u.k. more than 30000 people have died from coated 19 since the pandemic began and a disproportionate number of them are from ethnic minorities for example analysis from the u.k. office of national statistics reveals that black people in the u.k. or 4 times as likely to die from the disease as white people he. reports now from one. has had enough which is why she came here to downing street to protest even though she's 6 months pregnant she had to fight for protective hospital because it just wasn't enough. i'm here today for the doctors nurses and health care workers who lost their lives tragically and senselessly to pull over more than 200 health care workers have died in britain so far 2 thirds of them were ethnic minorities. here in the united kingdom data has shown that the virus does indeed discriminate even though everybody has access to free health care experts are unsure about the reasons but say they vary from overcrowded housing to preexisting medical conditions what is clear though is that covert 19 revealed longstanding existing inequalities in british society which rings true in this multi-ethnic neighborhood of brixton one of the colbert hot spots in the capital patients and

u.k., more than 30,000 people have died from covid-19 since the pandemic began and a disproportionate number of them are from ethnic minorities. for example, analysis from the u.k. office of national statistics reveals black people in the u.k. are four times as likely to die from the disease as white people. we have this reportrt n from london. >> this doctor has had enough, which is whyhy she came t to dog street t to protest. even though she is six months pregnant, she had to fight for protective gear in the hospital because therere just wasn't enoughgh. >> i'm here todayor all the doctors, nurses, and health care workers who lost their lives tragically and senselessly to covid. >> more than 200 health-care workers have died in britain so far, two thirds of them were ethnic minorities. here in the united kingdom, data has shown the virus does indeed discriminate, even though everyone has access to free health care. experts are unsure about the reasons, but say they vary from overcrowded housing to print -- pre-existing medical conditions. what is clear is that covid-19 reveals long-standing existing inequalities in british society. which rings true in this multiethnic neighborhood of brixt

nations. and the only phenomenon welcome new numbers show the grim toll of the corona virus pandemic in the u.k. the country's national statistics office now says more than 32000 people have died of covert 19 that gives britain the highest death toll in europe surpassing heart it's only globally only the us has seen more people succumb to the illness. during the government's daily coronavirus briefing britain's new death toll to live one official most home. and what you see is that deaths in the u.k. is still continuing to climb and is. higher than we would wish i think is all i can say internationally while the prime minister's deputy was eager to point out that figures couldn't be compared at this stage there are different ways of counting deaths as we know we've had that debate in this country we now published data that includes all deaths in all settings and not all countries do that so i'm not sure that the international comparison works unless you can you're reliably know that all countries are measuring in the same way the government's latest hope in the fight against the coronavirus now lies here on the isle of wight the island

of people killed worldwide in the corona virus pandemic has now passed 250000 fresh data shows that the u.k. now has more deaths than any other european country figures released by the u.k.'s office for national statistics show the number of deaths has moved past 32000 overtaking italy the country has been under lockdown since the end of march straight social distancing measures remain in place but authorities are urging people to save lives by staying at home the u.k. no has the 2nd highest coronavirus death toll in the world just behind the us. joining me now from london is our correspondent there good must be if you can become the new epicenter in europe how has it got to this point. well the figures include all the suspected deaths of covert 19 this is what the government is saying say not not everywhere where a test has confirmed that a person has died of the virus but also where it was suspected and of course the government are saying that you have to take it with a pinch of salt at every country records the deaths in a different way and that only in a few months maybe even years time will it be possible to have an accurate comparison but i think one thing is clear the u.k. is definitely definitel

of the pandemic in the u.k. the national statistics office says more than 32 thousand have died of covid-19.ritain has the high death toll in europe, surpassing italy. only the united states has seen more people succumb to the virus. >> britain's new death toll left one official at a >> loss for words. >>what you see is -- >> what you see is deaths still continue to climb and is um, higher than we could wish, is all i could say. >> the prime minister's deputy was seeker to point out figures could not be compared >> at this stage. >>there are different ways of counting deaths, as we know. we now publish data that includes all deaths in all settings, and all countries do that, so i'm not sure the international comparison works. you will know that all countries are reliably measuring the same way. >> the government's latest hope why was here, the inland southern coast, the testing ground for a new contact tracing app, to be rolled out across the country. >> it let you know quickly if you come into contact someone with symptoms. >> is it too little, too late? even the government's chief scientnt

