news live from berlin britain's prime minister shuts down his country boris johnson instructs people to stay longer in a bid to stop the spread of coronavirus the lockdown will last at least 3 weeks also coming out a warning from the head of the world health organization. the bunbury cuse accelerating new cases of covert 19 keep rising globally in some places that are at the faster pace of the ws there is still time to change the trajectory of the. pounds pressure builds to postpone the tokyo lympics the japanese prime minister acknowledges for the 1st time that the summer games may be delayed heat as canada and australia say they won't send us. i merely said i must and welcome britain's prime minister has announced a nationwide lockdown to fight covert 19 boris johnson told the british people the government is shutting nonessential shops and services and banning gatherings of more than 2 people let's listen then from this evening i must give the british people a very simple instruction you must stay at home. because the critical thing we must do to stop the disease spreading between

this is good news live from berlin britain's prime minister shuts down his country boris johnson instructs people to stay home in a bid to stop the spread of corona virus the lockdown will last at least 3 weeks also coming out a warning from the head of the world health organization. upon them it is accelerating to. new cases of covered 1000 keep rising globally in some places at an ever faster pace for the w.h.o. says there is still time to change the trajectory of the damage. i'm hearing from our standard welcome britain's prime minister has announced a nationwide lockdown to fight covert 19 boris johnson told the british people the government is shutting non-essential shops and services and banning gatherings of more than 2 people let's listen in from this evening i must give the british people a very simple instruction you must stay at home because the critical thing we must do to stop the disease spreading between households that is why people will only be allowed to leave their home for the following very limited purposes. the basic necessities as infrequently as possible one form of

boris johnson medical officer, professor chris whitty. borisjohnson himself posted this message on twitter. hi, folks, i want to bring you up to speed with something happening today. i have developed mild symptoms of the coronavirus, that is to say a temperature and a persistent cough. and on the advice of the chief medical officer i've taken a test. that has come out positive. so i am working from home. iam positive. so i am working from home. i am self isolating. and that's entirely the right thing to do. but to be in no doubt that i can continue. thanks to the wizardry of technology i can continue to communicate with all my top team to lead the national fightback against coronavirus. and i want to thank everybody who is involved. i want to thank, of course, above all, our amazing nhs staff. it was very moving last night to join amazing nhs staff. it was very moving last night tojoin in amazing nhs staff. it was very moving last night to join in that national clap for the nhs. but it's not just the nhs. national clap for the nhs. but it

prime minister has become the 1st world leader to test positive for corona virus boris johnson has said he has mild symptoms he is now self isolating but he will continue to lead the u.k. and its fight against the virus and on top of that the british health secretary met hancock was also tested positive and is self isolating itself i developed models symptoms all the coronavirus that's to say a temperature and a persistent cough and on the advice of the chief medical officer i've taken a test that has come out positive so i am working from home i'm so faisel a team and that's entirely the right thing to do but be in no doubt that i can continue thanks to the wizardry modern technology to communicate with all my top team to lead the national fight back against corona bars. elsewhere spain has recorded the highest number of deaths in a single day 769 people died in 24 hours that brings the number of dead up to above 4800 and forget there are more than 9000 health workers among the over 65000 people who are infected the highest number of infections of coronavirus though it's here in the un

boris johnson received his positive test at midnight but was well enough on friday morning to chair the daily emergency cabinet meeting held via video link of course if boris johnson's condition was to worsen significantly such that he could no longer carry out his duties well then it's agreed that the foreign secretary dominic robb would step into his shoes but barring that the normal functioning of government ought to continue or be it with a different like the majority of britain's workers now the prime minister is also working from home. it is a grim moment for britons to be told they'll be seeing a little less of their leader the latest death toll from corona virus has shot up 31 percent in 24 hours to 759 in. 7 days' time when the prime minister emerges from isolation things may well look even worse jonah how al-jazeera london. of confirmed coronavirus cases in latin america is rising rapidly it's now above $10000.00 but the real extent of the disease is believed to be far greater in a region where some countries are still hesitating to take stronger measures reports. interest sen

