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Transcripts For BBCNEWS Breakfast 20200328

Thats the warning from the president of the World Anti Doping Agency to athletes as they begin training for next years olympics. And in weather, while most of you will stay dry this weekend, its getting cloudier, its getting windier, and you are certainly going to notice it, its going to feel colder, too. They will have all the details here on breakfast. Good morning. Its saturday 28th march. Our top story borisjohnson has become the first world leader to test positive for coronavirus. Health secretary matt hancock and chief medical officer chris whitty, have also gone into isolation. On breakfast this morning well look at boots the chemist, trialling the first drive through Testing Centre and how it will work. There are still many questions about the virus coming in from you well talk to experts. Were out getting exercise while we can. How are walkers, joggers, and cyclists managing social distancing . First, andy moore has the latest. There the three men spearheading the nationalfight against there the three men spearheading the national fight against covid 19 and all three are now self isolating because they have or think they have the virus. Ive developed mild symptoms of the coronavirus, thats say a temperature and a persistent cough. The Prime Minister is in self quarantine in this flat above 11 downing street, but says he remains firmly in charge. Be in no doubt that i can continue, thanks to the wizardry of modern technology, to lead the national fight back against coronavirus. On wednesday, the Prime Minister was in the house of commons with his Health Minister sitting close by. Matt hancock has also now tested positive. Are be continuing to do everything they can to get our carers the support that they need and ill be doing that from here, but with no less gusto stop by the governments chief medical officer hasnt tested positive, by professor chris whitty said he had symptoms compatible with covid i9. Chris whitty said he had symptoms compatible with covid19. The nhs is already treating over 6000 coronavirus patients and thousands more are expected in the coming weeks as new hospitals like this one at the excel centre in london. The government says testing help reversals for the virus will start from three new labs this weekend. These tests will be trialed for people on the front line, starting immediately, with hundreds to take place by the end of the weekend, dramatically scaling up next week. Health workers have also been calling repeatedly for better personal Protection Equipment stop the government has changed its guidance to recommend the wearing of equipment for some high risk procedures that might generate infected droplets. But the Hospital Doctors Unions as it doesnt go far enough. They want all staff and patients in hospitals to have access to surgical masks, whether they have the virus not. In london many streets are the virus not. In london many streets a re nearly the virus not. In london many streets are nearly empty. The capital is dealing with more coronavirus cases than any other pa rt coronavirus cases than any other part of the country. The stay at home message is getting through, but will it be enough to stop the nhs being overwhelmed . Anymore, bbc news. Lets talk now to our political correspondent, tom barton. Tom, the coronavirus has now struck at the heart of government. Will this affect how the Prime Minister handles the situation . A lot of questions. My guess some of them are literally about the practicalities. How will they go about business give any circumstance . Thats absolutely right. Downing street are insisting that the Prime Minister can carry on leading the response to this crisis, but he is doing it from self isolation from his flat above number io isolation from his flat above number 10 downing street. He is still meeting people, but instead of doing it face to face is doing is using technology, videoconferencing and things like that. So last night the Prime Minister held a phone call with donald trump, a regular conversation, talking, of course, about the response to this crisis. On thursday night he held a call with companies who are willing to get involved in the effort to build more ventilators for the nhs. Now, as with her, because the Prime Minister isnt the senior figure with this illness. Matt hancock, the Health Secretary, has tested positive for the chief medical officer, chris whitty, and the head of Public Health england, duncan selby, self isolating. Ministers point out this shows, of course, that the disease doesnt discriminate, that anybody can get it. Big decisions they were still being taken, two new temporary Nightingale Hospitals are to be open in birmingham and manchester as well as that one in london, ministers are promising to wrap up testing for an staff. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister has said he is going to write to every household in the country underlining that message to stay home, protect the nhs, and save lives. Tom, thank you very much. The number of people who have died in the uk after testing positive for the coronavirus has risen to 759. The new figure was announced yesterday, and is the biggest daily increase yet. There have now been more than 14,000 confirmed cases. President trump has announced 2 trillion of Financial Support for us citizens to help them through the coronavirus outbreak. There are now more than 100,000 positive cases in the country. Our north america correspondent peter bowes is in los angeles where the number of confirmed cases doubled overnight. Good to see you. We have seen the number of cases rows now we have seen the injection of money announced by the president , what for . Well, this is certainly a very welcome injection of money by the us government, congress agreed