Of coronavirus this winter. They are dealing with a lot of ongoing pressures. So whilst £3 billion sounds like a lot of money, we need to be absolutely clear how and where that money is going to be spent. Later today the Prime Minister is expected to set out the next steps on the road out of lockdown restrictions and its known hes keen to encourage commuters to return to the workplace to help the economy recover. The uk Tourism Industry says that since lockdown theres been a near total shutdown in International Tourism to and from the uk. Russia dismisses allegations that it tried to steal uk research for a Coronavirus Vaccine. Captain tom moore will be knighted by the queen today in his own personal ceremony at Windsor Castle. Please do get in touch with us regarding any of todays stories, on twitter annita mcveigh, or bbcyourquestions and coming up this hour the Big Butterfly count. The public is urged tojoin an annual butterfly count, as part of efforts to protect wildlife. Good mo
America cope with the coronavirus pandemic. One day we get hit with this thing nobody even ever heard of before. And now we are fighting a different battle. That, as the us becomes the first country in the world to record more than 100,000 positive cases of covid 19. Frontline nhs staff in england will begin being tested for coronavirus this weekend, after heavy criticism over a lack of testing for Health Workers. The three men spearheading the uks fight against covid 19 self isolate two of them test postive for the virus and the third thinks he may have it. Birmingham and manchester join london as more temporary hospitals will be set up to help cope with the pandemic in the uk. Pope francis laments the distressing void descending over italy, as fears grow that the virus is spreading south. And this is the scene in wuhan, where the outbreak began after two months of total lockdown, the city partially re opens again. And for viewers in the uk in half an hour well be answering all of you
You are watching bbc news. The transport secretary, grant shapps, led the governments daily Coronavirus Briefing today. He started by reading out the daily testing and death figures. More than 126,000 tests were carried out yesterday the highest daily testing figure since the crisis let me start by updating you on the latest information from the governments cobra data file. Through our monitoring and testing programme, as of today, 2,219,281 tests for coronavirus have now been carried out in the uk, including a new record of 126,064 tests carried out yesterday. 233,151 people have tested positive, thats an increase of 3446 cases since yesterday. 11,041 people are in hospital with covid 19, thats down 14 from a week ago. Sadly, of those tested positive for coronavirus, 33,604 and tiedeman have now died, thats an increase of 428 fatalities since yesterday. This new figure does include all deaths in all settings, not just include all deaths in all settings, notjust in hospitals. 0ur inclu
Its believed 1 in 400 outside of hospitals and care homes have caught covid 19. Lets go, well start cutting at 12 01, so come on in. People queue at midnight for much needed haircuts, as new zealand reopens thousands of businesses at the end of lockdown. When tiers are in your eyes. And the hospital choir whose bridge over troubled water got a shout out from paul simon. Good afternoon and welcome to viewers on bbc one and the bbc news channel ahead of the daily downing street coronavirus update. The government has announced that a further 428 people have died with the virus in the uk bringing the total number of deaths in hospitals and the Wider Community to 33,614 people. The news comes as Scientists Say a new blood test, which detects whether someone has had coronavirus, is a major step forward. The test looks for antibodies which could indicate some immunity to covid 19 in the future. It was approved last night by Public Health england, and ministers say they want to roll it out as
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