There's been a big rise in the number of people in the UK who have died of coronavirus 181 lost their lives in the past 24 hours and more than 6,000 are now being treated in hospital it comes as the Prime Minister and the health secretary have both tested positive for the virus the government's chief medical adviser professor Chris Witte is also in a video on social media or as Johnson self isolating after displaying symptoms said he currently has mild symptoms and will be working from home to lead the national fight back against coronavirus here's Dr and 5 chief political correspondent the UK death toll has now reached 759 in just three weeks
steps outside to pay tribute Viki young keeping their distance like many neighbors the Prime Minister and later for his Johnson tested positive to NHS staff last night but four hours for coronavirus I've taken a test that has come out positive so I am working from home I'm self isolating and that's entirely the right thing to do but being communicate with all my top team to lead no diet that I can continue a thanks to the wizardry of modern technology to spending less time in the same room this the national fight back against coronavirus that top team has been week cabinet was held remotely the chief conferences but today Chris Witt he said medical and scientific advisors were keeping further apart as online press he had symptoms and was self isolating Wednesday there were fewer MPs at Prime Minister's Questions but ministers sat mr. Johnson had his weekly audience with the Queen on the phone in the Commons on the health secretary he developed together on the front bench including and I'll be doing that from here but coronavirus symptoms that night and is also in self-isolation I'll be continuing to do everything I can to get our carers the support that they need well the chief medical off with no less gussto with the Prime Minister unavailable it fell to Michael press conference the Prime Minister has Gove to take questions at the daily coronavirus the health secretary does as is in isolation people will be looking at this and maybe wondering whether you haven't been taking your own advice or to stopping the spread of coronavirus you maybe acted too slowly when it came the virus does not discriminate we are distancing measures those are in place all at risk and that is why it is so important that we practice social of us should be following in order to in government ministers are working remotely and from home using video
conferencing in order to make sure that we can follow the strict advice that all Minister's chief adviser Dominic help to protect the NHS like every other workplace Downing Street has been Cummings is still up and running mr. affected by staff absence the Prime most people who get the virus Boris Johnson's girlfriend who's pregnant posted this photo of her and dog Dillon saying self isolating wasn't so bad Johnson has mild symptoms and is darling streets emphasizing that like but the message is clear tonight the continuing to work there has been speculation about who would take over if he can't take decisions that would fall to the Foreign Secretary Dominic Robb Prime Minister may not be out and about head of the NHS said tonight that staff but he's firmly in charge for the next seen days he'll stay in the office and flat in number 11 Downing Street meals Vicky young News Westminster the will be left outside the door preparations are being made to care for would start being tested for coronavirus from next week including critical care workers and GPS this concern about the nurses intensive care staff ambulance number of NHS staff currently off work the thousands of patients expected over because they're self isolating with possible symptoms meanwhile more have been crying out for swab test for the next weeks the Principality Stadium in Cardiff will be turned into a temporary hospital providing 2,000 extra beds as well conference centres in London Birmingham and Manchester our reports this is what NHS frontline staff medical correspondent Fergus Walsh coronavirus several drive-thru centres are being set up so that those isolating at home can find out if they or family men bizarre infected this will be antigen testing testing whether people currently have the disease so that our health and the knowledge that they are safe to social care workers can have security in the front line starting immediately with return to work if their test is negative these tests will be trial for people on week another key concern for NHS staff hundreds to take place by the end of the weekend dramatically scaling up next left at risk among them GPS people are has been shortages of personal protective equipment huge stocks are being sent out from this warehouse near Glasgow but many say they're still being see a patient whether or not even though really really scared for themselves for their teens and for patients because they're not displaying symptoms they may they just don't know when they go in to hardest hit still have the virus the rate of coronavirus infections is now doubling every three to four days london is the mayor has warned that temporary more. Therese like this one in Westminster any of your viewers but it's important will need to be set up across the city doing our bit to make sure we're ready all of us are ready for this and we're but also I'm really sorry to say this numbers of deaths and that's all we're we're going to see also us having to prepare for the possibility of huge talking about we're working on the Maury makeshift intensive care units I've got bank them all non-urgent surgery is being suspended for three months as what they call locally advanced prostate operating theaters are converted to I think it's morally and ethically wrong cancer Chris Romney's was due to have his prostate removed on Monday but his cancer surgery has been cancelled to sacrifice cancer patients in favor of in Derby issued a statement saying we Kovach 19 patients and it's so important that cancer patients don't become the chaos that's taking place the hospital Forgotten victims of this of
all this to decide whether it is more risky for are continuing to prioritize emergency cancer treatment and full services will resume as soon as it's safe to do so opportunity with their patient cancer specialists should have the at the huge temporary hospitals being somebody to embark on treatment at this particular time given that you are more sense of the scale of what's coming look vulnerable to infection if you want a created for coronavirus patients this well Fergus joins me now there there are one in London's Docklands will eventually have 4,000 beds another at the NEC in Birmingham will have 5000 a thousand more beds will be the NHS is bracing itself created at the gmx Center in Manchester of how bad it could get in the UK . huge numbers you are talking about have we any idea yeah we're getting a picture The Soviet beens for months that the majority of people will get mild or moderate symptoms it'd be like an unpleasant bout of flu and that's still the case but for the minority the sheer increasing pressure with cases doubling numbers getting infected means that hospitals are going to be under death toll will inevitably rise into the every few days and I have to warn you that in the coming few weeks the dail downhearted and think that social many hundreds now it's vital when that happens that the public don't get nation we have to hold our nerve protect distancing isn't working it is working but there will be a lag of two to four weeks before we see its effects so as a each other because our individual actions will save lives focus washer
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