Three new cases of coronavirus are confirmed in the uk bringing the total to 19. The new cases include the first in wales a patient who had recently been in northern italy. There are growing fears about the global spread of the virus. That is why i think they have been cautious about explaining what would happen in what they call the reasonable worst case scenario, but given that we are at that Tipping Point i think they are rightly starting to explain in more detail what some of those trade offs might be. The outbreak brings the worst stock market falls since 2008 the bank of england says Economic Growth could be downgraded. If the world is slower than it
otherwise would be the uks very open economy has an impact, but the most important thing is to make sure the system is functioning. We are very confident about that and we are on top of that. Well have the latest on the crisis from our Health Editor and our economics correspondent. Also this lunchtime the teenage activist Greta Thunberg leads thousands of people on a Climate Change protest through the streets of bristol. I will not stand aside and watch. I will not be silent while the world is on fire. Will you . Cheering. And when harry met bonjovi at the legendary abbey road studios. And coming up on bbc news england boost their prospects of making the womens t20 world cup semi finals with a 42 run victory over pakistan in canberra. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Three more cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed in the uk, including the first in wales a patient whod recently been in northern italy. It brings the total number of cases here to 19. Fears about the spread of the virus have caused more big falls on Global Stock Markets theyve suffered their worst week since the financial crisis of 2008. The Prime Minister will chair a meeting of the governments Cobra Emergency Committee on monday. Helena wilkinson reports. The two new patients in england confirmed with having the coronavirus are being treated here at the Royal Free Hospital in london. Both contracted the virus in iran. This morning, wales confirmed
its first case. The patient, a man from swansea, had returned from northern italy. We were expecting to see these cases. When we saw the rise in cases in northern italy it became inevitable we would start to see cases in the uk and that is what we are now seeing. See cases in the uk and that is what we are now seeing. Northern ireland also has its first case. It is understand the patient is a woman who was travelling with her child from northern italy via dublin. The child is being tested. In tenerife a small group of guests were allowed to leave the coronavirus hit hotel. The airlinejet to leave the coronavirus hit hotel. The airline jet two has told british holiday makers who are stuck there they will not fly them home unless they will not fly them home unless they have tested negative for the virus. I spoke to jet2 yesterday after the hotel confirmed to me that they believed we would be leaving on they believed we would be leaving on the 9th of march. Jet2 came back and said we would be leaving on the 10th of march, that they would be flying
us of march, that they would be flying us home, however i have asked for their guarantee with regards to our safety, given we have remained in isolation, and there have been passengers not following the protocol. Elsewhere nigeria has reported its first case. The patient is an italian citizen who flew into lagos from milan. The former Health Secretary says it will be a concern to officials. While a lot of our attention has been on italy and japan, what happens in iran and africa is probably more significant in terms of the risks of this turning into a pandemic and having it spread across borders are not possible to contain. In switzerland they have banned all public gatherings of more than 1000 people to try to control the virus spreading. As a result the Geneva Motor Show is the latest big event to be cancelled. Back in the uk, the
government Emergency Committee cobra will meet again on monday. In the early hours of this morning the Prime Minister visited a hospital in kettering to discuss nhs preparations with doctors. With more and more cases being confirmed around the world, there is huge uncertainty about just how around the world, there is huge uncertainty aboutjust how much further this virus will spread. 0ur Health Editor hugh pym is here 19 confirmed cases now in the uk whats your assessment on the spread of this virus . 0ne leading International Health experts said last night this was an unprecedented global challenge, meaning the human cost, the fatalities, the spread of the virus, all these cases, but also the financial cost, with markets tumbling, and really Concerted International Action was needed. Health officials here in the uk still out of the uk that this could