johnson to get himself tested when boris johnson said that he was suffering the symptoms well chris which he has now said that he is suffering symptoms as well that he believes might be coronavirus he hasn't actually as far as we know been tested yet but this is a large chunk of the the most important people fighting coronavirus in the u.k. now saying that they either have the disease or they suspect that they have the disease now. that big blow for the u.k. on the same day that it posted 181 dead that i think is the highest number of dead so far in the coronavirus epidemic boris johnson as i said still says that he can carry on working but it's being large questions about the the efficiency of the u.k. government them at the moment in these crisis times thanks for that update there are a challenge live from interests in southeast an ingot the world health organization in its latest briefing had a warning about the use of untested medications. we call on all individuals in countries to refrain from using that have not been demonstrated to be effective in the treatment of corbett 90

turn for boris johnson well his critics have always said he's acting hof hotly and way too late but boris johnson has insisted that the u.k. is 2 weeks behind italy and that he would introduce the right measures at the right time now he had appealed to the british people not to leave their home but we've seen over the weekend that that didn't work out people in the hundreds were hitting the beaches for example or the parks and obviously that is not a social distancing so today came the measure for a lock down that now everybody has to comply with and if they don't there will be fines the police will be watching the people everywhere wherever they go so this is what he says ah the right measure us at the right time. on the story for us in. london sure lots of thank you. country's leading public health institution institute says new data suggest that the. cases may be leveling off. concerns that. may have caught the virus those concerns have been dispelled through. this. only for essential reasons like. shopping. but germany's robert costa institute says there's reason to be cautiously opti

where one of the prime minister boris johnson's closest aides is showing symptoms of having the corona virus so joining us now from london is our chief correspondent paula boyko polly what can you assure. high that wreck well yes the prime minister of course is in self isolation in 11 downing street that the flat next door has penned downing street where he normally woks and the health secretary is also in south in southwest elation the chief medical officer chris christie he did a lot of the press conferences that boris johnson he's going to file self isolation off the displaying some symptoms every weekend and now today we got the news that boris johnson's most senior most trusted advisor dominic cummings has also displayed them and has also gone into self isolation some people questioning whether the founding st and westminster in general has been able to follow the advice that they've been giving the rest of the country and that is to say she distance themselves from one another and to self isolate as much as possible but seeing these costs as a case is now in sort of the very hear

lead british prime minister boris johnson tests positive for corona virus johnson says that he is suffering mild center symptoms and will continue to lead the nation's fight against the pandemic from quarantine. also coming up to germany induced to massively explain and expand its testing to faslane to fight the spread of the virus and the country is already testing a half a 1000000 people a week that number could double by the end of next month. plus a berlin basketball club turned its locker room into a t.v. studio to help keep kids active during self isolation. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program british prime minister boris johnson has the coronavirus he is the highest profile political leader confirmed to have contracted the virus so far the u.k. health minister has also tested positive. boris johnson clapping in front of number 10 downing street on thursday night a symbolic sign queue to the health workers in the fight against the coronavirus harbor no one at the time the british prime minister was already experiencing symptoms of the disease on friday he revealed he had tested pos

s prime minister and health minister both tested positive for the corona virus boris johnson says his symptoms are mild and he will continue working via video conference more than 181 people died in the u.k. in the past 24 hours. the number of confirmed cases in the us has passed 100 thousands in the past our present trump says the u.s. will receive around 100000 ventilators in the next 100 days the f.d.a. will be reducing and waving unnecessary regulations in order to get this done we're going to be getting rid of certain. let's say barriers to speed we want them to get it done quickly they've been doing it for a long time they've been making ventilators for a long time hopefully general motors will join in the fray. under the normal condition that you would be a regular times $29000.00 ventilators are distributed in the united states each year in the next $100.00 days will receive over 3 times the number of ventilators made during a regular year in the united states and after a heated 3 hour debates the u.s. house of representatives says funky passed its a trillion dollar stimulus b