u.k.'s office for national statistics reveals of more than 32000 people have died from cope at 19 that's the highest number in. europe and 2nd only to the united states globally the u.k. has been under lockdown since the end of march and strict social distancing rules remain in place a trial of a mobile phone app has just begun that authorities hope will help contain the outbreak. the isle of wight the new testing ground for a contact tracing app that could be rolled out across the country but with britain now registering the highest number of covert related deaths in europe is it too little too late even the government's chief scientific advisor has now admitted failings. and maybe you don't think. differently there i think if we did manage to ramp the testing capacity quicker it would be beneficial and. you know for all sorts of reasons that didn't happen poor trucks or state critics have long said that britain's conservative government responded too slowly to the spread of the virus and failed to contain the outbreak by widely testing tracing and isolating people and although restrictions

of the u.k. what do they tell a c's numbers jonah. well these are the weekly statistics released by the office of national statistics governing all deaths from all causes here in england and wales from which one can extrapolate to include scotland and northern ireland as well what you're trying to do of course is to work out the overall impact of covered 19 all on the u.k. in the way that they are doing that. widely accepted as the most reliable measure impact by the virus is to look at excess deaths over and above the average for this time of the year when s. figures indicate that up to april the 24th as an 11 day lag time here excess deaths over a 5 week period total $38000.00 in england and wales including the north not in scotland figures that goes up to $42000.00 and this excess deaths numbering 2 sinatras deaths from code 19 but suspected deaths and also deaths related to covered 9000 people who haven't been able to get all spittle haven't wanted to get to hospital haven't been able to get the sort of ongoing treatments that they've needed for ailments that they may have suffered from so pretty large numbers those and fully 34 per

u.k. are more likely to die from code 19 than white people the office of national statistics for all says underlying health conditions poverty and age are all driving factors behind being in a policy after 3 failed elections israel is on its way to forming a new government on the 1st day the israeli parliament approved a power sharing deal between former political rivals benyamin netanyahu and benny gantz but critics say that's yeah we should not be allowed to rule one facing corruption charges. at least 10 people including a child have been killed in a gas leak in southern india more than 200 others have been taken to hospital people living in nearby villages are being moved to safer places it happened at a factory producing plastics in the city of wish aka in under a pradesh state. a cruise ship at the center of a criminal investigation into coronavirus deaths in australia has reached the philippines the ruby princess with around $200.00 filipino crew on board is anchored and mina bay the ship's linked to 21 fatalities and 700 infections this trading government is investigating how 1700

u.k. are more likely to die from covert 19 than white people the office of national statistics report said black people were 4 times more likely to die from the virus than white men and women it says underlying health conditions poverty and age were all driving factors behind the inequality at least 10 people including a child have been killed in a gas leak in southern india more than 200 others have been taken to hospital it happened at a factory producing plastics in the city of which shack up with are now in under president bush state elizabeth purana has this date from new delhi. the gas leak came from $25000.00 ton tanks of gas and that these tanks were left unattended while the factory with closed for 40 days because of india's lockdown that the unintended gas in the tank caused a chemical reaction that heat was produced and that is what was released now we do know that again evacuation teams are checking if everyone in the area is ok they're concerned that this happened in the middle of the night when people would have been sleeping a cruise ship at the center of a criminal investig

the sunday programs a little bit earlier as you mentioned he's the head of the office of national statistics here in the u.k. the figure that was given by the government from the 24 hour period going from friday into saturday was the death toll going up $621.00 bringing the total 228100 31 but diamond said that that figure only applies to people who tested positive for the virus before passing away the death toll could be much higher if you take into consideration people that later on of had covert 19 written on their death certificates as the cause of death he gave the figure of around $30000.00 being a more likely figure that would significantly put the u.k. ahead of its of these being the worst affected country in europe but as i suggested earlier there are so many variables in this he said it was very difficult to compare countries against countries and was somewhat reluctant to do it but nevertheless given the backdrop of rising deaths the government right now can't afford to put a foot wrong and is now in the next couple of weeks trying to roll out more more measures to increase testing but also to be

