But many, particularly the self employed, are still worried about their future. From fast cars to saving lives formual1 teams will switch their skills to produce ventilators, urgently needed in the fight against the virus. I mainly imainly dry i mainly dry weekend with plenty of sunshine but a chilly, brisk easterly wind. All your weekend weather is on the way. Its saturday the 21st of march. Our top story radical measures aimed at reducing the spread of coronavirus have come into force across the uk from today. It follows an announcement by the Prime Minister that all public venues, including pubs, restaurants, gyms, theatres and cinemas, must close, with the decision set to be reviewed on a monthly basis. For the first time in history, the British Government will help to pay wages. Here on breakfast, were going to talk to Stephen Barclay, chief secretary to the treasury, to find out how those measure will work. Well also get reaction from businesses about how the latest closures will
America orders people in more states to stay home. Anyone flouting the restrictions in new york faces fines. Australias bondi beach is closed after large crowds ignore a ban on outdoor gatherings of more than five hundred people. China says there has been no domestic transmission of covid 19 in the country for 3 consecutive days. Islands in the stream that is what we are. In other news, the American Country music legend, kenny rogers, has died at the age of 81. Youre watching bbc news. We are broadcasting to the uk and around the world, as we bring you all the main developments on the coronavirus pandemic. The uk has woken up to a changed way of life, as radical new measures aimed at reducing the spread of coronavirus come into force from today, as much of europe has already been doing. It follows an announcement by the british Prime Minister that all public venues including pubs, restaurants, gyms, theatres and cinemas must close, with the decision set to be reviewed on a monthly basi
I absolutely know this hospital will move heaven and earth to try to meet that demand. Has the government has done enough, fast enough, to save lives . I have no idea if the patients i see have coronavirus or not. Panorama has been following events in the week that changed britain. This is the royal victoria infirmary in newcastle. Britains first confirmed case of covid 19 caused by coronavirus was treated here. Just tie up like this . Mr telford, good morning. Im drgibbins. Im one of the consultants here. Today theyve tested another patient for coronavirus. John telford arrived complaining of a cough and fever. Youre aware weve taken a test for covid 19, the coronavirus . Over the next 24 hours well have that test result back. When i came home i felt really rough and i started to shake, and i thought oh, its worrying us a little bit. At the moment were treating anyone who presents in hospital as an emergency if they have respiratory symptoms, as if they may have covid 19. And then we
Generous, loving. Mum. Katy austin reports. Kimberley finlayson, who was 52, died after two Emergency Operations in indonesia. Now its time for a look at the weather with nick miller. Hello. A lot of fine, settled weather out there, this weekend, with High Pressure in control. Though there is a brisk and chilly easterly wind. The best of the sunshine today will be the eastern side of england and scotland, that is where we will have the bluest sky. A lot of high cloud to the west, the sun will be quite hazy here. Temperatures around 8 12 degrees or so. This is the brisk easterly wind. These are average speeds. It gusts higher, around 50 miles an hour, around some of the coasts of south west england. So it will feel colder as a result. Bit of low cloud toward some north sea coast overnight. We will see a bit of patchy rain edging towards the Western Isles of scotland but for most of us, dry, clear overnight and temperatures a few degrees either side of freezing. So, frost for many going
Its as simple and as stark as that. Theres an appeal to stop panic buying with the reassurance there is more than enough food to go round. And in china people start heading out for the first time good evening, this is the bbc news at ten. Borisjohnson has issued a fresh warning tonight that coronavirus will overwhelm the nhs unless everyone starts to practise social distancing and that the uk was no more than three weeks behind italy when it comes to the spread of the disease. He has urged everyone in the uk to follow offiical guidance to stay at home to save lives. It comes as the nhs struck an unprecedented deal with private hospitals across england to utilise nearly their entire Hospital Capacity to help in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The nhs says the deal will provide 8,000 additional hospital beds across england, nearly 1200 more ventilators, and 700 doctors. News of the deal came hours before Health Officials announced that a further 56 people have died in the uk