boris johnson clapping in front of downing street on thursday night a symbolic thank you to health work is engaged in the fight against the coronavirus funding known at the time the british prime minister was already experiencing symptoms of the disease. on friday he revealed he had tested positive for 19 i am working from home i'm so price waiting and that's entirely the right thing to do but be in no doubt that i can continue thanks to the with technology to communicate with all my talk team to lead the national fight back against corona virus the prime minister was long criticized for playing down the threat of the virus this was his opinion of social distancing just 3 weeks ago i was shaking hands can decide that i was the other night i think there are a few there are actually a few credit cards patients and i sure can't live without it you'll be pleased to know that i continue to shake hands and. that is case numbers rose he found to pressure the streets of london have been virtually empty since monday when the british government ordered no one to leave the house except for essenti

the prime minister boris johnson has become the 1st world leader to announce that he's tested positive for the virus is among string of top officials now in self isolation after contracting the illness johnson has been criticized for his slow response to the crisis as john holl reports from central london. just hours after boris johnson 1st displayed symptoms and was tested he received a positive result britain's prime minister becomes one of the world's highest profile carriers of the code 19 coronavirus so i am working from home i'm so by slating and that's entirely the right thing to do but be in no doubt that i can continue thanks to the with modern technology to communicate with all my top team to lead the national fight back against corona bars and it wasn't long afterwards that the health secretary announced he too had tested positive matt hancock said he had mild symptoms that would not prevent him from continuing the vital work of bolstering britain's health service medical advice i was tested and that test has been positive sabi self isolating here until next thursday boris j

yes, this is a statement from boris johnson where he has talked about avoiding unnecessary contact with people and staying away from some of these places like theatres in pubs where they could be some spreading and i think there's a few things that we need to think about when we are looking at the financing from the prime minister one is that it seems like they're stepping up measures but i still think their questions to ask about this in the first thing i would say is that we'll all be impacted by this. we are all going to be impacted, differently, but we will be affected in a primary concern is peoples health and we have to concern ourselves with the approach, they said the thing to do is to test, test, test and that is what they did with south korea and their concerns as to whether or not people were being tested but eve ryo ne people were being tested but everyone who is suspected to have it is being tested so the figures there are not entirely known, but there is also something that the world health organisation said that we really need to think about people who are homeless and un

but also, the sense that, and i think this was what chris whitty and boris johnson were trying to get across today, that there is a plan, they are in control. and when things do get worse, we know what you should be doing. guest, which is a good effort. i'm not sure it convinces many people. just my view of boris johnson is that he's a good jokester, but not a prime minister for a time of crisis. but that's precisely why he has chris woody next to him. absolutely, he has those two grown—ups around him to give him some gravitas, but i don't feel any particular sense of reassurance that he is in charge at a time like this. and it is interesting that the telegraph, in its column alongside the main story that you have just sent out, talks about donald trump blaming fake news for the coronavirus, for causing the stock market to panic. and it is even more alarming that the leader of the free world, the most important country in the world doesn't seem to have a clue. and there has been enough written today about downing street being worried about downing street being worried about trump, a

prime minister boris johnson is the 1st world leader to contract 19 he is now in self isolation. u.s. finds itself at the center of the covert 19 pandemic with more confirmed cases than any other country york accounts for half the national total with a 40 percent surge in hospital admissions in just a single day 911 was nothing compared to this we were open waiting for patients never to now. they just keep coming. by dealing with a health crisis on home soil the u.s. has ramped up pressure on venezuela accusing president maduro of narco terrorism and offering a $15000000.00 reward for his capture. coffins piled up in crime authority with hospitals also overwhelmed as italy struggles to cope with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. those are joining us with your global news update this is our internet. well 1st let's bring you the latest on the scale of the covert 19 pandemic more than half a 1000000 cases have now been registered world wide with almost 25000 lives lost so far 128000 people have recovered from the virus a growing number of countries have been forced to either

