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emergency rescue scheme. been announced by the health secretary. the government says it wants it's time to do your to carry out 100,000 tests a day bit. the health secretary urges by the end of the month compared premier league footballers to the current level to take a pay of 10,000 tests a day. cut to help out there was more clapping for during the carers and key workers yesterday coronavirus pandemic. evening, who are keeping the country running plus, in weather, a bit chilly out throughout the crisis. there this morning, frost we'll hear your tributes to for some, them. but by sunday, we could see we'll get reaction to all of that from the health secretary, temperatures as high as 21. i'll matt hancock, at have your full forecast in 07.25. first, our correspondent half—an—hour. it's friday, april the danjohnson has the latest. 3rd. our top story: cheering, applause plans to significantly increase and car horns sound. coronavirus testing in england have someone once said the nhs been announced by the health secretary. is the closest thing we have the government says it wants to carry out 100,000 tests to our own religion. a day by the end of the month, if so, this is our compared to the current level new of 10,000 tests regular act of worship. a day. up and down the land, thanks there was more clapping and praise for carers of all kinds, for carers and key workers yesterday evening, who are keeping the country and the key workers running throughout the crisis. we'll hear your tributes keeping the country on its to them. we'll get reaction to all feet. even the poorly prime minister of that briefly emerged from isolation from the health to applaud the workers his secretary, matt hancock, at 7:25am. government is accused of failing

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first, danjohnson has to properly protect with enough the latest. equipment or available tests. applause someone ok, thanks, nhs! thank you, thank you! once said thanks, all. the nhs how could this drive—through centre stand empty yesterday when doctors is the closest thing we have two and nurses want to know if they can our own religion. get back to work? if so, this is our new regular act and we're all wondering just how of worship. widespread the virus really is. up of worship. up and down the land, thanks and it's a trial, the government praise for carers of all says, which will soon be fully operational. kinds, and we want more testing. the key workers are keeping the country on its of course i understand why people want the certainty that feet. even the you get from having a pally prime minister briefly emerged from test, so we're ramping up isolation to applaud the workers his government is accused of testing. we've hit the goal of failing to having 10,000 properly protect with enough tests a day by the end equipment or available of march, tests. and today i've set the goal thanks, nhs! of 100,000 tests a day thank you! by the end of how could this drive—through centre this month. stand empty yesterday when doctors note the language — and nurses want to know if it's a goal, not a target. they can the government admits our testing get back to work? and we're lags behind some other countries, all wondering just how the virus really so the plan now is to build up capacity by involving more companies is. its a trial, the and university

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Breakfast-20200403-05:05:00

just nine days. there health secretary out of isolation having recovered from the are 500 beds coronavirus himself. and after here with 3500 more to follow, a days, as you say, of unanswered questions hint of how much worse about how the government things might get. dan johnson, bbc is approaching testing for covid—19, he hint of how much worse things might get. danjohnson, bbc news. dan johnson, bbc news. came up with this let's speak now to our political correspondent, 100,000 test per jonathan blake, who joins us from westminster. day target which the government aims that was a stark change yesterday, to meet by the end that press conference, compared of april. it is a to big ask, though, because we are previous days, and a lot more currently, as you heard in information, but how clear was that it? report, testing 10,000 people per the target is clear, as you saw day, so there is a lot of ground to in the report, of 100,000 tests make up and there isn't that much detail on exactly how the government per day by the end of april and that's what is going to do it. it the health secretary is saying, and seems, broadly it is what the government speaking, it will expand what is will be done already, the testing judged on now. we of nhs had a lot of patients, who are sick with coronavirus or suspected to be, numbers to get our heads around and nhs staff, so they can get back to in the last few days, there's been 10,000 tests, the target by the work if they have symptoms but don't necessarily have the virus, but end of march, that's been met, then the much bigger question, when and if 25,000 by mid april, which became that test to see if people have already had the virus and are now late april, now this 100,000 immune to it will tests a day target by the end come into play.