it, the president signed it, 2 trillion, as you say. And it is Immediate Release for relief for individuals. Americans will receive Something Like 1200 americans will receive Something Like i200 cheques. Probably in the next couple of weeks. There is also helpful businesses, money going to states and hospitals as well to pay for all of the badly needed equipment. It is still in short supply. Many hospitals around the country, facemasks, ventilators. It wont be the end of the story. It more like a lifeline than an economic stimulus. Most Economic Experts agree that at some point down the road, maybe in a few months time, when the situation is more under control, there will need to be Something Else to get the economy really up and running again. Peter, thanks very much. Peter bowes there for us in los angeles. As we near the end of the first week of lockdown here in the uk, more and more people are changing jobs and moving into areas where there is higher demand. Even with the governments scheme to protectjobs and businesses, recruiters say theyve seen a spike in applicants moving away from sectors such as hospitality, retail and travel. Our Business Correspondent Katie Prescott has the story. Alex browne a successful marquee business, until the ban on events forced him to mothball the company and follow his staff. Now his turning his hand food deliveries. We needed to find a solution for our ongoing costs. So with those diversified our fleet, ongoing costs. So with those diversified ourfleet, we have eight vehicles, and they re diversified ourfleet, we have eight vehicles, and theyre ready to, they are prepped and ready to deliver fruit and veg all over london. With shops and restaurant up and down the country closed and high streets emptied out, some businesses and workers are turning their hand to areas where there is great demand, for example working in supermarkets or in deliveries. Recruiters are reporting a spike in the number of Jobs Available in e commerce, supply chains, educational technology, and gaming. This scheme to help people switch roles free of charge was started by a recruitment consultant. Ive figured that there were a ton of people who had been displaced from hospitality who know how to operate a till, they know how to deliver great levels of customer service, and is noti million miles away from what happens in retail a lot of the time. You will see they are hiring into the thousands of people and they are doing it in a variety of ways, some using online tools, some, like the co op for example, you go in with a cv and effectively they will hire you on the spot. Serving up frozen ready meals is allowing this Events Company to keep on staff who would otherwise have been put on furlough. Its gone absolutely crazy in this time. We were going to start off as a Small Company and the three of us do it all together, now i have been able to move my staff from catering over to food so i can keep them busy and fulfil the orders that keep coming in. Adapting and changing to this newjobs coming in. Adapting and changing to this new jobs market coming in. Adapting and changing to this newjobs market is the name of the game. Katie prescott, bbc news. A man whod been due to take part in the London Marathon next month has run the 26. 2 miles in his back garden. The event has been cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic, but that hasnt put off 36 year old james page. He completed 873 laps of his lawn in sidcup in kent, before crossing a finish line made by his son from toilet roll. Congratulations, james page. When i first saw the story i assumed he had a gigantic garden. 873 lapse of his lawn in kent. This is the perfect finish. It was made from his son by toilet roll. They go. Thats how you do it. 873 times. I dont know how you would count that. Just have no idea. But good on him. Absolutely determined. Keep the thoughts coming in this morning. There is a lot of debate. We will be talking about cycling, walking, the etiquette around that, and albert blood doping. If you have different ways of getting your exercise in these different difficult times how people are coping. Lets take a look at this mornings front pages and most of them lead with the news that the Prime Minister has tested positive for coronavirus. The daily mail describes the development as a triple blow to the heart of government, as both Health Secretary matt hancock and chief medical officer chris whitty, have also gone into isolation. It also has a photo of meghan and harry who have relocated to la amid the outbreak. The guardian says mrjohnson has been accused of failing to take his own advice. The times asks if it will prompt further questions about whether members of the government are following their own guidance on social distancing. And finally the sun says the Prime Minister will be running the country by video link from his downing street flat, while his pregnant fiancee, carrie symonds, has moved out. The inside pages. Have you been wondering what to do with yourself . If you cant get out. There are some ideas in the paper. I have always been a big fan ofjigsaw. Do you like a jigsaw . Been a big fan ofjigsaw. Do you like ajigsaw . No, if im honest opposition this table he i was thinking, is kinda perfect for a jigsaw, but i cant bear them, they dragged me round the bend. Why . Theres just something. Dragged me round the bend. Why . Theresjust something. They are enjoying a comeback. Britain is a p pa re ntly enjoying a comeback. Britain is apparently going on unlikely shopping sprees as they create home offices and gyms but also jigsaw puzzles, growing their own veg, and dressmaking. A really, really like this. In the daily mail. De laet colouring in, charlie . This. In the daily mail. De laet colouring in, charlie . |j this. In the daily mail. De laet colouring in, charlie . I would rather do colouring