now tell us more about the details well life is about to change prime minister boris johnson asked all people told them to stay home for and they can only leave their home for 4 reasons he set to go to work to help to get medical help if needed to go for exercise in the park once a day so those are the reasons that people are able to leave their home otherwise they will be fines and the police will be enforcing those rules another thing that is different in the u.k. from other european countries is that people who are vulnerable and the elderly are told to stay home to self isolate for 12 weeks now starting from today they've been called by their doctors and nurses to tell them to self isolate so there's this kind of for you turn for boris johnson now. well critics have said that boris johnson acted tough heartedly and too late but he himself has always said that he would do the right measures at the right time and now the time has come for that nationwide lockdown he has gradually. introduced stricter measures over time closing pubs and restaurants before the weekend but as we've seen

prime minister boris johnson says he's tested the virus and will self-isolate. the country's health minister he also has the virus, as does the government's chief medical advisor. u.s. president donald trump has stimulus$2.2 trillion package into law, speeding up government payments to struggling families. the defensevoked production act to force general motors to start producing much-needed ventilators. bob reynolds reports now on that stimulus package. reporter: it will bail out corporations, for example, have seen their operations grind to a halt. it also provides money to states cities, replenishes medicales of needed equipment and will provide extended unemployment benefits the millions of americans who have lost their jobs as well as putting extra pockets ofthe families in the form of direct cash payments. the -- the head of the world health organization a chronic global shortage of needed equipment. the world health organization chief has also warned about the use of untested medicines to treat the virus. >> we call on all individuals countries to refrain

and of course we know that boris johnson on for awhile. and of course we know that borisjohnson is a famous of winston churchill. he wrote a biography of him. the paper there trying to foster a bulldog spirit among all of us in dealing with this horrible virus. yes, absolutely. i am sure boris johnson horrible virus. yes, absolutely. i am sure borisjohnson like that front page, but the more important thing is that there is increasingly, and needs to be more the spirit of rallying together, working together, and trying to get through this is a country. lance, do you think he can live up to this? well, i think he certainly plans to. he has identified himself with churchill in the past and i think that i think it isa the past and i think that i think it is a worrying sign, actually, for the rest of us. he likes to actually sort of play up—to—date image. i think it is a worry for him as well, because churchill was a very great war leader and all of the resources of the nation were thrown at winning that walk in the second world war, and bo

yet there sure and it when when boris johnson i can't see it from here so when boris johnson stands up due to yell at me and i'll be quiet because but we don't need to know from from boris johnson apart from inevitably you know get well saying that in doris and she is a power least slightly better than she was is what contacts she may have had with not just him because she did meet him jeremy colvin that mentions at a women's day last day that being doris met boris johnson at an event in downing street apparently. as well as voting in parliament some point during that week it was only on the saturday immediately after that when she was in her constituency that she started to feel proud and selling her up to now actually parsed johnson and speaking about current of our service to their offices and. the right arm of gentleman. in just a few minutes we will be hearing from my writer friend the chancellor about what measures we are taking and to protect everybody as he knows we've already brought forward statutory sick pay from day for to day one but for those who are on all types of contr

and british prime minister boris johnson tells bars and restaurants to close and not to open again on the weekend that his government promises to guarantee most of the wages of those who were sent home or. i'm tired rate it's good to have a good to have you with us the u.s. state of new york has joined california and illinois and confining nearly all residents to their harms that's over 70000000 people it's a drastic step designed to prevent a run on the hospitals like in the usually the rate of increase in the number of cases risks overwhelming new york's hospital system cases in the stage climb to more than 7038 people have sort of died. and here's what new york governor andrew camara had to say about the measures. today we're bringing you to 100 percent of the workforce must stay home. these are non essential services essential services have to continue to function grocery stores need food pharmacies need drugs your internet has to continue to work the water has to turn on when you turn a faucet so there are essential services that will continue to function but 100 percent of the w

well scientists have been urging prime minister boris johnson to react sooner as london has become the hot spot off in sections we just don't really know how many infections because testing is only done for severe cases at the hospital at this point but the death toll is rising at a faster rate than in italy at the moment there approximately over 170 deaths in the country recorded so prime minister boris johnson always has said that he would do the right measures at the right time and yesterday the time was right to close the pubs and restaurants theaters and cinemas schools and nurseries as have already shut their doors yesterday so basically locations where people can gather but for now this is only a partial lockdown and for example shops remain open so we can expect probably tougher measures to come in the next days ahead how are people reacting to these measures what was the mood on the streets there in london. well it's extremely divided there are some people who are still in absolute denial and who have been going out to the pubs as we saw in the piece. has been enjoying themsel