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Breakfast-20200403-05:03:00

government says, which will soon be fully operational. we wa nt labs. operational. here, nhs staff queued to find out we want more testing. of if they're safe to go course i back to the understand why people want the certainty that you get from having front line. this is horrible, i can a test, so we're ramping only apologise for it. this is the antigen test, up testing. we've hit the goal of having 10,000 showing whether you currently have the virus and tests a day by the end of may spread it. march, and today i've set a goal then this is an antibody test, which shows if you've had it, of 100,000 tests a day by the end maybe without realising, of this and could now have immunity. month. note the language, it's a goal, not the government ordered millions of these, and wants millions more, a target. the government but their reliability isn't admits our guaranteed, and a bad test is deemed worse than testing lags behind some other countries, so the plan now is to no test. build up capacity by involving more this is definitely a step in the right direction. companies and university experts welcome the increase, but say more is still needed. labs. here, nhs staff queued to find out testing is not a magic bullet that if they're here, nhs staff queued to find out if they‘ re safe to here, nhs staff queued to find out if they're safe to go back to the will kill the epidemic. frontline. it's got to be seen as part this is horrible, i can only apologise for it. of a multifaceted strategy. this is the antigen test, showing and currently, there's a lot where the you currently have the of focus on testing for the purpose virus and may of helping health workers get back into the nhs, helping spread it. with population surveillance, and this is an antibody test, which but what's missing is the third shows if you've had it, maybe aspect of testing, which is its use

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Breakfast-20200403-05:04:00

without realising, and could now to try and minimise and stop have immunity. the community government transmission. ordered millions of these and ordered millions of these and ordered millions of these and there were another 569 ordered millions more, but reliability isn't guaranteed and a deaths across the uk, bad test is deemed worse than no which means the total is now test. this is definitely a step in close to 3,000. the right direction. as more people suffer, experts welcomed the increase here's the extra capacity — but london's nightingale hospital, say more is needed. ready to open after being fitted this is not a out in just nine magic bullet that will days. kill the epidemic, it's got to be there are 500 beds here seen as with 3,500 more to follow, kill the epidemic, it's got to be seen as part of a multifaceted strategy. there's a lot to be said a hint of how much worse for testing to get things might get. help workers back dan johnson, bbc in the nhs, helping with news. let's speak now to our political populations, but what's missing is correspondent, jonathan blake, the third aspect of who joins us testing, which is used to try to minimise from westminster. and to good morning to you, jonathan. stop community transmission. there was a real contrast, i'm looking at there were another 569 the front pages seeing the headlines deaths across the uk, which means the this morning, a number to be spoken total is now about rather than yesterday when referring to the government press close to 3000. as more conferences, there were just people suffer, here's the extra questions which were not answered. it's a very different feel to that capacity — london's nightingale hospital, ready news co nfe re nce it's a very different feel to that news conference in downing street to open after being fitted out in yesterday with matt hancock the

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Breakfast-20200403-05:09:00

public officials there have advised weeks later, cases doubled to 200,000. now, people living there to wear protection on their faces. in the last week alone, the number of peter, thank you very infections have jumped from the last week alone, the number of infections havejumped from half the last week alone, the number of infections have jumped from half a much. million last friday to more than 1 the scheme offering government—backed loans to companies million last friday to more than 1 struggling during the pandemic million now. 10 million is is being expanded, and some of its rules relaxed. obviously the chancellor, rishi sunak, a huge number and presents an said more small companies would be important milestone, but i think eligible, and those with a turnover of up to £500 million what we need to remember is that these are the numbers of would also qualify. business groups said they were pleased the government had guide note cases and in fact the unknown of the listened to amount of people that haven't had a their concerns. test to know they've been infected bus companies in england are to have is obviously likely to be much financial losses covered by the government over greater than that. so my worry, the next three months, to ensure services can still run. really, is what this means globally similar pledges have already and we are keeping an eye on been made in scotland and wales. the industry says passenger numbers many have fallen off a cliff other countries around the world, since people were advised especially africa, where similar against all non—essential travel. case numbers are beginning to creep for the second week in a row, up. we have seen what happens applause rang out last night in tribute to all of the nhs staff, when this virus hits countries carers and key workers keeping with relatively strong health systems. in the country going. brea kfast‘s jayne mccubbin has put together europe and the usa, medics a selection of some of her favourite moments. have been let's take a look. overwhelmed. there are grave concerns about what will happen in countries with far weaker health ca re countries with far weaker health

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Breakfast-20200403-05:33:00

just a second, let me just very busy as you can imagine. firstly, i will finish. there is the ramp up within the nhs, say thank you for getting up in the there is the middle of your night to talk to us on the programme. 0ur viewers existing testing do companies like thermo appreciated as we do, as well. thank you very much for fisher, and companies like thermo fisher, and companies coming new into this that. yesterday, space, and there is we saw the press conference with matt hancock and the chief the university la bs a cross medical space, and there is the university 0fficer. matt hancock and the chief medical officer. a lot more detailed labs across the board, where we have coming an awful lot of work to do to make in. just as a gp, and it happen, and that's why i talk in i know gps are some way along the line when it the language of a goal. of course we got to get there. but there is comes to testing, tell me what you initially felt about the change in a huge amount of work to do. one of how the testing the things i try to do yesterday set is now panning out some of the real world out. challenges that there are. there are well, we were doing a lot barriers, bumps in the of testing, when we were trying to road, and restrict and isolate people and some of this is going to be follow them up, we were having very difficult. do you think everything which has been done big testing sessions and of course it suddenly stopped when it went into in a timely fashion? everyone accepts the next containment to trying to this move on intojust country and governments are going the next containment to trying to move on into just testing people the next containment to trying to move on intojust testing people in hospital, and i think it meant we through a steep learning we re curve and hospital, and i think it meant we were blind in what was actually there will be mistakes made and happening in the decisions, a lot of home side, community. assuming looking back and saying we could have done that better, and one of