u.k.'s coronavirus death toll has become the world's 2nd highest according to data released by the office of national statistics the total number has now passed $32000.00 malaysia has begun to ease part of its locked on measures but it's caution us cases continue to rise. germany's highest court house want the country's central bank may have to pull out of the key euro zone bond buying scheme the german constitutional court has upheld several complaints against the european central bank as project begun in 2015 to boost the euro zone's economy all says the e.c.b. must clarify that the asset buying program is not disproportion if it doesn't germany's bundesbank would be barred from participating in this deal. so what does that mean let's ask our financial correspondent conor boozman joins us from frankfurt comma will the european central bank now have to stop their huge amounts of months the acid. low get hot the asset purchases by the e.c.b. can continue at least for now that is of course the most important signal for the financial markets today and the reason why there has not been a shock reaction on the mark

u.k. london. people in poorer areas of the u.k. are more likely to die from coronavirus than those who live in wealthier ones. of the office for national statistics figures show that on average the most deprived areas in england and wales experienced over 50 deaths per 100000 people that's more than double the ratio for some of the most affluent areas 11118 percent to be exact the figures show that the capital has the highest coded 90 mortality rate with more than 80 deaths per 100000 people when it comes as the need for food banks in the u.k. is soaring as the pandemic pushes more people into poverty 1600000 people are already thought to rely on emergency food parcels but according to reports conducted by the trussell trust demand has risen by over 80 percent since march 29th teen over 120 percent more emergency food packages were given out to children during the same period and significantly more people have been using food banks since the corona virus outbreak a 60 percent increase between february and march of this year alone and all this means the amount of people were quarreling emergency food this year is 17 times higher than last year and

u.k. are more likely to die from covert 19 than white people in new data has found the office of national statistics report said black people were 4 times more likely to die from the virus than whites it says underlying health conditions poverty and age were all driving factors the bank of england says the u.k.'s economy could shrink by 14 percent for the merges from the corona virus outbreak the bank's 1st forecast on the effect of the pandemic predicts unemployment will rise to 8 percent this year that's up from 3.7 percent in 2019 a cruise liner linked to $21.00 deaths and about $700.00 kovan $1000.00 cases and australia has arrived in the philippines or than $200.00 filipino crew members on board a gas leak at a chemical plant in southern india has killed at least 8 people hundreds of others have been taken to the hospital as both promises have date from new delhi. the gas leak came from $25000.00 ton tanks of styrene gas and that these tanks were left on attended while the factory with closed for 40 days because of india's lockdown that the on attended gas in the tank caused a chemical reaction

u.k. are more likely to die from cova 19 than white people as some new data that's coming out the office of national statistics or port said black people were 4 times more likely to die from the virus than white men and women and says underlying health conditions poverty and age are all driving factors behind that and equality at least 10 people including a child have been killed in a gas leak in southern india more than 200 others have been taken to the hospital this happened at a factory producing plastics in the city have a shock a partner and entrepreneur state laws with prada has this update from new delhi. the gas leak came from $25000.00 ton tanks of gas and that these tanks were left on attended while the factory with closed for 40 days because of india's lockdown that the unintended gas in the tank caused a chemical reaction that heat was produced and that is what was released now we do know that again evacuation teams are checking if everyone in the area is ok they concerned that this happened in the middle of the night when people would have been sleeping a cruise ship at the center of a criminal in

the end of this but having said that the testing strategy not the testing strategy that's been bad in the u.k. but the recording strategy in the u.k. is very good the office for national statistics discount this very meticulously and this data reason really quite accurate for deaths registered up till the 24th of april now is dominic rogers right there are different ways of accounting for deaths in different countries and it's difficult to know what include what to include say for example in the u.k. at the moment we are including deaths and home nursing homes deaths in hospitals on suspected now suspected deaths main 19 or coronaviruses actually mentioned on the death certificate but even when you take that into account the overall amount of deaths is much higher for this particular week than it would be normally even if you account for the coverage 19 deaths this is still in excess of deaths so it actually looks like the real number of deaths attributable to conflict 19 is somewhat higher than the official figure would suggest at the moment unfortunately fortunately you know you mentioned comparisons here in europe we began this program talking about the parallels of the u.k.