british prime minister boris johnson has revealed he has tested positive for coke at 19 after experiencing mild symptoms as a result so will self isolate after contract in the virus and in a surprising announcement just earlier this week from the royal family prince charles also testing positive for the virus back here in the us which now ranks number one in the world for the highest number of coping 1000 cases a navy hospital ships are being deployed to help local hospitals in the most hard hit states over to norfolk virginia where president trump is expected to see off the u.s. navy hospital ship comfort headed to new york city which now is considered the epicenter of the coded 19 outbreak in the u.s. and then over on the west coast where the u.s. navy hospital ship mercy is now docked at the port of los angeles to serve as an overflow facility for patients who don't have the virus we have coverage from both coasts artie's natasha's sweet starts us from the port of los angeles. will of the newest and biggest hospital in los angeles dump right behind along here at the port of los angeles

this is g w news live from berlin and british prime minister boris johnson tests positive for corona virus johnson says that he's suffering mild symptoms and will continue to leave the nation's fight against the pandemic from quarantine. also coming up south africa's police enforced the new 3 week coronavirus lockdown at the same time the country's 1st 2 deaths from the virus have been announced and getting back to business in china we need the operator of a hot food stall who needs to start making money again after the lifting of the coronavirus lockdown but where are the customers. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program british prime minister boris johnson has the coronavirus he's the highest profile political leader confirmed to have the virus so far the u.k. health minister has also tested positive on thursday night johnson joins the nation and applauded workers at the national health service a day later after receiving the positive test results he posted a video in which he said that he'd been isolating himself but he said that he would continue to lead the nation's response the

prime minister boris johnson revealed that he has tested positive for cope at 19 after experiencing mild symptoms as a result he says he'll isolate and continue to lead from 10 downing street and britain's health secretary matt hancock also in self isolation after contracting the virus and of course earlier this week in a surprising announcement from the royal family prince charles also testing positive for the virus now back here stateside the u.s. now ranking number one in the world with the most 1000 cases navy hospital ships are being deployed to help local hospitals in the most hard hit states the u.s. navy medical ship mercy is now docking at the port of los angeles to help with the coronavirus response there then on this side to norfolk virginia where president. trump is expected to see off the u.s. naval ship comfort headed to new york city which now is considered the new epicenter of cobain 19 the world's largest hospital ship is expected to arrive at the big apple on monday and will start providing relief to the overwhelmed local hospitals there we have coverage from all angles

where the breaking news out of london is that prime minister boris johnson has tested positive for the coded 19 coronavirus he says however he will be continuing to lead the u.k.'s response straight to london his lawrence lawrence how the announcement came out. on twitter. by some distance the most important world leader to have announced he's contracts a divorce. the code of virus that frankly has the epicenter of it in london which is the epicenter of the country the epicenter london has actually been around westminster. several m.p.'s lots of political journalists. people who work in whitehall have all said they'd go see this bar shows and obviously is in is it is is it in regular contact with all of these people every day and so obviously all more level if you look at anything where the prime minister's got coronavirus that's amazing but also it is not really the onyx that it's called and expect it's expected in a sense it's not really much of a surprise anyway he said he managed to get through a 2 minute long video own twitter without coughing once which is pretty amazing given th

government unveils a budget just weeks after pm boris johnson fired his own finance minister coming up on the show is it too late to pump money into health infrastructure devastated by the tory austerity that followed the 2008 western economic crash or is britain's new liberal epidemic of inequality killing off the poorest too quickly we speak to economist guy standing who is set to advise the jeremy corbyn government if we did 1 december general election and we ask the author of why nations fail british economist james robinson if the u.k. chancellor should today be looking to communist china for tips on reviving britain's economy plus we ask a former u.k. home office minister why a pandemic hasn't yet been declared in britain and who really stands to gain from vaccine research funded by taxpayers money all the support coming up in today's going underground 1st today marks britain's 1st budget since leaving the world's largest trading bloc the e.u. the headlines are awash with government funding to deal with the u.k.'s recent flooding and soaring rates of coronavirus but what about th