be contained, in other words that the number of cases in countries like the uk might be in the dozens, but they are quite open with the fa ct but they are quite open with the fact that they think its possible that things could get worse and you will end up with hundreds of cases more. Yesterday the chief medical 0fficerfor england more. Yesterday the chief medical officer for england said that measures like closing schools and mass crowd participation events would be actively considered in these circumstances and today we heard from jeremy hunt saying this was a Tipping Point, and he thinks the government here must start preparing people for the social cost if the number of cases accelerates around the uk, meaning possibly closures of schools. In china are holstered to an urban region was closed down and that is not possible ina closed down and that is not possible in a country like the uk or the democracies but certain measures they are actively thinking about but at the moment they think containment isa at the moment they think containment is a possibility still. Well, a state of emergency has been declared in northern japan because of the coronavirus. Jenny hill is in tokyo. Yes, the number of cases here in japan continues to climb, and the governor of the worst affected parts of the country declared a state of emergency requesting People Living there stay at home over the weekend. Cases are climbing. We have heard today the ninth and tenth deaths have occurred injapan. The government here knows it has got to get a handle on this outbreak because in just five get a handle on this outbreak because injust five months get a handle on this outbreak because in just five months tokyo is due to host the 2020 olympics which is why we have seen for example the Prime Minister request that all schools be closed as of monday. 0fficially schools be closed as of monday. Officially the government here says those tokyo games will go ahead. The International OlympicCommittee Says the same thing but of course there
is concern. Injust the same thing but of course there is concern. In just a few weeks the 0lympic is concern. In just a few weeks the Olympic Torch Relay is due to start here and that will be carried all over this country and already the organisers are saying they need need to scale down some of those events. Cases are continuing to rise in other parts of the region like hong kong but the realfocus other parts of the region like hong kong but the real focus continues to be on south korea where the number of infections and deaths continues to soar. Quite apart from the human cost, in a way an illustration of the measure of how this is impacting on the Global Economy, we saw that heidi learned i had to partially close a huge plant in the south of the country after a worker they are tested positive for the virus. Jenny hill, thank you very much indeed. Jenny with the latest from tokyo. Concerns about the spread of the coronavirus have brought big falls in stockmarkets around the world. 0ur economics correspondent Dharshini David is here. The markets are pretty spooked by this outbreak . They do. We were looking at the figures earlier. If you have a pension fund, and i other products that invest in the ftse 100 it is worth no more than it was in 2016. That is how bad the false have been over the last week or so. It is a similar story if you are living in tokyo or new york and you have investments they because the markets have woken up as those outbreaks have woken up as those outbreaks have spread around the world to the fa ct have spread around the world to the fact that the economic fallout is notjust limited to fact that the economic fallout is not just limited to china. Fact that the economic fallout is notjust limited to china. It is not just car makers but it impacts around the world and on demand because containment efforts mean people are not going out to restaurants, bars, not going shopping, all of that has an impact on Economic Growth. We have heard this morning from the governor of the bank of england warning about the bank of england warning about the impact on growth around the world. In isolation, we would expect that world growth would be lower than it otherwise would be,
and that has a knock on effect on the uk. We are not picking it up yet at all in the uk Economic Indicators the survey indicators of other things but if the world is slower than it otherwise would be the uks very open economy has an impact, but the most important thing is to make sure the system is functioning. We are very confident about that and we are on top of that. That is the reassuring news, that policymakers are ready to help out the Global Economy. Like the rest of us the Global Economy. Like the rest of us they do not know how long this impact will go on for or how widely spread. As we were hearing from jenny earlier it is the disruption thatis jenny earlier it is the disruption that is because when factories have to be closed down and work places because that is the main impact. The greater the containment efforts the greater the containment efforts the greater the containment efforts the greater the short Term Economic disruption could be. How much this will add up to we do not know. Thank
you very much indeed. 0ur will add up to we do not know. Thank you very much indeed. Our global trade correspondent. For some manufacturers here in the uk, the business paralysis in china is actually proving good news as retailers return to british factories for products they havent bought in decades. Heres our Business Reporter simon browning. A window of opportunity in a crisis. Uk textile factories are winning new orders because of coronavirus. Just check weve got a good seal around there. This specialised canvas and plastics business in chesterfield is the only maker of Infection Control chambers in the uk. Unsurprisingly, orders are really picking up. Primarily we serve the uk government via a supply chain. But weve been getting third party enquiries from a variety of commercial and other National Governments as well. Its orders for these Medical Transport chambers, used during the Ebola Outbreak by the raf, ministry of defence and nhs, which are really filling the order book. Down in leicester, the knitting machines are working at a higher speed. Complex supply chains stitched together over decades are broken, as no goods come in, unexpected opportunities have appeared. These brothers run this knitwear factory with their parents, who started it in 1987. They lost legions of customers when china boomed. For decades, british retailers turned their backs on factories like this, instead preferring the cheaper production in china. But, as those factories remain closed, those retailers need to start ordering new stock and they are finding factories like this arent so costly, they can order less and the delivery times are much faster. Its had a positive impact from an order point of view and a lot more kind of new enquiries coming through. But there is a bit of concern about the kind of earlier supply chain and getting the Raw Materials in and making sure were not going to run out of any of them. But its those materials,