diamond was speaking on a sunday program as he mentioned he's the head of the office of national statistics even in the u.k. the figure that was given by the government from the 24 hour period going from friday into saturday was the death toll going up $621.00 bringing the total 228100 31 but syrian diamond said that that figure only applies to people who tested positive for the virus before passing away the death toll could be much higher if you take into consideration people that later on covert 19 written the lead death certificates as the cause of death he gave the figure of around $30000.00 being a more likely figure that would significantly put the u.k. ahead of being the worst affected country in europe but as i suggested. there are so many variables in this he said it was very difficult to compare countries against countries and was somewhat reluctant to do it but nevertheless given the backdrop of rising dest the government right now can't afford to put a foot wrong and is now in the next couple of weeks trying to roll out more more measures to increase testing but also to be able to pinpoint exac

at the office of national statistics numbers put out every tuesday morning here in england and wales and as you say they paint a fairly unpretty picture of the state of the epidemic here in the u.k. and as you say the desperate need not just here but everywhere for all of that research to carry on and be successful into therapeutics and a vaccine these numbers in the in england and wales now revealing that this country has leapt ahead of italy to become for the time being at least these epidemics are progressing the worst affected country in europe now take you through the numbers. the office for national statistics records deaths up to an 11 day lag period so up to april the 24th all deaths across the board and what they're trying to what you were trying to do here is extrapolate from those numbers and work out the impact of coded 90 more broadly and to do that they look at so-called excess deaths that's deaths above the average for the time of year and up to april the 24th the 5 week period up to april the 24th the number they've settled on is around 38000 when you include scotland and wales that figure goes up 242000 now this excess number is generally becoming accepted as a

from home and seemingly the forgotten victims of the coronavirus crisis so to edward stashing r t u k a london. data from the u.k.'s office for national statistics shows that people from black and ethnic minority backgrounds are significantly more likely to die of coronavirus onus figures show that black males are over 4 times more likely to die of covert 19 than those of white ethnicity but females are even more at risk of the disease they are $4.00 times more likely to die the study also found that people from bangladeshi pakistani indian and other mixed backgrounds had a statistically significant raised risk of death report claims it's not just about social inequalities these results of a difference between ethnic groups in coded 19 mortality is partly a result of socio economic disadvantage and darva circumstances but the remaining part of a difference has not yet been explained. to discuss this further i'm now joined by the director of voice for change england currently a loading couldn't thank you for being with us now these findings are startling on even even without factors such as social deprivation the still a higher risk for black a m

have made the effects of the worst on the poorest supporters include environmental activists extinction rebellion and unite the union while the u.k.'s office for national statistics claims that people living in deprived areas are twice as likely to die from covert 19 another shuttle speaker the event is the national co-chair of barack u.k. easy to holborn she joins me now seated there what a preempt your speech this evening but basically what's your message going to be tonight. it's really going to be focused on the adverse to portion impacts of coronavirus on black communities and on black workers not least their her if basic number of deaths of black and asian a minority ethnic key workers that we've seen in the report from the n s that shows the black african diaspora people are up to 4 times more likely to die than white people and asian people 3 times more likely to die and my request of the government holds a monster the government is really that they need to start doing something about this we've been saying this for weeks we could see that these deaths will happen i hate how you want to come to do something about it what would a socialist answer to this c

u.k. starts with 30540 although of course we know that the office for national statistics their way of calculating figures could suggest the number is significantly higher as for the o n s we understand they are to start publishing their own estimates of the prevalence of coronato virus in the wider population at large and that might give a better idea as to how many people have actually been infected with coated 90 because of course we do know that not even close to anywhere near a majority of the country bitterly tested that's had a better idea as to what that figure maybe is thank you very much indeed for that update former scottish politician tommy sheridan says the devolved government should be following in westminster footsteps as the governors made mistakes in dealing with the virus. boris johnson should wear a mask permanently a mask of shame we were too late when into law though we didn't know and should joosh proper pasting to see just our strategies we know you have the largest death rate from corporate name team in the whole of europe 2nd only in the world do you need the states of ame