i think what was interesting as well and what boris johnson said today and yesterday is that he has repeated this point, but he says that after the financial crash that banks were bailed out the people were not. gordon brown, who was 011 people were not. gordon brown, who was on the radio yesterday i think for the day before, at this point, he was very critical of boris johnson's approach so far, so it's clearly a bit of a political dig at him, buti clearly a bit of a political dig at him, but i think there's an acknowledgement that the country has to come through this altogether. in the interconnectedness of all this, that's almost incredible thing about the way that this operates. he needs us the way that this operates. he needs us all to do something together to protect everyone, and i think that that has really kind of exposed some of the ways in which our society operates, and for example things like making sure co—workers are paid adequately communicate short different parts of the economy are supported like delivery drivers of food, i don't think that those jobs we re particularly w

what do we know about boris johnson? >> reporter: it is a startling development for a country just it seems beginning to get into the peak of coronavirus cases here. we understand very little apart from what he's put out on his twitter account here saying that the test happened i

certainly is reporting new the science is changed that's why boris johnson has changed his advice to the british population as regards going out of doors so the imperial results that the government is changing your goal of building material college. they are new in themselves but the substance of what they're saying is precisely what the lancet was saying 2 months ago is precisely what nassim taleb and i have been saying for weeks on end a back of an envelope calculation shows that hundreds of thousands are at risk from this virus if you let it hit most of the population are the same and data brokers are the main broadcaster in this country is wrong about the science having changed the problem with the b.b.c. coverage is that they've been and the i.t.v. coverage is that they've been far too deferential towards the state they said things like for example well boris johnson is for only following the scientific advice because of course he goes out there flanked by the chief medical officer and the chief scientific adviser but that doesn't mean they're making the policy the policy was ve

boris johnson forcing a lot down on the u.k. last night amidst the public not following guidelines to prevent the spread of the virus. joining us now is tarik jasarevic, a world health organization spokesperson. thank you for your time. is this in any way getting better or worse? what does the curve look like right now? tarik: good morning to you. what we are seeing is the pandemic is accelerating as we see more people getting infected in many parts of the world. it is definitely a big concern. we see more people need hospitalization and countries are getting into very strict measures to prevent the virus. however, as you have said, some countries have managed with strong public health measures to curve down the pandemic and get to a point where they have almost zero new infections. that tells us it is possible to control covid-19. and strongs act fast way to isolate people that are get, make sure they necessary medical treatment, and go after the virus aggressively, it is possible to have good results. matt: are you seeing the

well it just seemed quiet in evitable now boris johnson has always insisted that he's doing the right measures at the right time and now the time has come to close all clubs and bars restaurants and theater as also schools and nurseries have closed door for the foreseeable future today so this comes at a time where london is becoming the new at a much faster rate than in italy and we don't know how many people are indeed infected in the u.k. at this point because testing is only being done in the hospitals for very severe cases but as we know now the next step of measures have been taken and it will change life here in the streets of london quite a bit from tomorrow on where it's as you can see right now lots of people still out here in the streets it's a stark difference to what you would see in berlin right now we know that in other parts of the world is growing londoners how are they reacting. well life has quieted down in the past couple of weeks here and today the mood was quite somber on the streets some people actually in a quite a panic mode you have to say i went to a couple

british prime minister boris johnson: i will just repeat what i said before. i think the government has moved with extraordinary. pat: support and get a hold of the economy of this country. putting our arms around workers. at the best expense that we possibly can. and it of course it was easier to move the furthest and found the passes with employees. in the details of course are available. it is been more complex as you can understand to support the self-employed because they have been many different arrangements that they have in span tricky to work out a package that will address the need for many people. but that is being done in an incredible speed. we should be announcing a package tomorrow. in our history, and the last century, certainly when the government of this country has put his arms around so many people. and again it's a very tough time. we will get through this and we will get through this together. reporter: some of this point in time, as of today, there is not an enormous pressure compared to that or even normal winter day. but we expect the

