a final thought the mood of the nation has been pretty behind the government over this witness so could this change things drastically perhaps i think the mood to go there the people is being guarded it behind the government yes they have seen the benefits of a lot of people who are wanting to know ok way to go from here but if it transpires the government of your opportunity to get extra people into the country and they've learned that opportunity because it was new to the year then there will be a backlash that they're willing to sacrifice people's lives front line staff in the n.h.s. and care homes working for the only what's in the right wrist if the government willing to sacrifice that over the ideology or a you believe it breaks it heads will roll and there will be

u.k., where officials accept the country has not done enough to test for coronavirus. the prime minister blamed a shortage of chemical components. experts struggled to agree on what to do next. the health departmentays that this weekend, the first new ventilators will be delivered to the nhs. number ofthe new cases leveled off, hitting a two week low. it's assigned the outbreak in europe may finally coming under control, but spain suffered its deadliest day at. -- yet. there are a record number of for tallies in france and the u.k.. stocks have further to fall below march lows according to jeffrey gundlach. he says that it won't match highs for a long time. projections of a quick recovery are too optimistic. quote feeling of panic will return to markets in mid april. global news, 24 hours a day on air, on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. francine: thanks so much. first of all, british petroleum is seeing capital spending 25% below prior guidance. there are a number of companies coming out and saying they either have to forgo their guidance or give out dividends. hilary clark is working on a great chart we wil

u.k. be discussing this with an advisor to the un and that'll be in the next. now let's have a look at the latest then from the home missions according to the department of health over 133000 people have been confirmed to have the virus 759 all those hospitalized have lost their lives to the illness in the last 24 hours bringing the death toll to more than 18000 today nicolas sturgeon reported 77 more fatalities in scotland as wales announced 15 new deaths were sturgeon says at $384.00 care homes are reporting an outbreak has figures reveal a 3rd of deaths in scotland occur in care homes it comes as almost $300.00 cases are confirmed in $56.00 care homes across northern ireland and the welsh economy minister says that companies flouting the 2 metre social distancing rule would be given finance to help during the crisis. now for the global updates and more than 2000000 people confirmed to have the virus this is according to johns hopkins university and 178000 have died and just on the 700000 have now recovered. and president trump's administration is threatening china with lawsuits as u.s. lawmakers prepare to introduce a bill in the senate that would allow wash