today's figures from the office for national statistics show across the u.k. as a whole the lowest number of deaths from coronavirus for 6 weeks this is a national endeavor and whatever the headwinds as a country we can't let up on this we're past the peak we're flattening the curve we've protected the n.h.s. the number of deaths is forming we must keep our resolve. and i also want to say a massive thank you to everybody over the bank holiday weekend who stuck to the social distancing rules and especially to my colleagues in the n.h.s. and in social care who are doing so much even though we're past the peak there are still 8802 people in hospital with corona virus in the u.k. and there is still 98 and it just colleagues in hospital with coronavirus including some who are seriously ill so we must maintain our focus and the 2 areas that i'd like to provide an update on today both incredibly important for the future of tackling this disease p p and treatments 1st we've been working hard to build our supplies of personal protective equipment i know how important this is especially to colleagues

u.k. death toll from corona virus is the highest in europe that's according to newly released data from the office for national statistics shows a number of fatalities reached 30002 weeks ago. libya's internationally recognized government has launched an offensive to capture an air base controlled by the warlord of the for after he has been used to launch air strikes on government forces and they recently seized control of major cities along the western coastline and rejected have to school for a ceasefire during the holy month of ramadan. our correspondent dr dr wyatt is in libya's capital and he says the tripoli government is trying to cut off have to supply lines. half the us forces are still besieged inside a with. the most care in the west of libya for have to his forces especially after they lost civil strategic cities in the worst of the country only a few weeks ago the government military sources say that the arctic switch or they have been rather exit taiji heavy fire by artillery rockets with the forces loyal to the warlord flee for have to and also they say that the now have full control of the area above. thank you spotty to t

u.k. are more likely to die from cars at 19 than white people and the doctors found the office of national statistics report says underlying health conditions poverty and . 8 driving factors behind the inequality. the united nations is asking for nearly $7000000000.00 in funding to fight the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on foreign countries the un humanitarian chief says extraordinary measures are needed to protect vulnerable communities from conflict and starvation. of more mass we're joined by yon egeland in oslo he is the secretary general of the norwegian refugee council thank you for your time what do you make of the effort so far to protect refugees the most vulnerable globally from the coronavirus. where we're working hard to know which a refugee council has 15000 field workers and they have all bathed and delivered through this period of our people and we are ready to do more my worry is that too little money is still reaching the most vulnerable and we have these absolutely gigantic salivation plans for the economy of the north north america europe elsewhere we also have quite a bit o

u.k. has shown that people from black asian and other ethnic minority backgrounds are more likely to die from covert 19 than white people figures released by the office of national statistics show black men and women a 4 times more likely to die after being diagnosed with covered 19 than those who are wise the risk of death is also significant be higher for men and women who are of bangladeshi pakistani or indian origin the report says people have been disproportionately affected by underlying health conditions and economic disadvantages john holl is in london with more. but people have been looking at this issue for some time now the statistics from the oh and s. shine more light on this trend the extent to which black asian and minority ethnic groups so-called b am eager ups are suffering higher rates of all talented than their white ethnic counterparts you know and it's concluding at the moment that it is 4 times more likely that a bait b. a and b. person will dive grown a virus and than his or her white ethnic counterpart i'm standing in branches of of london in the northwest of london an area that has a very high percentage of v.a. and even residents it's also one of

u.k. now has the west that toll in the whole of europe from now these figures been really have been released by the office for national statistics the ins we can look at how some of them break down so for a little wales alone those figures suggest that just under $30000.00 people have died after testing positive for coded 1000 leading up to the 24th of april which was almost 2 weeks ago which would suggest the actual death toll figure is significantly higher in the same week almost 6000 people died in can loan the previous week the figure was just over 3000 so that's double the previous week not the total number of deaths outside a hospital in that week leading up to the 24th of april including care homes people dying at home and so on is just over 7700 while that represents an excess number of deaths of 11 and a half 1000 compared to the same week the before so in other words 11 and a half 1000 more deaths than in the week leading up to april 24th 2019 and when you take into account the numbers from scotland and northern ireland that death toll so passes 32000 which means that britain has moved past it to be in spain those numb