has 1st stayed on a long down after boris johnson and now its tough new measures to tackle the spread of coronavirus but many continue making the journey to work i'll be talking to d.v.d. m.p. jim shannon. the health services on the pressure as intensive care staff are forced to look after more and more patients. gang violence could be set to surge due to a fall in demand for drugs due to social distancing according to a report that says experts warn school closures could leave children at risk of exploitation. and the opposition hits out of the government for breaking their promise to protect renters from eviction ensuring the crisis i'll be discussing this with a housing lawyer. welcome to r.t. u.k. the government has implemented lockdown measures across the united kingdom in response to the ongoing coronavirus crisis but was no clarity on essential work and no help so far for the self employed many continue to travel flouting rules on social distancing while r.t.u. case it was dashed joyce for now with the latest hi there shot here so can you bring us up to speed well of course non

prime minister boris johnson has become greece which he and the chief scientific advisor suspected balance from the very beginning of this crisis i followed the advice of our world leading scientists to defeat coronavirus by taking the right measures at the right time what everybody needs to recognise is that our n.h.s. like any well class health service has only limited numbers of doctors nurses and specialist equipment so the more people who become sick at any one time the harder it is for the n.h.s. to cope and so it's vital to delay the spread of the disease and reduce the number of people needing hospital treatment at any one time that's why we've given the clear instruction that people must stay at home unless they have one of the reasons we've set out and with your help we will slow the spread of the disease. i want to thank everyone who's been following the clear rules that we set out on monday and i want to thank everyone in the n.h.s. the frontline of the fight against crime of ours and of course all our public services our teachers and our school staff the transport workers poli

brown stayed in number 10 when they were prime minister boris johnson still has the flat there. i presume that's where he's self-isolating in terms of the news flow, absolutely, it's been quite devastating. let's be honest about it, over the last few days. on friday, 578 mortalities in the united kingdom that lept over the weekend to 1 icti -- 1,228. dr. harris was talking about the large number of deaths in recent weeks being pretty much as expected she also talked about the uk being in for the long haul listen in. >> over time, probably over the next six months, we will have a three-week review. we'll see where we're going. we need to keep that lid on and then gradually we will be able to hopefully adjust some of the social distancing measures and gradually get us all back to normal i think three weeks for review two or three months to see whether we've really squashed it about three to six months ideally. lots of uncertainty in that. >> reporter: of course, that flies in the face of all those who have been hoping both within government and beyond. on the other side of the atl

news live from berlin the coronavirus gets britain's prime minister boris johnson and johnson says that he is only suffering biled symptoms and will continue to leave the nation's fight against the pandemic from foreign teams also coming up studying at home in hong kong schools have been closed for weeks but some teachers are convinced that online study is a good enough substitute for the classroom and south africa's police force the new 3 week ago of virus lock down and they aren't forcing it and at the same time the country's 1st 2 deaths from the virus have been announced. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program british prime minister boris johnson has the coronavirus he's the highest profile political leader confirmed to have the virus so far on thursday night johnson joins the nation and applauded workers in the national health service a day later after receiving the positive test results he posted a video in which he said that he'd been isolating himself but he said that he would continue to lead the nation's response to the pandemic. hi folks i want to bring you up to speed is som

that as prime minister boris johnson tells pubs and restaurants to close now and not reopen tomorrow. the viruses infecting more people in europe. doctors and nurses worry they won't be able to stay healthy. in spain, concern is growing the health care system will not be able to cope. and in italy, the epicenter of the pandemic, a near total lockdown is not slowing the spread of the virus. ♪ brent: i'm brent goff, to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world, welcome. the week is ending with more and more shutdowns around the globe. the british government has announced it is ordering all pubs, restaurants and gymnasiums to close, in an effort to fight the coronavirus outbreak. prime industry boris johnson says venues should close as soon as possible and not reopen until further notice. he says it is essential to slowing the spread of the virus. the closures include nightclubs, cinemas, theaters, effectively pulling the plug on public life in the u.k. for the foreseeable future. let's listen to what prime minister boris johnson said today. >> we need to push down further on that c

