Speaks out about his own struggles. Good evening. The government says its confident that children and teachers will be safe under its plans for schools in england to open to more pupils next month. The Cabinet Office minister michael gove said that while it was impossible to completely eliminate the risk of contracting coronavirus, it was extremely unlikely that a school would be the source of an outbreak. It comes as number of coronavirus deaths reported for the last 2a hours dropped to 170. Thats the lowest since the day after lockdown began, though there is generally a lag at the weekends in the recording of deaths. The total number of people who have died in the uk after testing postive for the virus is now 3a,636. Our first report this evening is from our chief Political Correspondent, vicki young. Could this be what primary schools in england look like in a fortnight . In denmark, pupils are put into small groups with one teacher and kept apart. Its a model the governments sugges
Out about his own struggles. Good evening. The government says its confident that children and teachers will be safe under its plans for schools in england to open to more pupils next month. The Cabinet Office minister michael gove said that while it was impossible to guarantee nobody would catch coronavirus, it was extremely unlikely that a school would be the source of an outbreak. It came as the latest figures showed the number of people who have died in the uk after testing postive for the virus has risen to 3a,636. The deaths of 170 people were reported for the last 2a hours thats the lowest figure since the uk lockdown began in march although there is generally a lag at the weekends in the reporting of deaths. Our chief Political Correspondent vicki young reports. Could this be what primary schools in england look like in a fortnight . In denmark, pupils are put into small groups with one teacher and kept apart. It is a model the government is suggesting here but many teachers an
Brazil now has the fourth largest number of confirmed cases in the world in the last 2a hours 14,919 new infections were recorded. And 14,919 new infections were recorded. How some pa coping and how some parts of the uk are coping with more visitors and the challenge of social distancing. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. Uk cabinet minister michael gove has rejected criticism of the governments plans to get some children back to school in england. Hes insisted having a limited number back, with social distancing, will be safe. The number of daily deaths in the uk dropped to 170 in the last day, the lowest since the day after the lockdown began. It comes as the government pledges £84 million to help accelerate the work of vaccine programmes. For a second time, the former us president , barack 0bama, has criticised Donald Trumps administrations handling of the Coronavirus Cr
More than anything, this pandemic has fully, finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what they are doing. A lot of them arent even pretending to be in charge. People are still being urged to stay away from tourist destinations and follow the lockdown rules for each part of the uk. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. Uk cabinet minister michael gove has rejected criticism of the governments plans to get some children back to school in england. Hes insisted having a limited number back, with social distancing, will be safe. The number of daily deaths in the uk dropped to 170 in the last day the lowest since the day after the lockdown began. It comes as the government pledges £81; million to help accelerate the work of vaccine programmes. For a second time, the former us president , barack 0bama, has criticised Donald Trumps administrat
Scientists warn is likely. It may be that actually easing lockdown is perfectly 0k in areas like london, which were hit early and hit hard, where the epidemic seems to have been virtually passed in many parts of the community, with a few exceptions. But up north, its still a very large number of cases. Testing people for coronavirus and tracing those theyve had contact with will be crucial to controlling the virus as restrictions are lifted, but labour and others are concerned the systems are not fully ready. Test, track and isolate is fundamental because unless that works, we wont know where the disease is, we wont able to shut it down in localised areas and we can see the reimposition of a lockdown and as you would expect, as shadow chancellor, im very, very concerned about what would happen to our economy if that happens, as well as the health impact. Relaxing the rules is not without risk and the impact the changes will have is unclear. Jonathan blake, bbc news. Lets speak now to a