u.k. . the current of us death rate in care homes in the capital is twice as high as an other regions in england the office for national statistics has revealed that there have been 4.7 related deaths in london per 100 beds and that contrasts with just over 3 per 100 in the north east and west and that falls to between 2.5 and 2.8 across the west and east midlands east england yorkshire and the southeast the lowest number has been. in the southwest just under 2 fatalities per $100.00 the monterey care home and ask it has set up a drive through system to allow its residents to meet with their loved ones for the 1st time in months families can talk to their relatives while staying in their vehicles or some holding panels with loving messages handmade signs and in the us. well or for more on these figures and are joined by the chair of independent care group a mike. good to see you thank you for joining us now you're there in the northeast so why the regional variation some authorities are doing better than others yes i think that's reflected on the general density of beds across england you know there are the same amount in differe

museum are suppressed for placement is of course the economic question as well now a scene near data from the office for national statistics showing that the u.k. economy has contract fosters paste on record so far so what do these numbers say according to you know and has the u.k.'s gross domestic product g.d.p. dropped by nearly 6 percent in the march of month alone to put that into perspective the u.k.'s g.d.p. dropped by only slightly more 6.9 percent over the course of the entire financial crisis of 20082009 there are also been record declines in construction and service industries of course industries that were not considered essential car sales restaurants of course also being hard hit and the bank of england have to dictate that the economy could shrink by as much as 25 percent when all is said and done at the end of the next financial quarter and there have been concerns amongst a number of academics and professors that this economic hardship could continue somewhat into the future if and i stress if we end up with an. recession as opposed to a vision where we come back out quite quickly and i'll say over a long period of time could l

u.k. is shown that people from black asian and other ethnic minority backgrounds are more likely to die from covert 19 than white people figures released by the office of national statistics show blank men and women are 4 times more likely to die after being diagnosed with covert 19 than those who are white the risk of death is also significantly higher for men and women who are bangladeshi pakistani or indian the report says such people have been this for portion at the affected by underlying health conditions and economic disadvantage john holl joins us now live from london so jonah what kind of conclusions are being drawn from these rather grim statistics. for people really looking at this issue for some time now these statistics from the onus shine more light on this trend the extent to which black asian and minority ethnic groups circle b.a. and need groups are suffering high rates of mortality but their white ethnic counterparts as you said you know innocent including at the moment that it is 4 times more likely that the da the person would die or wrote a virus of his or her white ethnic counterpart i'm standing in brant it's a barrel of london in the northwest of l

u.k. and shown that people from black asian and other ethnic minority backgrounds are more likely to die from covert 19 than white people figures released by the office of national statistics show black men and women are 4 times more likely to die after being diagnosed with covert 19 than those who are white the risk of death is also significantly higher for men and women bangladeshis pakistanis or indian origin. of the report says such people have been disproportionately affected by underlying health conditions and economic disadvantages show them hussein is a british government adviser and board member of the bradford foundation trustee joins us by skype from bradford in the united kingdom good to have you with us one thing which is kind of interesting about this report of oh it does say that some of these ethnic groups you know they suffer from disadvantaged circumstances it says that even after taking that into account there is still this parity in the death rate why. some you thank you for having is here absolutely i mean this is something that has been reported previously and at long last in everyone is an ingredient that minority communities are disproportionately a

u.k. or so in that people from black or asian and other ethnic minority backgrounds are more likely to die from quote the 19 than why people because race by the office of national statistics show that men and women are 4 times more likely to develop to being diagnosed with a cold at 19 than guns well was the risk of death was also significantly higher for men and women who are all bangladeshi pakistani or indian origin report says such people have been disproportionately affected by underlying health conditions and economic disadvantages haulers along the wall. but people have been looking at this issue for some time now the statistics from the ins shine more light on this trend the extent to which black asian and minority ethnic groups so-called be am eager up so suffering high rates of all talented than their white ethnic counterparts in the ins concluding at the moment that it is 4 times more likely that a bait b. a and b. person would die a proto virus and than his or her white ethnic counterpart now i'm standing in french it's a product of london in the northwest of london an area that has a very high percentage of v.a. and the residents it's also one of the hardest