Back we look at what Small Businesses in the us are doing to combat the effects of the disease. So the World Health Organization has warned governments against prematurely rolling back restrictions aimed at containing the coronavirus pandemic says that while the rate of infection has been slowing in some countries others seeing an alarming surge in cases i know that some countries are already planning the transition out of stay at home districts sions w. H. O. Wants to see distractions lifted as much as anyone i disable time lifting restrictions too quickly could lead to a deadly resurgence. The way down can be as dangerous as the were if not money properly for more on this lets bring in our white house cross one can be how could in washington d. C. And kimberly the messages keep those lockdowns going. It keep those lockdowns going even as the u. S. President has considered lifting some of those restrictions in the face of contradicting Public Affairs Health Officials here in the u. S.
Youre watching bbc newsroom live its11am and these are the main stories this morning. The pm chairs a meeting of the governments Emergency Committee on coronavirus as Public Health england warns of the spread of the outbreak. It is likely now that we will see in due course widespread transmission in the uk. What we dont know is exactly how widespread that will be. As the worldwide death toll from the virus passes 3,000 the bank of england says it will take all necessary steps to preserve Financial Stability following recent falls on stock markets. The first round of trade talks between the uk and the European Union begins today 100 negotiators are travelling to brussels for discussions. Greece says its stopped nearly 10,000 migrants crossing the border into the eu from turkey
over the weekend. The government says it wants to give people in Northern England more powers over their railways as it starts Running Services previously operated by arriva rail north. Good morning. Welcome to bb
Good morning. Welcome to breakfast, with Louise Minchin and dan walker. Our headlines today the go ahead to keep on building the High Speed Rail line hs2 the Prime Minister will give his backing to the entire route linking london to birmingham, manchester and leeds. And im live in leeds at the end of the line. Journey times will be cut here by almost an hour. But with surrounding services on their knees, ill be asking, is hs2 the best use of
public money to close the north south divide . The search is on to trace patients treated at a brighton gp surgery where a staff member has tested positive for coronavirus. There seems no end in sight to the divisions in the scotland rugby camp. The stand off between coach Gregor Townsend and his player finn russell continues. Good morning today. Another cold and windy day across scotland, Northern Ireland and Northern England. There isa ireland and Northern England. There is a risk of ice. Coming south we still have some showers around but then we
Chaos across the uk its emerged a 58 year old man was killed yesterday by a falling tree in hampshire. Sinn fein hails the irish general election result as a revolution in the ballot box after winning most first preference votes. And the oscar goes to. Parasite. And the south korean film parasite makes history at the oscars, becoming the first non english language film to take the top prize. Its five oclock our main story is that a doctors surgery in brighton has been closed after a member of staff tested positive for coronavirus. Four more people in the uk have the virus, two of them health care workers. It brings the number of confirmed cases across the country to eight. Globally, there have been more than 40,000 cases with a death toll of more than 900. Here the government has declared the virus a serious and imminent threat to Public Health which means people who are infected can be forcibly quarantined. Heres our correspondent andy moore. A doctors surgery in brighton closed to th
And Bayern Munich in using an inflation valve to pump the trousers full the Champions League. And in the whether it is a cold, of air at the bottom. Frosty, icy starts of the day. I think, wouldnt it be wintry in the west, more rain, snow and sleet succumb. Ill have your full forecast on breakfast. Sleet to come. Its wednesday, the 26th of february. Our top story several European Countries have announced their first coronavirus cases and all of them appear to be linked to the growing outbreak in italy. Austria, croatia and switzerland have now confirmed cases, while hundreds of guests have been told to stay in their rooms in a hotel in tenerife, which has been placed on lockdown. Here in the uk, four schools have been shut after students returned from italian skiing trips. Our correspondent, andy moore, reports. Its not what you would want to see from the balcony of your four star hotel. Instead of a fleet of taxis, there is a fleet of ambulances waiting outside the costa adeje palus h