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Breakfast-20200403-05:31:00

special heroes half—hour. test for other things that are going to have to turn good morning. here's a summary of today's main their efforts, their stories from bbc news. expertise and their lab capacity plans to significantly increase coronavirus testing in england have over to testing been announced by the government. the goal is to carry out 100,000 for coronavirus, so tests a day by the end of the month it's a five pronged approach. i will compared to current level be setting out more of 10,000 a day. details, of it follows criticism the government course, but over those five pillars as we call them, wasn't doing enough testing. yesterday, 569 people i'm determined that with coronavirus died we get to 100,000 tests a day. in the uk, bringing the total it's a challenge to the whole system, a clear goal that we have to almost 3—thousand. two more field hospitals are to be set and i built in bristol and harrogate understand why people are yearning to cope with an expected for these tests as well. and how surge in coronavirus cases. important it is. i want to take a it'll create capacity look at your language you for 1,500 patients. are using. it follows the opening of the new it's a challenge. you say this is a nightingale hospital in london, which will provide 4,000 beds. goal. we spoke to an nhs the first patients are expected worker earlier, who says they have heard to arrive next week. you say this as a commitment, that americans are being encouraged it will happen, can to wearface masks in public to help you guarantee stop the spread of the virus. this is going to happen without the united states recorded 1,169 using language like goal

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of the month. indeed, jonathan, we will talk to at the moment, to the health secretary at 7:25am, give you an idea, and looking at that and other we are testing around 10,000 people per day, so that gives you an issues, as well. questions in if you idea of how much that want them to, keep them coming in. we will number needs to pass those through. increase. how it will thank you. the new nhs nightingale be done is hospital in london is set less detailed from the government, to officially open today. staff will begin moving into the temporary intensive but it seems broadly by care unit this morning, the with the first patients expected expansion of the tests already, to to arrive next week. let's join our correspondent angus crawford, who's nhs patients in hospital and staff, at the hospitalfor to tell them whether they have the us now. virus and angus, we have watched with interest allow them as it's grown, now complete and the to return staff are in today, is to work if they that right? well, we will also have a royal don't and continue opening from self isolating if they do. lockdown, and there no date for the other test those... prince charles, who's had the that tells people illness at its home in scotland, if they've had will broadcast to staff here, a the virus and tribute from a large screen outside later today and pay tribute to the are work of the civilian contractors, immune to the military and everyone else it and

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is replicating scenes. it could be songs 01’ is replicating scenes. it could be songs or whatever it is. this is please. this new level, 100,000 tests taking great pieces of art and kind a day of replicating them at home. i am by the end of the month, currently not familiar with quite a few of we are at10,000 these pieces about, but you get the idea. there is the by the end of the month, currently we are at 10,000 a day. as i said in the introduction, nhs workers are real piece, and a seeing this as a commitment now not version with a labrador.|j idea. there is the real piece, and a version with a labrador. i prefer a target from the government. in the labrador version. this one month, how does that look. how can is madonna and child, and someone has you guarantee you're going to get done it with their dog. well —— and this one back to down here, and again, i am sorry, i 100,000? am notfamiliar down here, and again, i am sorry, i am not familiar with the actual we have got to, it's a girl and i piece of art here. started for the whole is this napoleon? iam not system. from piece of art here. is this napoleon? i am not familiar with that, and public health england, and the someone i am not familiar with that, and someone has done it with a friend nhs, working together, incredibly hard and they are recreating things. they work, firstly to develop the have clearly gone to quite a lot of trouble and effort to do that. test, we we re work, firstly to develop the test, we were one of the first countries people have time on their in the world to do that and then increase the number, we were testing hands. and they come up with creative stuff. just 2000 a month ago, so u nless they come up with creative stuff. unless you are still working, as alan is. this is that ramp up just 2000 a month ago, so that ramp up has already been very britain's oldest significant. that is multiplying it paperboy, saying coronavirus has not by five. you stopped him making his deliveries. are multiplying it we have been celebrating people who are we have been celebrating people who a re key we have been celebrating people who by ten. the nitty—gritty of how you got are key to our lives, keeping our lives ticking along in these to that. yes, of course straightened times. he delivers

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