boris johnson also began taking more precautions the prime minister's daily press briefing took place without journalists present their questions delivered via video. johnson's weekly meeting with queen elizabeth took place via telephone the royal family is already affected on wednesday it was announced that prince charles the heir to the throne had contract with the coronavirus. but johnson continued to meet with senior figure. wednesday questions in parliament sharing a bench with top cabinet members health secretary much has now also tested positive he too is self isolating and says his symptoms on my the question now is how many other members of the british government may have been infected well let's go straight to w correspondent shot out of pots in london charlotte the prime minister has given the news that he has tested positive for corona virus what does this actually mean going forward and especially for the ability her his ability to go over in the u.k. at this crucial time. well boris johnson insists that nothing changes he's self isolating and downing street at this point

as andy's report said there, what boris johnson home. as andy's report said there, what borisjohnson says about the rules is that the more we follow them, the fewer lives will be lost and the sooner we return to normal. for many people, we are six days into these more stringent rules, many people will be wondering, how long might that be? that was a question that was put to one of boris johnson's question that was put to one of borisjohnson‘s senior ministers, michael gove earlier and this is what he had to say. . the reason that everyone is making the sacrifices is that all of us have people who we love who are at risk from this virus and so all of us are risk from this virus and so all of us are exercising that degree of discipline because we want to make sure that those who we do love get the care that they need at the time that they need it, so i can't make an accurate prediction, but everyone does have to prepare for a significant period when these measures are still in place. the response so far from the british people has been f

this is due to be a news live from berlin the coronavirus and britain's prime minister boris johnson johnson says he is only suffering mild symptoms and will continue to lead the nation's fight against the tend to make some quarantine also coming up south africa's police enforce the country's new 3 week coronavirus lockdown the country's 1st 2 deaths from the fires have been announced and a berlin basketball club turns its locker room into a t.v. studio to help kids activate trick self isolation. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program british prime minister boris johnson has reveals that he has been infected by the corona virus on thursday night johnson joins the nation in applauding workers in the national health service after receiving the positive test results he posted a video in which he said that he will be isolating himself but that he will continue to lead the nation's response to the pandemic. hi folks i want to bring you up to speed to something that's happening today which is that i'm develop tomorrow symptoms over the coronavirus that's. say a temperature and a persistent

prime minister boris johnson and health secretary not one called confirmed to have coronavirus as the pandemic hits the heart of government. doctors in northern ireland claims they're being forced to work in special virus centers risking cross contamination to their practices and families we hear from a frontline physician. the u.k. police now have powers to find and even arrest those preaching the long down that's as the public are encouraged to report their neighbors for holding mounts gatherings but should say we hear from both sides of the debate. and critics here is out of business leaders including celebrity shab specific king star despite the government bailout. welcome to our team u.k. prime minister boris johnson and health secretary much hancock have tested positive for corona virus but the pm has confirmed he'll continue to remain in charge of the government r.t. shadi evers dusty joins me now with the latest on this hi there shoddiest so corona virus as we said at the heart of government absolutely coronavirus has now hit the heart of westminster as you say both the prime

john, quoting boris johnson let's make a start with the express. john, quoting borisjohnson here, saying, "we can turn the tide in 12 weeks". how do you view that? does he think it will hopefully have peaked by then and we'll be through the worst of the acceleration? this isa the worst of the acceleration? this is a prime minister back to almost his ever optimistic, ever hope all best or worst, depending on your view of the prime minister, i suppose, and being enthusiastic about this problem are supported by the chief adviser and chief spy officer. i take that to mean it won't be over, we will have broken the back of it, though. no—one believes that. he did add that this will only happen if everyone plays the game and stops socialising to the game and stops socialising to the extent they have been socialising, particularly down here in london, so far in this crisis. had been expected that actually he might introduce new regulations or new advice to say, you know, cut back on travel, for example, and even a sort of lockdown. in fact i gather in a