yarns like some of these from northern italy, which could limit more potential growth. The italian factories theyre from are closed as they fight coronavirus too. I think a lot of the retailers are worried that theyre going to have no stock in store soon because so much comes from the far east now. We are coming into the season for swimwear and thats nearly all made in china and youre going to start seeing a lack of those products in store. The spread of coronavirus has revealed how fragile International Supply chains are when exposed to shock. But these sudden changes to the fabric of the Global Economy are bringing unexpected opportunities much closer to home. Simon browning, bbc news. You can keep up with the latest developments about the coronavirus outbreak, the symptoms to watch out for, how to guard against the virus and what it means for you, on the bbc news app and on our website. Greta thunberg the teenage climate activist has led a protest march and strike by School Children in bristol. Thousands braved rainy conditions to urge World Leaders to take more immediate action in tackling Climate Change, asjon donnison reports. A wet, wintry day but a warm west country welcome for the teenager who has become the face of the fight against Climate Change. Greater. The 17 year old swede in defiant mood. |j will not be silent while the world is on fire. Will you . Adamant how movement can make a difference. Is on fire. Will you . Adamant how movement can make a differencem enough people are pushing for change then change will come and we are those people, and every Single Person counts. A crowd of thousands
braved the mud, many skipping school to turn up. It isjust such a bigger issue thanjust to turn up. It isjust such a bigger issue than just going to turn up. It isjust such a bigger issue thanjust going to to turn up. It isjust such a bigger issue than just going to school. I know gcses are around the corner but this is so much more important. She speaks her word and she speaks to our future. We could be in school studying for things we can do in the future but this is more important. Pa rents future but this is more important. Parents rejected criticism that was responsible to take their kids out of school. It is the exact opposite, it is the responsible thing to do which we should all be doing and it is crazy we are not doing more than we are already doing. This is a small thing we can do to stand out in the rain and show our support. She is an amazing, she has an icon, lam going she is an amazing, she has an icon, i am going to get emotional. Many children came with the backing of their teachers. This is a chance for them not only to be educated on the
issues which will shape the world they grew up in, it is also to help them feel empowered. The feeling of powerlessness can lead to Mental Health problems, anxiety, all sorts of issues, and we want children to feel that they will be heard and taken feel that they will be heard and ta ken seriously. Feel that they will be heard and taken seriously. What do those who organised the days event want . |j taken seriously. What do those who organised the days event want . I am hoping this will give government the push they need to reach the goal is to set things in place. Maybe the rest of the uk will follow. This afternoon, greta led a march around the centre of bristol. When she started her campaign she was alone and no around the world her supporters can be counted in millions. Government plans to spend nearly £29 billion on new roads have been thrown into doubt because of concerns they breach the uks laws on Climate Change. Campaigners are considering legal action after their victory at the appeal court yesterday, blocking the expansion of heathrow airport. Heres our environment analyst roger harrabin. Scenes ofjubilation yesterday when green groups won their case against the government. No third runway. The judges said heathrow expansion did not take into account the uk commitment to cut the emissions that are heating the climate. The head of British Airways today said he now doubts the expansion will happen. I think the likelihood of the third runway at heathrow has significantly diminished, given the decision in the courts today. I think the environmental hurdles have significantly increased and i cant see the current management of heathrow being in a position to address the concerns that people have. Now the Road Builders are in the green group sights. The government promised a massive programme of roads spending as part of its infrastructure plans. Details will be announced next month. The tunnel near stonehenge could be
among the schemes approved. Drivers groups say many other places need a bypass to keep through traffic out of villages. But theres a problem with the roads programme. Bbc news has learned that the officials who decide if specific road schemes are value for money, have failed to take into account the uks latest laws on Climate Change emissions. The government says it does regularly update guidance but any schemes proposed under the old rules could face a legal challenge, just what hap