in. And that is quite a challenging one. It is. But it is lovely. It is a heart made up of all different things, a dragonfly, bee, for the nhs. That is something you could do later. To pass the time. Are you someone who ca res pass the time. Are you someone who cares about going over the edges or not . Yes, i would. They would be fairly meticulous. And then there would be a point where ijust wouldnt. There has been a rise in all that stuff before what we are facing now. People doing that kind of thing. Some people might be doing jigsaws or those kind of things. This is more my style. That is one way to spend the time as well. Look at that phase. This is a gorilla, this is bristol zoo, in her enclosure, im sorry you cant see her name, my apologies. Keira. That is chilled. You see yourself a kin to the gorilla . It makes me relaxed, looking at that picture just makes me relaxed. Good. Thats alli am saying. Now they have seen the gorilla and see new i am kind of seeing it. Laughter. I will be going to talk to matt and see what is happening with the weather. We had a glorious week. Did you enjoy the gorilla picture . As soon as he put it up, i could see it. Charlie in the sunshine. What is happening this weekend, matt . It is getting colder. We have a change on the way, some sunshine around but through the next few days we will see much more cloud develop across the country at times but the wind will be picking up on that will come with an added windchill, it will feel a bit more like january i think by the time we hit tomorrow, compared to this stage in late march. Out there it is because we have High Pressure to the west of us, the winds around clockwise so we dragging thatair us, the winds around clockwise so we dragging that airfrom us, the winds around clockwise so we dragging that air from greenland us, the winds around clockwise so we dragging that airfrom greenland and the arctic through this weekend, hence the in temperature. It will still be a chilly day but a decent amount of sunshine across southern parts. A bit mcleod Northern England, Northern Ireland, some showers possible but scales across scotla nd showers possible but scales across scotland will be a fleet and hills not and scotland will be a fleet and hills notand rain scotland will be a fleet and hills not and rain mix as temperatures continue to drop although here it will be brighter than yesterday, more in the way of breaks in the crowd but the breezes picking up across the board and it will be getting close to gale force in one or two spots across the south and east later on and with the wind coming off the sea this afternoon temperatures dropping across those eastern coastal counties around eight degrees hot, 3 five in northern scotland and tonight, even though we have the breeze it will not stop temperatures from falling and widespread frost across northern and widespread frost across northern and Western Areas in particular and as the breeze stops, the breeze stops you from getting to cool down the coast and tonight we exchange to bst, a little bit darkerfor longer in the morning, light for later into the evening, sunset around half seven and eight oclock. And then into sunday itself, stronger winds across the country and generally more clout about an sunshine will come and go at times and some of the best boards Southern Coastal counties and is tingly east anglia and we will see the strongest of the winds here, maybe a0 or 50 miles an hourat of the winds here, maybe a0 or 50 miles an hour at times and temperatures across the board 90 degrees through the week, i9 degrees through the week, i9 degrees through the week. The effect of the wind will feel significantly colder so if youre in Central Eastern parts of england in particular it will feel closer to freezing. The wind eases a bit into monday and we will see a few showers around, mainly rain by this stage, claudia is probably across the west and a little bit of sunshine in the east and temperatures starting to lift a little bit but it is still going to be chilly and indeed through the week ahead, it is not going to be as warm as the weeks gone because High Pressure is with us gone because High Pressure is with us but it is still to the west, allowing north westerly winds but we will lose some of the chill this weekend. A bit of rain at times in the far north of scotland but elsewhere, most places in the week ahead will stay dry. The best of the sunshine in the south. That is how it is looking. Matt, thanks very much the us now has more confirmed cases of coronavirus than any other country, with more than 100,000 positive tests. Last night, President Trump signed the largest ever financial deal to support people through the pandemic. But how are people there responding to the outbreak . Political analyst eric ham joins us now from washington. Good to see you. Lets answer that question, how are people coping . People are staying off the streets, they are social distancing but of course there is a lot of anxiety across the country of course as you just mentioned, the United States is now leading the world and confirmed coronavirus cases and now what were seeing, even in some of the states such louisiana, michigan, they are hotspots that are growing now so while new york remains the epicentre of this virus, there are other places now that i continuing to grow in scale. Ok, so lets break down what is being offered in terms of help. The trump defence production act 2 trillion of extra money to support businesses. How is this going to be distributed . Well right now, what we are seeing is Many Americans will receive a one time payment of 1200 and in addition to that, they will be provided Unemployment Insurance for Many American workers who have lostjobs or have been laid off or furloughed asa or have been laid off or fur

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