To become mandatory. Parts of the us are still struggling to get on top of the pandemic. If florida were a country, the number of new cases there in one day would put it fourth in the world. And Manchester City have overturned a two year ban on playing European Club football that would have seriously harmed their finances and their chances of keeping their best players. Welcome. The head of the World Health Organization has repeated his warning that the pandemic is getting worse it says too many countries are heading in the wrong direction. This is from its latest briefing. We need to reach a sustainable situation where we have adequate control of the virus without shutting down our lives entirely. Lurching from lockdown to lockdown. Which has a hugely detrimental impact on societies. I want to be straight with you, there will be no return to the old normal for the foreseeable future. One of the fundamental challenges of this pandemic is how little we know what covidi9 is doing to the
Has failed to track down nearly half the close contacts of people with coronavirus, in some of the worst hit areas. The drug ghb, which has been used in murder and rape cases, should have a higher classification according to an official report. And coming up well be speaking to Douglas Stuart whose novel about growing up in glasgow has won this years booker prize for fiction. Hello, good afternoon. The Prime Ministers adviser on ministerial standards, sir alex allan, has resigned, following the inquiry into allegations of bullying by the home secretary. Sir alexs report found that priti patel had not always met the high standards expected of a minister. Downing street said borisjohnson doesnt believe mrs patel has breached the ministerial code, and considers the matter closed. Mrs patel has said she is sorry to have upset people. Heres our political correspondent, helen catt. So we know that borisjohnson likes to stand by his ministers when they are under fire. Weve seen that several t
Deaths. The chinese city of wuhan locked down. More than 600 infected. And its spreading fast. Fear it could spread further. It was over there, in china, where frankly theyve had a lot of outbreaks over the years. China has reported 136 cases of the bird flu. Emergence of the h10 and 8 strain follows that of the fatal h7 and 9 strain last year. The authorities are closing poultry markets in guangdong. Chinas desperate bid to control the latest bird flu virus. But this was no bird flu and the world soon began to take notice. St. Marys hospital in london has a long and storied history fighting disease. Penicillin was discovered here in 1928. It revolutionized medicine. Today, researchers here from Imperial College are working for another radical breakthrough. I think we will see technology that completely changes the way vaccines are being made, and covid 19d is allowing to try this technology. Back in january, professor Robin Shattock was watching the news coming out of china with growi
Million people, the virus was spreading. At first it seemed like a local problem. A newly identified deadly virus from china. The 45 cases have been reported in china, including two deaths. The chinese city of wuhan locked down. More than 600 infected. And its spreading fast. Fear it could spread further. It was over there, in china, where frankly theyve had a lot of outbreaks over the years. China has reported 136 cases of the bird flu. Emergence of the h10 and 8 strain follows that of the fatal h7 and 9 strain last year. The authorities are closing poultry markets in guangdong. Chinas desperate bid to control the latest bird flu virus. But this was no bird flu and the world soon began to take notice. St. Marys hospital in london has a long and storied history fighting disease. Penicillin was discovered here in 1928. It revolutionized medicine. Today, researchers here from Imperial College are working for another radical breakthrough. I think we will see technology that completely cha