News with ben brown. The headlines. The british Prime Minister sends a letter to every household in the uk warning that the Coronavirus Crisis will get worse before it gets better. Ministers say the public should prepare for a significant period of social distancing. I wish i could predict when this will end but it is vitally important that, at the moment and for weeks ahead, that people maintain the strict social distancing guidelines that have been laid out. 10,000 people in italy have died from the virus the biggest death toll in the world but its Health Minister hopes infections have now reached their highest level. I believe that we are living in the peak of this epidemic. I believe in one weeks time, maximum ten days, we will see a drop, a significant drop of positive cases. Spain is to introduce even tighter limits on who can leave their homes as it announces a new Record Number of deaths in the past 2a hours. In the uk, government commissioned trials for possible treatments beg
Now on bbc news, its time to click. The race to make more ventilators. Robots on the frontline. And how to look sharp on a digital date. This week, the uk went into lockdown over the continuing coronavirus crisis. We were told to limit all of our activities and stay at home. This comes as the World Health Organization says the pandemic is accelerating across the globe. Hospitals everywhere are facing a shortage of equipment, including ventilators. This life saving equipment helps patients to breathe in the most critical cases when their lung function fails. The uk currently has around 8,000 ventilators in the country, but needs many more. So, how do we urgently get access to more of these machines . Can we manufacture more of them in this country . Jen copestake has been looking at some of the possible solutions. The uk government has put a call out to big businesses to help manufacture new ventilators. Already, dyson have answered, saying they are hoping to start production on 10,000
Could be higher than official figures show. President trump says some us states will start lifting coronavirus restrictions this week. You cant always get what you want. The Rolling Stonesjoin some of the biggest names in music from their living rooms to celebrate healthcare workers in a globally televised concert. Good morning. A quiet sunday awaits. If youve got cloud around at the moment, some of it will start to finish and break, so well get some sunshine coming through. All the details shortly. Its sunday, the 19th of april. Our top story a flight carrying more than 80 tonnes of protective equipment is expected to arrive in the uk from turkey today as the government continues to come under pressure about the lack of ppe for frontline hospital and care staff. It follows criticism over doctors and nurses being told they should re use protective equipment. The number of people who have died from covid 19 jumped again yesterday by nearly 900 people. Heres our correspondent john mcmanu
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